New-York tribune., 1910-11-24


Drexel broke all aeroplane altitude rec
ords here to day. when he climbed above
this city until his Bleriot monoplane was
unable to make further progress in the
raref1ed atmosphere.
The ink in the needle of his barograph
ran out at 1910 feet. which was ac-
cepted as a new worlds record Tonight
by Clifford J. Harmon. chairman OF tne
National Council of Associated Aero
Climbs Of America, and James hlhs
Duffv- the secretary of that body.
Tho instrument is the same one which
y,1,b tombstone. who was killed in Del
,,or asst week. carried when he made the
sorr,,or record of 9.714 feet at Belmo1u
Park on October 81 1t was orouShl
to this city from Drexefs landing pace
to-day under seal by Mr. Duffy IN or1'r
that the record made would be oIncla'-
,rr Drexel left the aviation field at
point Freaze in the extreme southern
mart of the city. at 3-23 p M TO
landed at Ore1and. about twenty nliiss
rorth of the spot where ne had sIdr'7u'
at As n. m. In his climb ne had trhV-
1rad zt least thirty miles to the nortn-
ward for wnen he started TO descend
after irving for fifteen minutes TO force
tho machine higher. he glided down tor
distance which he estimated to-nlshD
at about six mics
Nauseated by Drop.
So swiftly did the monoplane descen0
that the aviator was nauseateo- Ho"
ever he reached an open HELD anu
hronebt his machine to the ground "ilh-
out injury
! D.sxe1 AT once notified the officials at
! +ba aviation field of his landing Chi-
| ford Harmon and Grahame-N mite a'
once started for Oreland IN an
n,obi1e and brought the aviator ana the
barograph. still under SEAL 10 tnis cry.
| Mr. DrexeI said tonight tnat ne "oulu
| hv the machine back to the ava '1on
field tomorrow morning he
| greatly disappointed when he FOUND ,ha1
.ba haroeraph had failed TO record an
| even ten thousand feet
."The air was so light it was impossiole
+o make the machine ascend another
foot e" he said. THE engine would not
carry il any further, and L was up a1
-ba av+rerne altitude for more tnan
fifteen minutes. jumping the machine III
an effort to secure a greater height
Special Dress for Flight.
Mr. Drexel said tonight that while IL
was extremely cold he did not suner
like he did when he made his previous
records of 6. $50 feet at Lanark. Scotland
and : 1O5 feet at Belmont Park, because
he was more warmly clad He wore d
sueciaIIv constructed canvas sult over
lambs wool underwear and three sweat
ers. His hands were encased IN 1ur-
lined gloves. and he wore a woollen cap
and mask with goggles 10 protect MS
head and face.
yyben DrexeI began his flight there
uas a light breeze. scarcely more than a
zepbvr. blowing from the south AS he
arose in the air the aviator pointed the
nose of his bipIane toward the north. end
in five minutes was only speck IN the
heavy sky.
The aviator made circle after circle
until II almost made one dizzy 10 watch
the fast disappearing craft When the
monopIane finally disappeared from view
on the northern horizon the curiosity or
the crowd was at fever pitch. and for
more than an hour the one topic was
DrexeI. Finally when word reached
the track that the aviator had landed
safely at Oreland mighty shout went
up from the anxious crowd. and later
when IL was announced that new
worlds altitude record had probably
heer made the cheering was renewed
with even more vigor-
Other Aviators Uneasy.
Clifford b Harmon and Grahame~
White. who appeared 10 he unable TO
content themselves during the flight of
DrexeL at once Ieaped into an auto
mobile and made a wild dash for Ore
land In less than two hours the three
aviators were on their way back 70 the
city.
Secretary Duffy and President Ather-
holt of the Aero Club of Pennsylvania.
were waiting 10 make the official ex-
animation of the barograph. which Mr..
Harmon carried. still under seal After
the announcement that Mr.. Drexel had
broken all aviation records for altitude.
the aviator expressed regret that he had
not ascended higher
Had il not been for the rarefied at
mosphere~ said Mr. Drexel. there is no
telling how high would have gone The
barogra ph shows how I worked TO force
the monoplane To a greater altitude, but
II was impossible 10 do So
Graharne-White was enthusiastic over
the performance of Drexel He char
acterized him as the greatest altitude
flyer in the world.
1T is grand achievement 10 have a
Philadelphian establish a worlds rec
ord in his home city" said White.
''Drexel is the fastest climber in the
world He can rise yard when anothe,