Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-14
HINILTON'S ONE
GREAT AMBITION
+, ls to Beat Record Made by
pauIhan for a Continuous
Cross Country Flight.
v,s IS LONGEST IN AMERICA
49,. curtlss ungrudgingiy says Tic
|. the Best Filler In ne
World.

49,. YORK. June I4.-Charles Is
linton. the young aviator who yes
''-1sv few to philadelphia and re-
,s,n is today looking for more
,al space to conquer
hamilton IS known to have one
-, ambition. 1t is to beat the re-
.ora pauihan established for a con-
,'.sons eross-country flight. That III
,ans. without stop made by the
french aviator in his journey from
i o0don to Manchester still stares the
..,h,ious American in the face.
w.mil,on believes he would have bet
.s,,d his mark Of yesterday had not
,,apble developed with his spark
nuss compelling his untimeN descent
n Inc marshes when nearing thls
siy on the return trip and prevent
INK his making circuit around inc
TX which would have added some
miles 10 his Journeys length.
IA Hamilton. however. belongs the
honor Of having first flown forward
a,d backward across country between
,no biz cities In one day and the
sa,isfactlon Of having accomplish
"a In s6-mile trip exactly on schedule
lime New worlds feats, both these.
The record for longest cross-coun-
IA, fight In America is also Hamil-
tens b. his Yesterdays performance.
M total distance 10 Philadelphia and
return was l75 miles as again the $50
miles curtiss new from Albany to New
York In the next longest American
fight
Paulhan's flight from London to
Manchester beat II only by If miles
and a recent flight In France by Henry
Farman by but two miles
Hamilton, according to revised Of
fetal figures. was in the air hours
and % minutes. maintaining an
average speed from New York TO
Philadelphia OF 46.p2 miles an hour
and from Philadelphia TO New York
Of 5l.ss miles an hour.
SOME EARLY EXPERIENCES.
Not the least amazing thing about
Hanitycns flight Is the fact that this
young aviator OF whom Glenn H. Cur
llss ungspdsiRglsH sxss ,,ihe + ais ig-4s'
hief IN the world. Y think, ~ made his
first flight In a real aeroplane on Nov.
o. last Bat he had had long train
ing Ia the air and had already ac-
CURED that fearlessness. poise and
knowledge OF the air currents. which
sleedily placed him In the front rank
Of the worlds aviators His mother.
nos Mrs n. Beandette, tells many
stores Of her boys early experiments
u New Britain Conn. where Charles
Hs born ~ years ago. When but
little chap, he smashed his mothers
oes' parasol by using It as parachute
IN Night from the upper door Of
barn.
MOI NJ al 9iso.,,,,.,,. - 49,. -. -.
experiments with kites OF all sorts and
sizes, Then. not being able to mt
himself on the ground. he compromised
o. sail wagon with which he ran
over the grocers cart. His mother, who
ADMITS that she sympathized with
Vharles desire TO NY paid the grocer's
plil with never thought OF resorting
10 the maternal slipper.
Ihen CAME at last the day when the
ocy really found himself aloft. A bal
oonist was giving an exhibition In
own and the boy begged for a night
ana got H. That flight appears to have
reh me starting point in his later
saieer-he realized instinctively that he
mad found mis- life work.
hamilton has reached his present
sullhehce IN his profession. not with
WI more than the usual number OF
esse cais that come to every man
mnVS work is In the air. But he is a
N.'le chap-he weighs only 10 pounds
and ne Is why. quick and resource
IuL Men who have worked with him
uecere that he falls as nochalantly
a. aoes cat. always right side up
ri.n care, While working with Israel
.1asw IN his experiments with the
snulny noxkite arrangement, he fell SO
,,,na' u the aeroplane, he fell IS
hs S,., ~ Wa repeatedly thrown from
ISSUES ana since taking up the
"Ore than one occasion.
FIRST BAD FALL
r ons OF his FIRST bad falls vas a, ~.
s~ ANU n beaeh- Fla. while usiny Ia
srcun nnusr He was 800 feet from ,he
AZ "a pong drawn by an auton,oh,ie.
Wen, Iies an hour, when somethtns
stons xrohg. He came down me- %
rrnnna "ut when his glider str,cL ,ha
n4rv~ hs friends found thai ~.
he a., oooi-headed little chan baa ir
cilmhsS eeohas OF that sickening dron
The frsr ~ W upper plane of his glider
and he ~ below broke his fan
peevishnsss only stunned The only
~, ,ne accident was due , 20 ,,e
nhs. he mad lost a good o,.a'. ~ .ece
Sir ,e on the trip down. 'o"'e-
eixare,,s. en ne has been converted 10
saws ~. Ihey steady his nerves ~
lsh,.a there IL always 49,, 10 ne
n ths putk fastened TO tho frsn,s,,.e,-,.
tors machine, In reach on tha 49,.
Be- ui,s,. Nhen he is flying I,
canno, a.. leaoh of his face for 60
and Hrh, s 10 eight or ten leve,s
While e,1. nstehes at the Same ttna
'"e % miles an hour. 'S'
UP 1900 FEET
a,sh'ou.s most excdtins .o...,... 80,
ses,ele balloon was some =, oio WIN
an .stefson, n j. White ~ iset
and hi. there. the balIas, sat, AilS
M NJ. o'g dirigibie pronn,,,. ~ pii
xanl M. ""ard the sky ana ~, ~
Hamu,ne prolectile for TO-, NJ
vas tr,,rso N.noed into the rigging ara
5hen ~ 70 open the escane xs,,-..
nile Of So. Dag burst After abo,i, =
ltself INTO urop' the torn sill, shaned
chute ana q, ude but serviceab,e nara
a. a leaf. i9'or landed as lightly
Vim -n's famous n.,,,,,,
- mar, vn ne has startled sns, s,Iue.
cideni uhes was disoovered ~. 'ors
hying n, e Jay while the a,,ia,a 81
canE - considerable ha,.s,'. Was
NJ ,.at OF his motor hy,,,s" the
~ he tnzeu instantly that -.
Win thas Momentum. he must dro.
y possess..ss most SIXTH sense sae,,,sra
an Used h., by men who na,,s .'hinf-
pald .'nst'uctively defleotee 81. me
a. s ssnes and shot toward ,h n,s Tor
lo,lnr ,o, angle, gaining ins,.sn
Ne earth hnentum as he went %
iisd "a a rose gracefully and ,h. r'anss