Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
HEIR To MAKE GOOD|NEW AERO RECORDS
Young Bob Dyrenforh Accepts American Flies Highest;
Fathers Conditions. Frenchman Goes Longest
is WILD FOR AN EDUCATION BR00KINS UP OVER A MILE
Thinks Requirements Are Meant abouche
Make Man of Him. Miles Without a Stop.
SOME OF THEM IMPOSSIBLE M0RANE TRAVELS FASTEST
wonoes now he Can Go TO Dane Speeds
Ae ~ ~ ~ '" 100 Horsepower Over
Real Now. wv
Bethany
American Flies Hiuhest:
Frenchman Goes Longest
BR0OKINS UP OVER A MILE
Labouchere, at Rheims, Covers 2l1
Miles Without a Stop.
M0RANE TRAVELS FASTEST
Speeds More Than Mile a Minute IN
100-Horsepower Machine Over
Bethany Plain.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. joy s-wai,er
orookins TN Wright biplane broke che
worlo altitude record here this evening.
when ne attained a height OF 6l75 feet,
he used his last drop OF gasoline at
MS highest altitude and was stu climb
ing when his engine missed explosions
The daring aviator brought his
machine back to level TO get the last
drop or fuel out OF the storage tank TO
reach the line of vision Of engineers On
the peach. Reaching the imaginary line
brookins started to glide to earth. and
his engine stopped entirely when he
was at 1900 feet. and still over the ocean.
His circling glide to the beach, which
the crowd believed to be bit of fancy
flying, was done to save himself from
diving in the sea.
Brookins was ready to collapse when he
reached the ground. and did not tell oe
his plight in the air until midnight, after
he had partially recovered
Omcials at midnight gave 6L15 feet as
the exact height of the flight from cal
culations of engineering experts The
paragraph record is 600 feet, leaving
but twenty-five feet difference. II is ex-
pected rhat the record will stand without
protest.
By his feat today Brookins wins the
5000 prize offered by the Atlantic City
Aero Club for breaking the worlds rec
ord. unless higher altitude is reached
here before the end Of the present meet.
Came Down With Rush.
Brookins spent exactly 1O2. 35 15-1OO in
the air. according to the Official timing
Of Chairman Henry NJ. Neely and Re
corder Augustus Post OF the contest COM
mittee Of the national council OF the
Aero Club of America. About fifty-seven
minutes of this time was made in the
circling ascent. the rush of over a mile
to the ground consuming less than seven
minutes.
Fear that Brookins at his highest point
had not crossed the line of vision of the
expert engineers in charge of securing
his height by triangulation startled OIL
cials and spectators until ii was dfscox-
cred that the failure to secure q record
Of his crossing the imaginary line on
which his record will be based was on
two swings at a much lower altitude
than at the final highest point
Brookins, after waiting all day for the
brisk southerly winds to die out, made
a practice spin of a little over fifteen
iIliHutcS, TtdCUfI1E ali altltuQe OF t,SU
feet. His final start was made at 6:Os
O'Clock. with the weather absolutely clear
and much OF the force Of the wind gone
in lower attitudes.
Rose From Ocean Pier.
His rise was made from alongside one
of the ocean piers. He pointed his ma
chine to the west and then swung out
over the ocean, where he started his
spiral flight over ocean and city.
News that Brookins was really attempt
ing to break the altitude record reached
the hotels and city people, and when he
had reached a height Of 1.52) feet the
greater part of the population of the city
was on the beach. 1t is calculated that
nearly 10000 people watched the flight
and cheered Brookins when he descended
at I'll pm.
Men and women in the great throng
threw up hats and handkerchiefs, and
the police had trouble keeping back the
crowd until Brookins made a run from
his machine to his dressing room on the
pier.
Miss Eva Coffyn. sister of Frank Cof-
fyn. Brookins' fellow aviator. pushed q
bunch of roses into his hands which he
mounted to the deck of the pier.
Brookins declined to receive callers,
and rested for ten minutes before he left
for his hotel in an automobile. He
again went INTO 66CluSlOl aIleT StdtlHS
that he found the air currents steady Al
his highest altitude, and that ne turned
toward the earth when his aneroid
showed an altitude of over
5000 feet.
Working Out Calculations.
The official figures Of the height really
reached in the record-breaking flight will
be based on the findings Of engineers sta
Steel pier, giving a three-and-a lf-rniIe
base line. A yacht anchored off the Mil
lion Dollar pier was also used an OBJ
servation station to still further verify
the findings. The work of trfangulation
is in charge of City Engineer Rightmire
and former City Engineer Hackney, VIII"
were still working on their calculations
at midnight.
Glenn Curtiss made several short
fights while Brookins was preparing to
ascend for the final trial. but descended
without attempting any altitude flight or
speed record over the fifty-mile course.
which he expects to cover tomorrow.
Managers Of the meet have communi-
Gated with the Wright brothers Tor per-
mission for Brookins to ny tomorrow.
morning flights despite the known objec-
ton Of the Wrights. Any flights tomor-
row will be made before and after the
hours, to allow the visitors TO
use the Dig StretCn OF DedCH, WhiCu -
cleared during the flights
Frencnmen Breaks Records, Too.
BETHANY PLAINS, Rheims. July o.
Many records have been broken at the
aviation meeting here during the week.
but the most sensational flights have
been made by Leon Moran, the French
aviator, who today. in a new 1Oo-horse-
power Bleriot monoplane, covered five
kilometers Oh miles, in 2 minutes 5j
seconds, and ten kilometers in minutes
Ia seconds. and by NJ. Labouchere, also a
who broke the worlds rec
,rd for distance. flying $40 kilometers
'211.14 miles, in a single flight in hours
81 minutes and 45 seconds.
The most remarkable achievement OF
remarkable day was that of MoraEe.
who made his flight OF more than a mile
minute, while ten other machines were ii
he air AS compared with this. they
seemed to be standing still. Leblarc
will use this type of aeroplane in ths
Gordon Bennett contest, and French eS-
,erts consider that he has splendi
.hance to capture the trophy, as ths
peed developed by Morane today was
more than four minutes under the win
ling time of Glenn II. Curtiss for the
anne distance last year.
Some Remarkable Performances.
The day closed. with additional time
nd distance records. Oheslagers reduc.