The sun., 1910-05-22
HARMON WINS AERO LICENSE
FIRST AvATEUR TO IEET THE
CLUBS REOUIRENENTS.

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Flights slight Mlshap. bus Toe late
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cense says crowd Below Bothsra
GARDEN CITY. L. l.. May ?l.-A large
crowd ssW Clifford D. Harmon make siH
aeroplAne fights this afternoon 10 qualify
for a pilots license under the rules OF the
Aero Club Of America. Capt. Baldwin
and Charles Seymour made hghts IN
CuFtiss biplanes and at one time all three
machines we're in the air On hia fourth
fight Harmon carried Millard. a uaechAn-
ioian. a. passenger, and remained aloft
two minutes and twenty-five seconds.
The day closed with a slight accident
for Harmon. who on making the hnAl
round collided with SeymOurs biplane.
Fortunately the Seymour machine was
on the ground. where il had Just landed
after a flight Several men rushed 70
drag Il out of the way hut were not quick
enough. One oG the wing tips Of the Cur
tiss machine was broken and Harmon's
machine suffered a fractured rib and the
lOosening Of the wire supports. HAr-
mon said he would not make another
flight over tho grounds unless there was
police protection 10 keep the crowd back.
a. he considered that tho people below
were in more danger than the man In the
air lie said IL was impossible for him
TO know where he would Land. He said
the safety Of the crowd required that Il
be confined % certain limits.
Harmon is the first member of the
Aero Club 10 fulfil officially the require
ments for an aviatOr's license. which
stipulates that three hights Of three milea
each must he made. J. Parke Claiming
was timekeeper Of the flights, which
occupied a little over two hours After
Harmon had outlined his course In his
first flight a committee from the club
staked the circle, which they estimated
at a mile and a half In his frat flight
HarmoR remained up for seven minutes
and thirty seconds. making four circles
Of the course
In his second attempt he Was In the air
lees than two minutes but on the third
trip helmade six laps,Of the course In elsven
minutes Then he took up . passenger
for two minutes and twenty-five secOnda,
and on making a landing punctured a tire
II took some little time 10 make the re-
pairs and 10 was q O'Clock when he new
his machine hack 10 the starting point.
The last flight occupied thirteen minutes
and forty seconds and covered eleven
miles
II was estimated that in making the |
throe OffiCiAl flights Harmon covered |
tWenty-six miles His speed varied from |
forty % forty FIVE miles an hour. and hs |
reached an attitude Of from sixty 10 |
seventy iivs feet He handled his machine |
with perfect confidence and a. he passed |
the cheering crowd he waved his hand |
in rstirn % their aalutee.
Capt. Baldwin made four circuits Of the
course. flying at an altitude OF from |
fifteen ~ twenty feet On one Of them /
HE cap blew OH and entanEled itself With /
the machinery. but was extricated before
any damage was done
Seymour, who had taken his machine |
out Tor only the second time. made a /
fight II half a mile and rose 20 a height Of /
about eight feet.
Within the neHt few days several other |
machines will he brought out for trial /
and there will he exhibitions every day /
that The weather permits.
The Harmon aerudrome was formally
opened this afternoon with an Informal
reception Almost every kind oi drink
a hle was on tap and hundreds of visitors /
passed in and out during the afternoon.
Among those present were Mrs. O. X. p.
Belmont. Mr. and Mrs Elisha Dyer, Mr..
o nd Mrs Osgood Mrs. Emily Ladenhurg, |
Colgate Hoyt Gage Tarbell, De Lancey /
Nicoll. Mr. and Mrs J. Borden Hartman
and Alien W Evarts.
The Wheatley Hills and Meadow Brook
Hunt Club we're well represented and
large number u persons were over from
the races Mrs Belmont has asked Mr. /
Harmon 20 carry the Vote for Women
banner. and he has promised 20 display II |
In his cross-country flight for the Country /
Life In America trophy