New-York tribune., 1910-08-19
WINDS BOTHER AWATORS
lohnstone'S Machine Smashed in
Landing at Asbury Park.
BALLOON DRIFTS q MILES
nsup Rope Prevented Youthful
Aeronaut from Cutting
Parachute Away.
S. Telegraph TO The Tribune J


ashary Park, y. ), Aug 1S.-Ealph
,onnsrone, one OF the Wright brothers
,ss,,,Y,E. tried out ar experiment at the
.,istio1 grounds this afternoon. which re-
-..,tA6 lisastrously for the machine and
-.s-,v scared the wits out of the ten thou
ssns SPECTATORS present.
Tcrustcne had been announced TO give a
-s,-,r.sIe fight over the field. Ee used one
heels instead Of from skiGs It was the
ss-ous tine he had used such = machine
-,be vino was blowing from the southeast
81 4se rate Of eight miles an hour al the
..-,e the ascent was made Johnstone had
.ssn II the eir for a minute and a half
no, ne encountered some treacherous
.-oss currents aioft. and decided TO land.
T,sreed OF bringing TIE aeroplane 10 a
s.o, IN the centre Of the field ii landed
-,o,-- s<teen feet from the wire fence on
no north end Of The field. behind which
es-eral hundred motor cars had been
,a-ked. The machine struck the earth with
+hu6 and then siid forward with great
s,-,e tearing down the fence and crashing
,--o an automobile owned by Benjamin D.
r-e7ch. OF Red Bank N !.
sDecra-o-s IN the immediate vicinity
z,a-pereE for z point OF safety Johnstone
srarv emerged from the broken machine
sr5 announced that he was uniniJ1red. His
fsce showed. however, that he had ex-
re-ience5 the fright OF his life
7-he machine IN striking the heavy wire
fADoe was badly damaged. The lower
soaring niaue and the elevating plane were
---arize6 and the front skids were reduced
10 kfn6linE wood The wires. too. were
fxisred out Of shape and one Of the 1lp-
tights supporting the soaring planes was
lrscked. me machine was hastily removed
= tho hanger and Jchnstore made no fur
,fs- attempts 70 ~.
j vas officially announced that Jo1lnstone
vas rninjrred and that the only damage
vas q wrecked aeroplane. d broken section
- fence. q demolished lamp on the front
n NJ FrencIs motor car and nervous
shock fo- the spectators, many Of whom
u-s-e present when Walter Brookins met
with bis se-io1s accident last week.
Experts or rae ground say Jofnstone's
accident was due tc the fact that he failed
- land against the wind as is the cast
i-or rIie lad down for the guidance of
fhsf- svisrOTs by the Wright brothers. The
eTcial information given out by the man
ayers Of the meet IS that tombstone in
attempting 70 make z landing realized
7Erhen r0c late that his machine was too
nssT the ground 10 make another turn in
urde- 70 bring u up against the wind and
lsn6 n the centre OF the field.
FAD the turn been made with the wind
q re hack Of The machine the aernpIane
~ fts next circuit would have become
-ize6 II with the clunp Of trees on
veSt side of the field Rather
thar hsve q out with the trees Johnstone
decided 70 experiment with landing with
t1s wind. ne negotiated he landing ali
-E-t. rut TIE machine was carried for
ward further than he had figured, and the
r1ll1Elor with the fence w7s the result
''Ji-1ruv-' Fleming made q balloon ascen-
san and failed 70 make q drop from the
parachute because the rope connecting the
parachute with the balloon was vet and
reuld not be cut when the signal was
gven for him 10 drop after the big bag
had reached an altitude Of three thousand
sesr The result was that tile yCun ngster
vas carried westward four miles but he
oz7e down safely with the balloon n the
Cent-a n = field near Oakhur@t-
Eo1zev thrilled the spectators When his
machine reached an altitude OF sixteen
hundred feet in 4 flight which lasted sew
erteer minutes Gradually working his
aeropIsue sly-ward the circles increasing
zith each spiral turn, the daring youth
Fought the tricky air currents until he
FOUND decent sailing strata, when he head
81 the machine cue west and sailed a dis
tsaoe af l7ve miles before returning TO the
FciEiry CT tire aviation field.
EaEer B-ookins, his nose covered with
zurgeou plaster. gave . trial flight about
the field. the first sailing He had indulged
z since his recent accident be sent his
machine ", three hundred feet made sew
ersl o. MS famous short turns When near
me grsndstand. and after being in the air
fou- minutes made a fine landing
Directors Of -he Aero CIuo met tonight
md voted against the proposed moonlight
Sights on Saturday night, and this much
asralGed feature Of the aviation meet viii
TOT zna-c-iaIize The club officials were al
NOS unanimously opposed 10 the night
fights