The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-30
EIRT|SS WINS
/ WORLDS PRIZE
ylIes From Albany to New York.
Averaging 81 Miles all
Hour.
cpmIRES TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR FLIGHT
bseial Train Finds Itself
handicapped Trying to
Keep Up.

NEW YORK. May -S'-nie"" II. Cui-
a.v from Albany to New York city
!, aeroplnne today, winning the slo.-
4 n1so offered by the New York World,
n. covered the distance OF 13T miles in
s,r-s and thirty-two minutes, and
'o ~ enrth as calmly and AS lightly as
i.,,n His average speed for the dis
.ltsd 0s miles an hour-surpasses any
~ ~ .scord ever made by an aeroplane
\ ~ - distance flight, and in its entire
~ feat perhaps eclipses anything
- hes attempted in a hcavier-than-air
.,fkine, x .,,, .,
a o'clock this morning, under wealth
,.ndjtJons as near perfect as the most
.,Icys aviator could demand. One
4, and twenty-threc minutes later he
a mi ade his stopping place near Pough-
|-rsie where there was an hours In
<.rIsslon, Resuming his flight sat s:26,
srsd southward and landed within the
-ndary of Manhattan Island at 10;3o.
onir loo wards north OF the point on
|;5% Ria craft settled stretched Spuy-
4 InyyIl creek. separating Manhattan
IA from the mainland. Had he failed
A rross this, his flight would have been
rain, but as lie swept over 1t, the
= u was his. Thence TO Governors is
n his task was but the concluding lap
race HllCduS Nolls
'pspIhan's flight from London TO Man
|--er-1S6 mileS-eNcccdcd the Curtiss
N M TODAY in distance, but not in
"A and danger The Frencbmau' av-
"a was ii.3 miles an hour. and below
a nv English rneadowland. Curttss
<5Fed the winding course OF the histo-
4 Hudson. with jutting headland,
pjed slopes and trcacherous palisades.
4 swung high over the great bridge
. .Foughkeepsic. dipped at times within
IN feet OF the rivers broad surface and
Keyed Ike falcon at the turns.
. In Danger.
|Only once did his craft show signs of
k@llon This was of Storm King, near
81 Point, when. at a height of nearly
u feet. trcachcrous gust struck his
IEss The machine dropped forty feet
a Tilted sperilously. but Curtiss kept his
"a and by adroit- manipulation. re-
nd the equilibrium Of the machine.
Entiss was up before dawn today, hesi-
tdcsy,tc favorable weather conditions.
E9lth eyes and brain cleared OF the
Esehs OF sleep he went with his
|-iancian and handful OF spectators
'sn RenssC laer jslGad. IN the hudson,
ne miles south of Albany. where he
i 10 start. Waiting at the river brink
y n special train chartered by the New
~ Times Tor Mrs. Curtiss an dhcr
nom the train they could not see the
InI start. but those on the island
|'7essed rcma rka BILE scene.
urtiss arose from the ground like a
/zet There were no preliminary ma
Eers. there was no trial fllgnt. The
X'p7ane ran hurriedly over the surface
We land and darted straight for It's
turning once for a moment TO the
x. so That Curtlss might comply with
terms OF the competition under which
vas flying and technically cross the
sny city line
Wien the aeruplane reached a height
mated al 500 feet, it seemed for a
nsnt to hold that level and then to
higher. Curtiss was flying at u
gtt which he had never attempted be-
u his life In seven minutes he had
2 LOST 10 view
Start Is Made,
nnm the acropianc was wheeled from
ratl lis canvas coverings shortly be
sI O'clock. the sky was perfectly
Y and what little Wind was stirring
Ifom the north--a direction favor
% Curtiss-at four miles an hour.
Xlln the signal that Curtiss was off
Eec.al train, five cars and locomo-
gathered Impetus and sought TO
W. Dut so quickly had he flown that
.Mcniy-one miles the locomotive.
80 running nearly n mile a minute.
unabe 10 catch Up.
i:ss however. The train came
~ OF the acroplans, and thence to
Io!k city those on board kept The
w IN sight. but as he did not have
I1HVl with curves or track. switches
ledllced speed through towns. the
-',gose maintained substantial lead
',y toNn and countryside reelcd
. seIskiil was passed at 1:il, with
thousand feet above the
Go5 he was still flying high and
Et"s wen toward the west bank of the
~ e;pe. sixty three minutes after the
Nc scared past Rhlneclin Ferry.
h.,'i, houI miles from Albany. Here there
ssnd IN the river and Curliss turned
W .he west. passing overland 10
NV an.,niS niS course. Staa.shurg marked
mile post and he had COW
WIS distance In slxty-nine MIN
WIN Staatsburg behind. the giant
~. spanning the Hudson at Pough-
|1s toomed ahead. The bridge itself
IN se, high, but Curtis5 topped II
MI v,,,. Then he turned westward:
II in in nc precision Of n bird. settled
ntc~espelc' al S:26. He had flown
co.our miles from Albany i'll
'''nree minutes.
~ tourists Furnish Gasoline.
= Gn'Fn Gn'F NJ The landing place. known as
n M H. Gmeadows, had previously been Sc
}. Ininr tuIllss was not expected this
N ID 'nS SSccause of last weeks postpone
= I]ura lhere wns no gasoline and oil
N ie nun, But fortunately two auto
4 10 supply him
AZ a'ns an, mad been filled with ten gal
i eatlee la'oiine before he left Albany. En-
= IA ~ ,showod three gallons remained
+Isa ~ nave carried him TO West Point
y reft,,os taking no chances, however
.,,hled his tanks.
te,aiin bells wero r,Iug as the avia
4 "a ~ ~, foughkcepsic. but his progress
A ~ h,pio mat few people had a chanc'
y tie c,n a, pass. On The GIL Meadows
c6naap sighted him coming and sen
hlnc - Coming down gracefully. hi
~ for luck ,tnK grassy knoll. trundlc'
stop vi iorty ieet' lh@n cam
u sise peclal train meanwhile brough
Y, |5hd 4, who rushed from the car ant
K, |ihn ir.mmer .mmer husbands side. She greet
ID 'an'ly while the crowd checrc
W. scre,s,n snhs vs., rcfilled and with every wir
~ maj oS.s'sd, Curtiss took HIS seat fo
lI*t tho n 10 New York. In momcn
ID and r,na.iit r,iait was again over the 1lud
= II Mas lu,uss lon,us burned his course sout
3 been ~. e 10 View. Exactly one bou
Lafriyed donsumed at Poughkccpsie, 70
"A usiiss na a. s;26 and departed ut 9;26,
~ PoInv," v"ssea Inc military academy a
we isnt is" at l0;O2. Officers and cadet
Wy cheer after the aviator.
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