The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-30
AIR RECORDS BY BROOEINS
% RIGHT tIItTOR FLIES FROV
enc 400 TO SPRINGFIELD
Beats HaInlItOas American Cross.I o,,u-
try FuEhi FrSm New Ysrk 10 I'hIla-
d~lUhia ana CurJls.'s Pughi Frsa,
Albany 90 New York Land. twice

= SPRIS0PiRLp lii. sept - WaltNr r.
Bronkins. the aviator, landed a. n" State
Fair Grounds this afternoon at "a . CLOCK
and was cheered Nv the ~ Ono spectators
after he had finished hts fight of iss miles
from chicago.
lie left Chicago at 0ia 4. NJ The time.
including stops. was hours and ~ min
! utrs
1 The actual time IN the air was 5 hours
and ~ minutes and his average speed.
With stops eliminated. ~as about thirty
two miles All hour
/ Br"nkins arrived la Springfield two
minutes ahead % the special train with
which he had raced from Gilman
! In accomplishing this feat Ia won the
N"Oo prize for which he was striving
amt demolished Iwn records one ~ them
the worlds record Tor continuous cross
: country night and the at her the America u
recOrd for sustained M ght.
third record that ~ the longest -uu-
tanned flight ever made IN N" world.
~as barely missed Nv the Young AR
man from ChinIgo. a piece of had lucS
forcing him to descend &" the ground
a second time Just hey ond Mount Pulaski
This wa- eighty miles from Gilman, where
a first stop was made and 1919 miles from
/ Chicago
Brookin-- second stop 81 the day, at
/ Mount Pula .ki was brief No harm had
befallen the Wright aeroplaur he wa
driving and tho flight tn Springfield
was resumed after twenty Ave minutes
II was a.is o clock when tn. descent near
Mount Pulaski was made and see when
the flight to the capital was resumed.
TN reaching Mount Pula-ki only a
li'ils over sir hours had elapsed since the
aviator left Washington Park IA IN.
morning One hour - this time hal b""r
lost ~ Gilman. eighty-one mi'.- from
Chicago. and his aversg. speed ~h'l"
travelling had been thirty three miles
an hour. This ~A~ better progress than
Br"okIn- had predicted.
First Of the r-cor,is 90 - demolished hv
RrJoSins was Hamilton = American cr,sa-
country record from New YovS to PhIla-
delphia. This Was surpassed when
Brookins went over Mount Pula-kr
eighty eight mixes froul Gilman. 'his dis-
ianc~ being two miles gr~I'~r than the
mileage record - Hamilton.
The s~cond record was hung W. uv
BruUkin- when his total distance traveller
from Chicae 20 exceeded ilI miles. Get mp
by Glenn n. Curtiss IN a hiSh, from Al
bany to New York 80 the worlds record
for continuous Sight hetween two geo
graphical points. including necessary
stops.
II took Brookins ,nlv I h0'Ir and II
minutes to hy from Gilman. eighty one
miles from Chicago. where no Wa- inrcNt
- stop 90 replenish hi- -unplv ~ oil, To-
Bir',eck. siAty-thr~- miles further On the
wav 30 pringfeld.
BrookinS tried Ia escape from an ad-
mirng multitude here and while heing
adverse 20 discussing HIS trip a. length
aaid
never for one moment doubted bu'
that nv tight 20 this city would 10 entirely
-uccesaful The trip was deli gh'fui all
the way from Chicago EVsrytodv from
star, TO finish treated me courteously and
whom I ABghtsd on the way the farmers
did everything possible 10 AID me
The machine Vas working beautifully
and | knew would get through on
schedule time l did not discover that
had dropped a wheel a. Mount Pulaski
until tho machine began humping over
the ground here ~ the Fair Grounds
Its loss made no difference.
The wind. which consumed my gaso-
lene rapidly made rough sailing NJ times
| also encountered many sudden cross
currents which nec--sitAt~d rising ar
dropping rapidly 70 negotiate