The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-14

Doty and Mrs. Doty, stood on a sid
ing of the Pennsylvania terminal In
Jersey City waiting for the word
At 7:I2 o'clock the special stirred
gently and came TO sudden stop
II was false start.
Hamilton had attempted to arise
and after a brief run over the sands
of Governors Island had abruptly
halted much TO the wonder OF his
gallery.
The sands were soft from the rains
and the biplanc. running on narrow
tires, sank deep. In sinking one OF
the wheels Kicked up the end of a
hidden stick. which came into VIC
lent collision with the whirring pro-
pel'er A long splinter four Inches
wide was torn out of one of the blades
and the aviator had to shut off his
/ engine. Then followed necessary
delay while the propeller used by
CurtisS In his flight from Albany to
| New York Was fitted Fortunately
| the Curtiss machine was etill on the
| island.
At 7;35 Hamilton was off again.
this time without mishap. One min
ute and half later word Of his start
had flashed over the telephone wires
! to the Pennsy lvanla terminal In Jersey
! City and the special train was after
him HamiltonS route TO Elizabeth,
whore 1t Was hoped the train would
meet him, lay for sixteen mllon over
tho waters OF the lower harbor and
the XIII Won Kull behind Staten Is.
land, two miles farther than the dis.
tance to Elizabeth from Jersey City
by rail No sight Of an aeroplane az
Elizabeth, No sight of one at South
Elizabeth. But at Railway 1914 miles
out by rail. the engineer glimpsed
something like big dragon ny far
ahead OF him and far above him He
put on more speed and tho sense OF
pursuit seemed to communicate Itself
tclephatlcally TO HamIltons wife anh
to his mother. Mrs. y. Beaudettc.
Mrs Hamilton was peering out of the
window, her hair flutterIng in the
wind Mr.. Ludlow, she said 10
friend we found him. He's with
us" But the mother could not speak
at all
And truly. 1t was beautiful sight
-Four hundred feet above the earth.
skimmlng directly above the railroad
tracks and straight ahead of the
rushing locomotive. glided the aero
plane. too far distant as yet TO make
the craclSlc Of its exhaust heard above
the roar of the locomotive and the
rafting of the train. The motion
was one OF continual oscillation.
Tlltipg gently, first TO one side and
then TO the other and rising and fall
Ing over hills and into valleys the
aeroplanc seemed to pour Itself
through the air with the fluIdity of II
stream seeking its channel Hamil-
ton explains this appearance In his
own way. When you arc In
canoe" he say. you don't try to
drive it through every wave you
meet You let her ride over the crest
and sink into the trough. That's the
way to fly an aeroplane, Let tho air
have It's viii with you. Don't fight
1t. follow H."
What little Wind was stirring.
seemed southeasterly. Hamilton said
afterward the wind was of little
hiuderance but of no aid to him. He
was moving with admirable stead!-
ness at an average OF slightly less
than 90 miles an hour.
The first point OF critical interest
was New Brunswick, where there
" do lit hdl lNdll lls6l VI IloSHt lOoiJr
factory chimneys, all a city to ny
over. with the possibilities of In
stant death TO the aviator who might
have 10 make an unexpected descent
Hamilton rose a little but held his
way straight across the heart of the
town. When the train ran ahead of
him and then slowed down to lot him
catch up. the inceSsant muSketry fire
Of his motor could he heard family
II seemed a little irregular but no
body guessed the truth until Hamil
ton told II to his mechanic.
When he was 500 feet above the
waters OF the Kill Won Kull 80 high
that he could not see the Jersey
shores. through the fog one OF his
eight cylinders went back on him and
never pick up again Tor his whole
journey
Nobody saw the flight with more
pleasure than Isaac Ludlow, New
York lawyer who was crippled for
life when aviation was In It's infancy
In experimenting with gliding ma
chine OF his own invention, which he
had towed by an automobile. 1t was
in Ludlows glider that Hamilton
made his first ascent in a heavier
than air machine when he vas only a
boy
This vindicates my faith" said Mr..
Ludlow, Il am glad lived to see II.
My own injuries were worth while If
/ could inspire another such success
full achievement"
The train was nearing Trenton and
Hamilton began TO mount higher and
higher. Here was the worst spot in
the Journey Here was the wide Del
aware river 10 cross. with steep banks
at either side; here was a broad city
with no path dividing 1t but the rail-
way tracks, and here was the pos
sible danger OF those erratIc air cur
rents that often follow river.
Moreover. the railroad tracks were
depressed In a deep cut and spanned
by frequent bridges.
Hamilton planned to so up 1000
feet I'm crossing Trenton In fact. he
rose only 800.
When ! began to climb" he said
later, u found the wind blowing
head-on and blowing much harder.
too Throughout my trip il was the
same way That is why flow at a
nearly uniform level of $50 feet"
The theory Of these ascents over
an obstacle of wide area, but OF in
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