The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-10

49, undoubtedly Will, the ""--AA.Hs
'n'5 Ace Of Air from that memorable
o. nv hon half ton Of machinery,
a .,;as5 by daring aviator rose by its
s'I'' ,owsr high in ar at Albany. ard,
OWE les time than the fastest tram
II ,3 make il. descended safely in the
s.+ronolis one hundred and astv miles
away. ..-. ~ ~
,ht of Glenn Hammond Cur-lss was
N.Y. 1.nbazara undertaking, bur a care
f@rlr planned journey. Before essay
i; = he had selected the spot near
psnsbkeepsie where he intended to
noFe the first of the two stops allowed
him, He landed in that exact spot one
lan, and twenty-four minutes after
, l Albany. He had selected as
.eeona landing place a grassy knoll
Two Hundred and Fourteenth Street,
., W. York CITY. He landed there
.~.stlv one hour and nine minutes
s++ar leaving Poughkeepsie. From his
second landing, although by reaching
-, limits of New York City he had
, tbe tep.tbousand-dollar prize Of
farsa by the New York Void ne
a.u in eighteen minutes to Governors
Tsl.rd where he brought his aeroPlane
safely to the ground just in front OF
Tho aeroplane shed there.
In making this flight of one hundred
and fifty miles in two hours and fifty
o,o Minutes. maintaining an average
snooa Of 1888 miles per hour. he not
onIv broke all records for fast living
he not only made the longest flight but
oos ever made anywhere III the world
h,- be demonstrated successfully Tor
+bo first time the possibility OF aero
Names beinc used in travel between
a;tias The success Of his light aroused
;ntansa interest in aviation IN all parts
of the country, and resulted IN nun
dreas If thousands Of dollars being Of
fered with in a few days for inter-city
flight. .- -,
Is was said at the banquet given to
4 him at the Hotel Aston the second eve
ming after his achievement. what ne
ala that dav rightly entitled him to
an honorable place in history along
WITH The irtrepid Henry Hudson, who
a discovered the great river, and with
Isl Robert Fulton. who travelled up Il from
Il New York to Albany in the first steam
boat, As one of the speakers put II,
Gone hundred years from now we VII
be having the Hudson-FuiJon-tu TT-ss
4 Centenary Celebration.
Viewed as a spectacle. there never
has been witnessed more hrl.hng
sight Those who saw the start from
Van Rensselaer, Island. Just below the
city of Albany, were profoundly impress
sed Said Jacob L. Ten Evck. the OF.
fetal starter for the Aero Club OF
America. in describing Curtiss 5 de-
parture. Gone minute we were look
ing at pile Of machinery on the grass,
he next We were gazing blankLy MO
the skv. wondering where It had gone,
There was a sudden whir Of the engine,
dash across the field, and then Ike a
huge bird Curtiss in his aeroplaue rose
gracefully in the air, circlin- aho1.
so as to come within the limits Of Al
II banv Then in an incred lilly hort
81 time he shot up to d height If seven
81 hundred feet, and, while We were strain
So ing our eyes in wonder, passed from
zE our sight in the direction Of New
ia York.
Curtiss several DAYS before had taken
"a his biplane up the river, and had st il
up on Van Rensselaer, Island H. was
ready to start Thursday morning. He
was ready Friday morning. Tie was
ready Saturday morning. Each time
the weather seemed unfavorah'e. and
he announced his Intention of wa ting
until conditions We're IDEAL Tn he
popalous valley below. where hourly
bulletins told the repeated DELAYS, q
feeling Of doubt began to spread. There
We're many who believed that he never
would attempt the flight. and thar. il
ne did, ha would not succeed. For more
than year ten thousand dollars had
been awaiting the first man to f~ he
tween the two cities. The New York
World had offered i II mark -a5
great Hudson-FuIton Celebration ir
lsVs with the idea Of testing the pas
q Sol!ty Of duplicating IN tile air n.
historic trip Of Fulton : frs steam
goa'. Two men in dirg.bIe balloons
Japan Thomas Scott BALDWIN an