The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-30

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Fun The woods Of InWOOd and the base
ball grounds Of the neighboghOod q GROVE
Of t.00o or more collected and gathered
about the asroplane Many % them shoot
hands with Curtiss Some % the moE
from the crowd assisted him in making
start for Governors IslAnd. Curtisa
got away a. u:t2. lie had won the con.
test but he had two reasons Tor prOlOng.
ing The trip. lie wanted 60 put the aero
plane in the aerodrome 40 Governors
laland and he thought Il No les than kind
60 give downtown New York a Eiimpss
Of him
sE"oSn START on saoRF HUS
i tried a new stunt starting from
Spuyten Duyvil.' said CuFtias. so far
as know u was never done before.
selected a terrace purpOsely 10 make a
landing on When | started the motor
going the aeroplane had only few feet.
hardly more than fifty, to run on land.
Thea II fell OF into space a. L sit tho ter
race aud was almost Instantly buoyed
up by the air There was a bit Of swampy
ground az the foot Of the terrace and
u the trick had failed would have got
stuck in the mud hut II worked fine.
lie followed the middle Of the river
pretty clOsaly. though nov and then he
found Il necessary 10 cut in over the land.
Several times he passed over apartment
houses whsre people were staring sky
ward. They could hear tho faint hum
ming OF the motor Occasionally Curtis
heard their cheering. II was a queer
sound. he said. a noise Of people calling
from very far away. a murmuT without
words. He found too that his arrival
was exciting immense interest some
times he rode 10 low that he saw the
stir his approach was making. A group
Of msn talking together would turn sud
danly with a shout 10 Sc tho big creature
Of canvas and wood booming over them.
The ferrybOats gave him a stertorons
gresting.
4 know the first Of New York that
saw was the top Of the Metropolitan
tower. said Curtisa I must have been
above YOnkers when I made IL out. II
was a lance n ire In thu bright sunlight.
and ~ me tell you I was glad 70 SO Il
As ] got closer | made out the Singer
tower. and when looked away Of 20 the
southeast I could 80 a little Of Coney
Island. Central Park was a green velvet
carpet on a gray hoor But didn't have
nearly a. much chance a. I wanted TO
look about The hbricator wasn't acting
right and there we're some pretty ahilty
air currents AZ soon a. ] got down oppo-
site the skyscrapers.
AT TIN BATTERY.
To folk a. the Battery Glenn Curtiss
and his machine seemed 20 Whirl around
the corner of the Whitshall Building and
disappear in less than twenty seconds
A little black tug gave the first signal 10
the 5.OOO at the Battery with q screeching
whistle Then all the other little tugs YET
loose and were joined by tho heavy voiced
ferryboats There was a grand racket
while Curtiss was dropping behind Castle
That was the finish Of his great
flight and il was 50 sudden that il left
people still booking skyward hreathless.
unable 20 say a word.
A man who got around the Barge
Once Just after the first whistles blew
got his eye on the dying object whsnl IL
was about over Pier A After looking
az IL for what seemed a second h. turned
% measure thu distance % Governors
Island and observe what sort II a place
h furnished for man-hird o. ahghi
His eyes rested on the island and the
old fort by the waters edge for Just a
moment. but a. he started 20 turn his head
again 90 catch that strange creature in
the sky and follow Il once more he saw il
swOoping down just where he had been
looking That was the rate at which
Curtiss few a. viewed from the Battery
No better place - have watched the
flight could have been found in all New
York than the Battery. particularly a.
Il gave you a chance 90 see Ons Of those
sWOops that demonstrate how perfect
is tho control % the machine To he
sure. the spectacle did not last long.
but you got thrill down there-a thrill
that made you feel proud 10 have seen
what you did o. IT, But few folks either
knew 81 Curtiss's air voyage yesterday
and the crowd was comparatively
A small one that Jaw the finish there
THE WATERS AT the EArER's KD0E.
Battery Parks usual crowd Of exour-
siongoers got word that something was
expected an hour before that something
happened. but then came word that the
flight had ended up at 3puyten Duyvil.
Some who had decided that the sight
q a flying machine finishing a voyage
from Albany was good entertainment
Tor a sunday morning. went away after
this greatly disappointed. But there
were others who didn't give Il up or else
had not heard the disappointing message
Here and there around the SEA wall could
be seen little family groups that had
settled down bent on seeing the show
and whose eyes were fiKed on the sky
up river. Few Of the promoRAders seemed
however. aud when 70 O'Clock
came there was nothing but the usual
crowd pouring through the park bound
for other places and those lettering
there 20 watch thu bay.
There Was hardly a breath of wind
AZ this time even az the Battery. The
flag on tho big pole there lay istless
against the mast. Smoke went straight
upward from the harbor craft.
Suddenly there came that ahrill whistle
rivsrward IL wa followed by another
and another People began TO run like
mad from the streets into the park. Every
street car was deserted in jiffy. They
same from the ferTyhousea and even
popped out u tho subway.
cts Curtiaal- veIIed the crowd