The Prescott daily news., 1910-05-31
SHOWS THE PRACTICABiLITY OF CONTINUOUS FLIGHT WITH NO
 FEWER STOPS THAN TRAIN.
FASTEST TIME EVER MADE
Hammondsport Aviator Makes 1877 Mile Trip From Albany to New York in 152 Minutes--Faste
 Than Fastest Train.

New York, May 31.-An acroplane flight from this city to Chicago, with no more stops than are made by the fastest trains @ change engines, is considered possibility today i'll the light of Glenn H. CuItiss' sensational feat, when he started from Albany at TOP a. m. and landed on Govern CTS Isand, south of this city at noon after having made one stop half way down and another inside of the city limits.
 Curtiss broke all speed records of continuous flight in his averaging 54 4-5 miles an hour for the trip. One time he attained an elevation which he estimated at 5000 feet, and from the last lap along the Lower Hudson he flew less than 200 feet above the surface of the river Only once was he in danger, and that was when he mixed his aeroplane with the currents King mountain, south of West Point. His machine dropped 40 feet sidewise with increasing momentum, but picked up enough air to enable the aviator to get control of it before any real damage was done Curtiss declared that he could duplicate the feat, but that he will not do any further flying for some time. He will go to Hammondsport. N. Y, to re- main a few weeks and may go abroad later on to participate in flying.
 Faster Than Fastest Train.
 Curtiss feat of doing 137 miles ih 152 minutes is better time than any limited on the New York Central ever made.
 The Twentieth Century Limited goes the route in three hours and three minutes. the Lake Shore in three hours and 25 minutes, while the Empire State Express needs three hours and eight minutes The trains cover only 142.2 miles.
 Figures to Be Verified.
 While Curtiss' distance will have to be verified by the Aero Club of Amer ica, of course, Augustus Post, secre- tary of the club, who was on the, special train which followed the avi- ator from Albany to New York, said about 137 miles in 152 minutes were the figures which could be depended dpon to stand
 When Curtiss started from Van Rensselaer, island there was only a small group of persons to see him off He had arisen at 4 o'clock, but, with his habitual caution, hesitated sev- eral hours.
 Then the sun came up, the sky was clear, the air cool and bracing, with no signs of trouble ahead anywhere. Scarcely a breath of air came from any direction
 At first he circled about over part of the city ot Albany, in order to come within the rules, then set his course strai5h own the river
 Here and th group of railroad laborers or f 1on on the river saw the mach. ying away toward the south and ID a lusty shout. The cries were au up by others. and then ffoo 8 Aousand windows anu uOOIWd dgS t were thrust out and hundreds ct alf-clad men and women swarmed 6- into the morning air.
 Whistles Shriek Welcome.
 Within three minutes whistles be- gan to shriek, and before the aero plane was out of sight the whole city was astir and telephone and telegraph messages were flying to points down the river.
 Thirtythree minutes after leaving Albany the aviator was humming past the city of Hudson, and, seemingly, the whole population was up to greet him. From that point on it was a noisy ovation all the way down the river
 He passed Tivoli at 7:53 and Rhein- cliff at S:06, 54 miles from the start ing point. Just below Rheincliff he flew over an icehouse on the banks of the river, and five minutes later went directly over a lighthouse in the middle of the stream
 AS the air craft came -humming in