Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-14

Hamilton, the young aviator whose re-
markable cross-country flight yesterday
to Philadelphia and return supplied the
world of aviation with a new sensation
and new records, is today looking for
more aerial spaces to conquer. This
morning found the daring aeroplanisl re-
freshed by good nights rest after his
nerve-racking trip, and already planning
further conqueSts Of the air.
Hamilton is known to have one great
ambition. 1t is to beat the record Paul
han established for continuous cross
country fight. That III miles without
stop, made by the French aviator in his
journey from London to Manchester. still
stares the ambitious American in the
face. Hamitons eishty-sx-mile mark
of yesterday falls considerably short of
it, but he would have bettered it, he fully
believes, had not trouble developed with
his spark plugs, compelling his untimely
descent in the Amboy marshes when
nearing this city On the return trip, and
preventing his making circuit around
the city which would have added some
forty miles to his journeys length. 1t
is known that Hamilton intends at the
first opportunity to undertake a flight
that will give him the chance which ill
fVItluS SpolleO yesterday.
Two New World Feats.
Although disappointed in this one par
ticular. Hamilton did enough in his yes
terday's performance. seemingly, to have
satisfied almost any one. To him be
longs the honor of having first flown for
ward and backward across country be-
tween two big cities in one day, and the
af N
eighty-six-mile trip exactly On schedule
time. New world feats. both of these.
The record for the longest cross-coun-
try flight in America is also Hamiiton's
by his yesterdays performance. His
total distance to Philadelphia and re-
turn was 115 miles. as against the $50
miles Curtiss flew from Albany to New
York in the next longest American flight.
Paulhan's fight from London to Man
chester beat 1t by only eleven miles. and
recent flight in France by Henry Far
man by but two miles.
Hamilton. according to revised official
figures, was in the air hours and "a
minutes, maintaining an average speed
from New York to Philadelphia of 1859
miles an hour, and from Philadelphia to
New York of 51.36 miles an hour.
Aviator's Own Story.
Speaking of his trip, Hamilton said:
We'll, I had clear score to Phila-
delphia. any way. and. taking all things
into consideration, I think ! had a clear
score coming hack. What happened to
me at South Amboy differed in nowise
from what daily befalls many automo-
bilists. The porcelain in one of my
spark plugs broke. and I had to come
to earth to replace it. If I had not
broken my propeller in attempting to
make new start single-handed
wouldn't been delayed more than five
minutes.
That part of my trip was the most
train all the way from Philadelphia I'M
til l reached MEMO Park. My engine
had been working pretty well. although
just as | passed over Trenton one Of
my spark plugs became sooted and put
a cylinder out Of business. Then at New
Brunswick another cylinder missed fire.
l didn't know it then, but this was the
cylinder in which the porcelain of the
spark plug was broken. The first cylin-
der cleaned itself out and began work
ing again. but when ! swung away
from the special it missed fire again. and
found myself running on six cylinders.
by an unlucky chance l turned away
from the Pennsylvania tracks at their
junction with the Lehigh Valley. l should
have turned off where the Baltimore
| and Ohio tracks cross the Pennsylvania.
This was the route I followed on the way
to Philadelphia. However. before l dis
covered my mistake l was some distance
away from the Pennsylvania tracks and
over thick woods.
Ran on Six Cylinders.
Running, as ! was on only six cyl
inders. my craft kept sinking lower and
lower. for l did not have power enough
to drive myself upward even when l
turned my defiector up. Now. TO turn,
around necessitates decided drop in
altitude. j could not afford to make this
drop for fear OF brushing against the
treetops, and SO l couldn't turn back ia
the Pennsylvania tracks which ] should
have followed for some distance more
before making the turn over the Balti-
more and Ohio tracks.
| Just ahead OF me ] saw fine, broad
patch of ground. green and inviting and
| looking like a second Hampstead Plains
That's where I'll land, thought l, and
match up these two spark plugs
turned my defector down and pointed
toward what ! took to be q fine landing
field BY this time I had dropped Sc
low that my underplane almost brushed
against the tallest trees. / missed them
however, but an instant afterward / was
| almost sorry / had