Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-05-30
WINNER OF $4,000 PRIZE
Trip Was Made At Rate of
54.06 Miles An Hour Over
a Route Where Death
Followed Constantly Be
low I4a,M

New York, May 29.-Glenn Curtiss
flew from Albany to New York in
his aeroplane today. winning the
$4,000 prize offered by the New
York World. He covered the dis
tance of 137 miles in two hours and
thirty-two minutes and came to earth
as calmly and as lightly as a pigeon.
The average speed for the distance,
54.06 miles per our, surpasses any
other record made by aeroplanes in
long distance flights and in its en-
tirety anything man has ever at
tempted in a heavier -than-air ma
chine
Paulhan's flight from London to
Manchester, 1S6 miles. exceeded Cur
tiss' feat today in distance, but not
in speed and danger. The French
mans average was 443 miles an hour.
and below him lay English meadow
land. Curtiss followed the winding
course of the Hudson, with jutting
headlands. wooded slopes and the
treacherous Palisades. He swung over
the great bridge at Poughkeepsie.
dipped at times within fifty feet of
the rivers surface. and jockeyed like
falcon at the turns
Only once did his craft show signs
of rebellion. This was off Storm
King. near West Point. when at
height Of nearly a thousand feet a
treacehrous gust struck his plane.
The machine dropped forty feet and
tilted perilously. but Curtiss kept his
head and by adroit manipulation re-
stored the equilibrium of the ma
chine.
As he crossed Spuyten Duyvil the
aviator noted a stretch' of greensward,
shut down his engine and glided light
ly to the earth, the $4,000 his. Jump
ing lightly from his machine, the avia-
tor inspected the motor and, finding
everything intact, he sought a tele-
phone and informed the World that he
had arrived and claimed the prize.
Although he had won, he was feeling
so gratified that Curtiss decided to
give the city another view of the ma
chine and at 1887 he shot away again
to Governors Island. 1t was during
this part of the trip that he received
the merriest greeting. He came down
he
while the craft screeched a greeting.
The news of his coming spread rapidly
throughout the city. In the police
courts, the magistrates heard quickly
and disposed of the cases by hundreds
and rushed to the water front and the
tops of buildings became black with
humanity. The greatest jam was at
the Battery.
Down the river and up the bay Cur
tiss sailed lightly and steadily as a
swallow. Nearing Governors Island.
he began to descend while cheers
floated up from those who watched his
approach. He landed easily on 4
stretch of new-made land within forty
yards of the shed in which his aero
planes were housed during the recent
aviation meet.
Mrs. Curtiss, who arrived in New
York on a special train, joined her
husband as Curtiss was preparing to
take the ferry for New York. He kissed
her while the crowd eheered. Half
an hour later, Curtiss was in the World
office where a check for $4,000 was
handed him.
In winning the World prize today,
| Curtiss incidentally captured the
Scientific American cup for the long
est flight in America for a heavier
| than-air machine. He had previously
won two legs on the trophy and today's
performance makes it his. Curtiss is
thirty-twO years old and was born in
HammondspOrt, New York.