The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-12
CURT|SS SETS new
F|FTy-M|LE MARK
Aviator Flies Distance in Hour
and Fifteen Minutes at
Atlantic City.
CROWDS SEE PERFORMANCE
BEACH LINED WITH THOUSANDS
OF ENTHUSIASTIC ADMIRERS
MAY Dc AWARDED A PRIZE OF
5000.

Atlantic City. N. j., July 12.-Glen
Curtiss set an American record for a
fifty-mile flight In an aeroplane yester-
day by covering a half hundred meas
ured miles In five mile laps along the
beach In elapsed time OF 1 hour, II
minutes. IS seconds. Curtiss was in
the air I hour and 30 minutets, and
spent 1 hour and 81 minutes and 5
seconds on the course, @ minutes and
u seconds being deducted for the turn
at the two ends Of the two-and-a-half
mile course.
Walter Brookins, who made the
worlds altitude record and Frank COT
fyn. his rival. flying the Wright ma.
chine. were among those who extend
ed their congratulations over the
splendid flight.
In the early evening Curtiss set a
new mark for quick climbing by
sweeping hts machine 1000 feet In
the air In 3 minutes and 81 seconds.
After o wait OF hours for a slowing
down OF the sharp s~outherly wind
which swept In from the ocean Curtiss
rose In the air at 3:22 p. m. After a
short warming up spin he swung back
over the upper mark made by the
range flags on a board walk building
at Massachusetts, avenue and started
on his long flight.
Hindered by Wind.
Owing to the cross winds, which still
held strong in the upper air, Curtiss
never reached a faster speed than so
miles an hour. his average for the race
being about forty miles. The time for
each OF the Ave mile laps was as fol-
lows:
First lap. $40 As; second lap. S:21
2-5; third. 1877 1-5: fourth, 1913 40:
NTH. 1913 10; sixth, 7:39; seventh
1927 IL; eigth, 100; ninth 7:21 $40;
tenth. 7:21 Is.
The course laid out by the officers
brought Curtiss and his flying machine
within view OF people from the inlet
down to Ventnor. Practically all of
Atlantic City was OF the board walk
or on the beach watching the flight.
and Curtiss was repeatedly cheered as
he swept over the heads Of the crowds
especially In the vicinity OF the big
piers.
At the end OF his flight Curtiss de-
clared that his engine worked perfect.
ly and added his belief that the added
weight khich he was forced to carry In
the emergency apparatus In case OF
falling into the sea and tho necessity
Of running partly into the wind t o
keep into the course held him back at
least Is miles an hour.
ereokins May Try.
Curtiss's contract ends tonight, leav.
ing Brookins In possession Of the
5000 altitude prize won on Satur.
day evening. when he made a worlds
record Of SITS feet and which will he
given him today. The Wright aviator
has not yet announced whether he will
90 after the fifty mile prize Of 5000
which otherwise will 60 to Curtiss.
Brookins started up Immediately af.
ter Curtiss landed from his long flight
and described sharp curves and turns
ending with his first exhibition OF 4
triple turn that almost stood his ma
chine on end. Brookins and Coffyn
then went up todgether with Brookins
driving the biplane. getting of we'll az
ter a false start, caused by a loose run.
ming rail.
Later In the day Coffyn went up
alone giving an exhibition OF turning
and swooping. During his lone flight
Brookins made q 1000 foot sweep along
the beach Just over the heads Of the
crowd. ending by driving his machine
over the breakers hardly a foot from
the surf.
Measurment OF Curtiss's quick flight