New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
DROP IN ON LAWN PARTY
Coffyn and Brcokins Fly to Deal
/, Club from Asbury Park.
BOTH MEN IN NEW MACHINE
Contrary Air Currents Interfere
with Johnstone' Trial for
Altitude Record.
IBv Telegraph to The Tribune ]

Asbury Park n. j.. Aug. 20.-A lawn
party was the attraction this afternoon at
the Deal Golf and Country Club. During
the festivities President Joseph M. Byrnes
was informed that two gentlemen desired
to see him. They proved to be waiter
Brookins and Frank Coffyn. two OF inc
Wright aviators. Not having been aple 10
secure q motor for their Journey they
had sailed over to the clubhouse IN an
aeroplane landing on the golf links near
by.
Their arrival created a sensation, ana
after considerable hardshaking President
Byrnes invited them to celebrate the event.
but the aviators declined the invitation eA-
planning that their calling made them pro-
hibition partisans Coffyn, who ected as
postman then delivered a letter TO Mr.
Byrnes. 1t was from the aviation commit
tee of the Asbury Park Aero Club, teliihs
the golf club president that the Asoury
Park aviation meet would be continued
Monday and Tuesday
Mr.. Byrnes prepared an answer. conerai-
ulatng the Asbury Parkers on their enter
prise and wishing the en- all sorts of success.
This letter Coffyn later delivered TO the
committee on the aviation grounds.
The flight to the Deal golf links was the
feature Of the afternoons progra mne- L ne
new Wright machine was used. and with
Brookfns at the levers the start was mace
at 4:29 p. m. Coffyn accompanied him IN
the capacity Of letter bearer. The machine
rose to an altitude of five hundred 1eet,
ctrcled the grounds several times and then
headed due north for Deal The landing on
the golf links was made without accident
and the ascent on the homeward trip was
easily accomplished.
They reached the aviation field again at
20 o'clock, and after Brookins had exc
cuted several of his aerial stunts at an
altitude Of 300 feet he shut off the machines
engine and coasted to the centre of the
field. The fifteen thousand spectators gave
the daring youths a vociferous welcome as
they stepped from the machine.
Later in the afternoon the same machine
made a fight with Archie" Hoxsey in the
drivers seat. Beside him sat Frank w.
o 'Malley. g New York playwright. Hoxsey
treated O'Malley and the spectators to g.
five minutes exhibition of remarkable dips
turns and glides. At O'Malley's urgent
request the aeroplane came back to Mother
Earth.
Ralph JohnStone wearing heavy clothing,
made a trial for an altitude record. He
was in the air for forty-siX minutes, but
after sailing in wide circles which carried
his machine one hundred yards to sea and
as far north Elberon, he encountered con-
trary air currents which interfered with
satisfactory climbing. and he descended.
Returning to the aviation grounds he
dropped until within six hundred feet OF
the ground when he coasted to the centre
OF the field. 1t was the prettiest exhibit
ton of daring shown at the meet
The paragraph on Johnstone's aeroplane
showed that he mad reached an altitude OF
2.44S feet and the cyclometer Indicated that
he had travelled forty-two miles while aloft.
An official record Of the fight was made
by Fred j. Dollinger. representing the ma
tonal council of the Aero Clubs of America.
The afternoons programme opened with
Hoxsey giving an exhibition flight around
the field. which lasted nine minutes. On
his second flight Hoxsey was in the air
| thirteen minutes, and thrilled the uplookers
with his dangerous dips AMI aerial base
running while up five hundred feet
Johnstone Brookins and Cofyn also re-
| sponded to encores and gave short eXhibl-
| tions. Johnstone in his second trip made
| another hair raising coast from an altitude
| of four hundred feet, and Broolins went
| through imaginary game of leap frog,
winding UP with a slide for life with his
| biplane five hundred feet in the air.
A balloon ascension by one of Johnny
| Mack's apprentices, who made a parachute
| drop when the balloon was five thousand
| feet high closed the afternoon programme
Because of the stormy weather during
the week, the meet VII be continued on
Monday and Tuesday. when the Wright
| 6yorS will continue their demOnSt IA tiOnS