New-York tribune., 1910-11-01
TOMBSTONE UP STA FEET
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- nfaae down. came down in about
tsrbt minutes. part Of the time with my
-ropeIlers in motion. other times not II
VAS q beautiful evening. You couldn't
1-snt a more beautiful evening. II gets
= little lonesome when you reach the
q ao(po-fcot mark but Il is nice coming
hack TO earth again. did not run into
any snow or sleet. II was three times
a. easy on me as the other night on
that account.
All I had 70 do coming down was 20
est with my feet hanging over and let
her rip Going up 1 kept my eye on a
little red string hung from in front of
the TOD plane. The string tells you
whether you are right side up with care
and going up. II it does not hang the
way il should. arrange for reception
committee 70 meet you.
The machine was strange to me. but
We got aloTg first rate. / am darned
sorry. though. that ! could not capture
The 100a0-foot altitude for the Wrights"
orexel Sick 1878 Feet Up.
Drexel went for altitude in his Biz
riot soon after Johnstone started. He
reached s.373 feet. and for perhaps two
miles few out over the sea
I felt sick and wanted to come down"
said Nj Drexel 4 was pitched about a
good deal. and il somehow had strange
eject on me TO-DAY. ] don't quite see
vyhv. but I assure you my sensations
were far from pleasant when 1 was at
LITTLE time
thereafter. II might have been some
thing that 1 had eaten. However that
may be. I am still quite chilled and am
glad to be down again
: strange figure in the newly repaired
Wright roadster, which ogilvied rove
the other day. gave the spectators a
boloret Of thrills at noon. He fairly
reaped from the ground as he dashed up
in the air.
TIE operator was orville Wright The
rate al which he ate up altitude was
record. though not official He was up
200 feet before he had made a big cir
-rir or The hyinE field. He made 80
-ee- in i.2S bv the stick that Wilbur
Wright stuck in the ground and con-
-.rted into a scientific instrument. He
rose 30 feet IN 2.fS.
The speed II rise. said Wilbur Wright,
vas iae feet q minute. and 500 is con-
sidered a most corlmendable perform
ance. This. however. did not satisfy
raryiIle fur he swung down a bit and
;hen began 10 swerve circle and turn on
the beam ends OF the machine in way
that sent the cold shivers chasing up
and down the spines that had been over
worked already al Belmont Park.
He sped around the pylones, banking
the turns in a manner that out-Hoxseyed
Hoxsey. He came down as suddenly as
ne had gone UP. and when some one
asked the conservative scientist why he
had taken such chances, especially when
he urged safety and caution upon his
gyers. he said:
"oh. il was more or less a new ma
chine. and 1 wanted 10 be perfectly sure
that it was in good shape before trust
q it to any OF the boys"
While Grahaue- White and McCurdy
we're getting ready to start in the grand
speed rrize race the two Demoiselles
came auttering out and scooted around
q bit. but they were tagged
That's it, laughed one man; the
only time they ever do any real flying
the officials stop them" The Demoi-
Selles bring out the laughs from the
crowd.
Grshane- White m an Accident.
Th. English champion was off within
a minute OF McCurdy and passed above
his rival inside OF two laps. He finished
his ten lars in l4:35 %. and the crowd
casped when they saw What they thought
Vas 2 fatal accident The great Bleriot
its engines roaring. came flashing from
out Of the sky on a sharp angle, and just
in The centre Of the field the long prong
hat supports 1t at rest struck the turf.
The massive flying craft turned COM
pletely over and people held their
breath
There seemed no doGtr that Grahame
White was killed. \ monster cheer went
up when he crawled out from under the
rear Of the wings and waved his hands
&c show b. was unhUrt.
The propeller If the Bleriot was
smashed 20 srnithereers. but il was said
TF<L -llE engine WIS not S%OiN OdItlaSeO Il
c-shame- White rode in an automobile |
- The Judges stand. h had not re- |
lived 50 much -s 81 br1isa, and when he |
aas dressed in MS street clothes took 4
his OWN Ferrnau zway from Clifford B 1
Harmon. who vas flying IT, and went 4
around several times II . Joy ride Of |
T tps. swerves and curves 70 demonstrate I
that his person and nerves we're in fine |
fettle
H had easily Won his race. for Mc- /
Curdy finished only uins laPs and took
3 s3 s-5 70 do IL in
T., The race for -he winners Of second /
place AUbrUn vss the only man who
entered Pud Mars. Who was 70 drive q /
hirlane made only half lap. Auhrun /
sinrt1E n 1s-57-
Captain Baldwin Simon and few ,
others gave exhibition flights Grahame- /!