The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-04
GREAT FLYING BY HAMILTON
noes EVERYTHING BUF TURN
FLIPFLlPS ~ THE AIR.


N Filghi AVlators Mother sees Hh
stu nls and MAJ &c Nleag gsmetlne.
GARDEN CTTT. L. l.. June a.-Charlss
x. Hamilton with his asroplane did al
most everything except turn somersaults
In the air over the Hampstead Plain
aviation field late this afternoon. For
about forty minutes this lightweight
aviator who tips tho scales az iIO pounds
performed capers that caused women IN
wave their hAndkerohisfs and men a.
take on their hats.
While Hamilton was tho star n the
occasion. both Capt. Thomas \. Baldwin
and Joseph Seymour made flights Al
times the three machines were doing
stunts over different parts Of the course
and the counter attractions proved al
most A. divertinE a. a three ring circus.
Seymour was the first % start. A.
O'Clock with his yellow hisr be- made
two good circles Of the track. Il was
SEQ before the Hamilton machine was
properly tuned up and ready for the
air. Hamilton pulled "a he flying tog-
gerry. mounted the seat and posed Tor a
photograph. Then he bracsd his feet
and took a short run and vas on for q
JOY rde. The trim little racer dArted 10
an altitude Of Atty or SIXTY feet and then
gradually arOse higher and higher until
the altitude was estimated a. more than
800 feet Hamilton swung his machine
around the course with the grace Of a
swallow and pass-d over the Aerodrome.
making dive q about go feet and oaua-
Ing the crowd 70 stattsr m fear He
suddenly made an upward sweep 10 an al
titude oi several hundred feet and turned
in the direction % Garden city. He
wheeled his machine and hsN 90 the certre
of the field and executed a -peciacular
glide TO the ground
Wasn't Il lovely'' said a handsome
gray haired woman who hal eagerly
WATCHED every turn She was Mrs
II. VI. Bsudette. mother Of Mr. HAmil.
ton. who for the first time had seen oue
Of hrs exhibitions IN an aerOplans.
Would you like 10 60 w with him''
some one askei
Indeed would Said Mrs. Beudstte.
and Charlie has promised 10 take me
before he leaves New York
BY the side Of Mrs Beudette stood the
wife 81 the aviator. who looks like a
schoolgirl Although Mrs. Hamilton
has had the experience Of a hikht. abe q
equally A. an Nous 20 try u over again
Neither felt the least anxiety al seeinR
Hamilton cut didOes in the air.
The fuel tank Was refilled and Hamilton
prepared for another fight Now he =
gong 10 DO something hig.- SAID Mrs
Hamilton with pride "A he resumed his
seal IN the machine. and sure crouch he
did He few IN a height esttmatet from
so 10 .OnO feet and made dives 70 within
fifteen or twenty feet Of the ground
This time be RENAMED aloft 50 minutes
ana seconds, covering distance Oi
twenty-five miles. He circlei over the
Nassau Court House, then tunnel IN the
direction 81 Garden City and dew over
a church splre and then paid his respcCts
10 Meadow Brook Ne disappeared from
view and il was thought that he hai
attempted a sight across the Sound. bU
presently m the distance speck was
visible against the sky and Il grew larger
and larger a. the machine winged IL
course back 20 the flying field Wild
cheer broke from the crowd - the me-
chanical bird SCARED overhead
Then Hamilton proceeded % give an
exhibition % fancy flying He made
cirCle after circle o. the oourps. varying
his altitude from s,O TO rs feet Once ne
new ~ low a. 10 put a dog % fright and
again he made a diD over the BALDWIN
aerOplane which was IN night that cauzad
TIE spectators % hold their breath In
making one y his fantastic dives over a
group q persons who wera wats hing MS
nanfruyreE the machine tilted M a fashion
that caused some lively srurrving I'd .
g-rton Winthrop. who Was on horseback .
didn waste any time gsttlng ogt d The
way
Hamilton caught he balance and began .
PLAYING hide and aeek over no buildings
and telegraph wires He ended his aerial
whirl with . glide n ~ ~ An feet and
The machins settled on IT, three wheals
Erfh the grace n a bird alghting on 10
Loot
seymour later took out his fiar and
made several circuits n the track
About Ion persons IN automobiles and
N foot saw tho exhibition Hamilton
vii AZ again to-morrOw afternoon and
i u also expected that Glenn u Curtisg
vii return from Hammonds7orf N time
10 make q hight
II IL he purpose n the Aeronauti~al
,ociety 70 arrange a series ~ fights for
very Saturday afternoon and charge an
omission, the proceeds above the eH-
lenses 70 he given n the Nassau County
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