The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-06-08
FAMOUS FLIGHT
Ia AR Areoplane freu Albany to New
York City by curiss.
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
The American With His Little Mn
chine Startles World by Flying
From Albany to New York in Rec
ord-Breaking Time.-Will Revolu-
tionize All Warfare.

ord-Breaking Time.-WIl Reyolu.
tionize All Warfare.
The whole world is still talking
OF the remarkable flight OF Glen. II.
Cur;iss. the American aviator. who
last Sunday few from Albany to New
York city. distance o. 137 miles. in
lS2 minutes. creating long distance
speed record that has astounded not
only those interested in heavier than
air machines but the public General
ly as we'll. The distance Cur.sss
Travelled is not so grea: as that OF
Paulhan's recent flight frcm Man
chester 20 London. in England. but
the speed he made was remarkable.
He averaged a trife over 81 miles an
hour. greater than that OF the fast
est trains in the country over the
same distance
MT. Curtiss wears the laurels be
won by this famous fight very mod
estly. declaring that it was the ma
chine. not the aeronaut. that made
the trip possible. He also makes It
clear that he believes that still great
e: feats in flying will be accom-
plished. and these in a not far dis
tant future
The aeronaut began his fight from
the New York state capital at Albany
at just 7.03 g. N. Sunday and only
two stops were made before the lit
tie biplane slided to its resting place
on Governors island, in New York
city. The first stop was made a.
PouShkeepsie. where an hour was
spent by Curtiss going over his en-
CINE and reAllins his oil and gasoline
tanks.
| The second stop was made a: In.
wood. where he made his Official
landing. From Inwood he proceeded
to Governors Island. where he ended
!. his flight Between Albany and In.
wood the biblane. which is the small.
est that ever figured in the create,
aviation contests. made an average
speed Of 54.o6 miles an hour.
For minutes at time Curtiss
. skinned through the al, a. a speed
OF SO miles AZ hour and she specia
train which vas following the aizh,
was hard pu; to 1t to keep abreas,
o! tie machine. In fact on severa
occasions it was left a mile or two
behind. There were TINES during III.
tight when the machine scared Close
to 700 fee; above the winding river
Curtiss' control OF machine wa.
remarkable. Only once. and then OF
. TIE treacherous Storm King. neal
West Poin:. did the bip!are get from
under the control OF the aviator
Caught in sudden put OF wind
which tilted the planes. i. dropped
Ike p!ummet for short distance
buut Curtiss. by skillful handling o.
levers. quickly brought the machine
to state OF flying equilibrium.
!; The feat OF the daring America,
aeronaut. in addition to winning 10,
him the fame it did. enriched him
to the extent Of $4,000. the cash
prize offered By New York news
pape. to the first machine that made
the Albany-New York trip.
In speaking Of the thirgs that viii
be re:olutionized BY airships. Cur
tiss declared that all the great bat
ties OF the future will be fought IL
the air. Il have demonstrated that
It Is easy to fly over cities and for.
tifcations." he said. "and when 1,
is possible to do this /, Is a yer,
easy matter TO drop dynamite OF
picric acid down on them. 4 few
airshtps could drop enough explo.
sires down on West Point or New
York city to destroy It in a very
short time. Why even il the little
b!plane in which sailed down the
Hudson can carry 200 pounds Of
dynomite. Just thIak O. the dest-uc.
ton this amount would accomplish
What could armies OF the brav-
est men do under shower OF dyna.
mite dropped from airships travel.
Ing. say 100 miles an hour. And
the time is not far distant when
this fearful speed vii! be easily ac-
complished. So I think ] am jus
tihed in saying that the battles OF
the future will all be fought in the
air o