The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-13
Bombs SHOWERED FROM AERO
,rrROPRI iTELI ron THE nav,
nm HERE ONLY ORlN6ES.
Hur iurIls> m Filghi Planted Them
Murr- he said TIE would ln Rela tIsn
tr the TARGET Yacht ne and Brssk.
90, Receive TheIr -. OapO PrIyrS

30, Rcr-he Ther $4,000 PrIyrS
N..,>rIr cry, y J July ~ Crossing
o. -..ng line Of the yacht John r.
D. N.I,r,' II used as a target in place OF
tvlr~n u refused Co this city for a mimic
90, ,ni ar hattie. Glenn n Curtiss with
,ron..- for bombs gave an exhibition
Az. his afternoon of his ability 20 drop
lsr explosives onto the deck of the
-i" Fearing harm To the officials and
AZ pes on the deck OF the yacht Curtiss
Arar,,i his missiles - accurately along
10 hat spray was thrown over the
Lawns ~ the women Then whirlinR
lavnv he shot his aero out TO sea and
'I.,Hud the range Of anything bat a hig
ru
Tho first trial made by CurtIss after
fs arose in the air had a lfsboat ne u
MARK and at len feet height the oranges
rt-st on the water with a smash that
promised serious injury TO persons aboard
YACHT who might IT, in the line Of fire
,.rtiss signalled that he would drop his
.-rmrs only close enough TO show his
auII'v to land them on the decks had he
:. desired Tie swept out to sea. rising
NH he was nearly ND feet above the
! de,N of the craft The first bomb
~hIZ1ed through the air and threw no
\ a small gevser of water as Curtiss whirled
- machine ont over the ocean and out
d the supposed range Of fire 81 small
arms
We wouldnt have had a chance IL
rat fellow had been using real bombs
.lli capt sam Gale OF the Mehere IA
f1r hitting him. he made about as good
rife mark AZ a gIll and he was gone
NH' Of any sure hitting range long before
any ordinary shot could have got a rife
"a him
I had no idea myself said Curtiss
e the force OF even an orange when
\ a-opped from that height. and IL is q
! a. od thing that I tried one on the water
u~tcad of dropping II on the deck.
"ievs that one Of those oranges would
+. 80 seriously injured anybody who
.,pp-.ned to he in the way could have
r-1rped one on the yachts deck without
-" east trouble
The trial shows absolutely that the
t," Z the hattleShip for attack On foreign
,'.S - nearing its end declared Col
William Alien Jones. retired. formerly
# he United States Engineer Corpa.
'urtiss could have dropped bomb
uu the deck Of even tina; small craft with
- ~ much ease and certainty az that
with which he spun them close enough
o. The vessel To show his ability without
"utangering the people on board A
'T hitting that swooping aeroplane
rom the deck oG hattle=hip IL would
i- practically impossible. except with
ne balls. and both driver and engine
'lrld he protected with the lghte-t
sort OF Armor or bulletproof cloth
Lack OF fuel carrying capacity would
'.,r the aeroplane from use for anything
i..' last defence continued Col Jones
! i-li.ve. however that a feet Of. say.
-. y, ~ aeroplanes able to slip through
.." -Ir az night would not only have q
t.Eca - Rnnihilate a ship % any size
.r armor hu' " ould also disorganizs
rev and drive them into a panic that
could make them useless. The Curtiss
lime can carry at least 300 pounds. and
4 'l's amount IA the most powerful Of
Y a i-rn high explosive would - enough
sink an entire feet 81 cruisers unless
ley -uc'-.-cird in hitting the plane or
'. driver with "A shell from a deck gun.
Er.r - unlikely
F'.loWiug his sham attack on the mock
.rt'-hip Curtiss dropped more oranges
49, "rcIlar mark on the beach to show the
So" with which he should huri explosives
-. d." camp Of soldiers.
A''"r the Curtiss exhibitions Walter |
B'"nsus made a series Of whiriinS turns |
E'h MS hiR Wright machine. ending with |
ds-ns rush through the surf in which !
-. 4
lF"sksr The crowd. ha wing feared that |
"" vnunRstsg was about 10 tumble into |
go ..ctn. chssred when he lifted his plan. |
70. rT~ air and landed safely on the |
To-. rough sea kicked up by the breez.
'-.- morning baked Curtiss's intention
." crop With his plane to the ocean and /
attempt 10 arise from there into the air
H. ..-nond plane had been rugged with a /
.a'5. tsh"d 20 its bottom in preparation !
.'r -" attempt. but the life guards per
,aIed MN not TO ..rtpmpt the hazardous
"a 10 which h" might have been drowned
-'or" r"aouer- could reach him in case
f. re 20 rls-
brp1kin- started the afternoon exhib-
'1r ,lrn"iiatsly after the cessation OF a
\ -e-.-- showers that haa kept the resort |
~ va ~ Los. behind the clouds when
a~N .'art@d 10 break away that his $50
r' -'Ds' INTO tho air nearly took him
q 'n' ~dg-s Of the lowest lying banks
I ..-'
- also made an exhibition flight
r'.'.' oily after Brookins descended
90 s'--' ended formally tonight. tB.s
'r'.. ing presented with the prizes
-. .. Won by Presidsnt John } White
" .'aE'Ic city Aero Club BrookIns
.. .s s. .non for breaking the worlds
n 90. -.'"ri and Curtis- pocketed the
mount Tor making a fifty mile
ord yesterday Twenty-Five
Z '" made during ths ten days 81
Ih" officials are happy over
geo . N" fret affair ~ ts kind
a'" cured records for Atlantic
'-.l' fr"ving conclusively that the
.~ an - flown over the ocean
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