Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-05-30


sharply gltdod above "a railroad draw
bridge and floating lazlly inland with
/ the propeller barely Tuning He
4 m"neuNcrcd a. bit e3,ctullY then
/ ahghted without mishap On the
stretch of green which had caught
MS eye. He he'd Flown from Albany
To Manhattan Ia two hours thirty
two minutes and the $4,000 was his
Jumping from his machine the aVi-
alor Inspected his motor and finding
everything intact sought a telephone
and informed the World that he had
M Mlived aud claimcd the award
Although he had won weather con-
ditlons were SO propitious and he was
tccliug SO eratifiod at his success thai
Curtis decided to give the city am
other view Of his machine and at
1885, ne shot away again for Cover
nor lSl2ud. II was during this part
OF his trip that he received the nofs-
lest greeting He came down the
river at on elevation Of more than
300 feet, while harbor craft shrckcd
their greetings, News of his progress
splead quickly throughout the city
IN the police coults, magistrates
heard ana quickly disposed of cases
hundreds rushed to the water front I
9nd ROOFS became black with human 4
ity
Down the river and into the upper I
bay he sailed u.s. lightly and steadily (
as swallow Nearing Governor |
Island he began to descend. while /
cheers floated up irom those who /
watched his approach.
He landed easily ON a stretch OF the /
new made land within forty yards of I
HE shed in which the aeroplanes were
kept during the Hudson Fulton ccle-
oration Dismomting without fur
-her ado he resigned his craft to
soldiers who volunteered to push il
nto the shed and he received congrat-
llations from Major General Howe
y. s. A.. commander Of the depart
nent of the east and other officers
Refreshments were served in Cor
'in hall and Curtiss briefly related
lis experiences. Mrs. Curtiss, who
lad IN the meantime arrived in New
York on the special train joined her {
husband as Curtiss was preparing to
AXE the ferry for New York He kiss
d her while the crowd checred d
The terms Of the competition pre-
cribed that the flight must be the y
ull distance from New York To Al
amy. X was optional to start from ,
ither end and Curtiss would have pre- ,
erred to start from New York, but if .
here is g worse aerOdrume than Man d
attain island. spiked with the spear ;
hafts of skNscrapcrs, and the waters
T New York harbor, cluttered with
hipping and cross-cut by dcnccted a
inds, he would like to have IT shown. j
AcrOnauts and aViators tonight "
ere unanimous that Curtiss had per- Il
'rmed the most wonderful feat OF o.
le air that the world has ever seen. ="
CurtsS was dressed for the trip i'm
aiding boots and sweater. His aero g
ane carried pontOOns or floats to pre- u
mi it sinking in case of a fall into -
le river. The pontoons are his own y
veution and were designated with
'ecial view Of making the Albany =
ew York race. A fifty horse power
otor Of his own make propelled the II
art, which with the aviator in its &C
at, weighed Approximately 1000 \
,unds, W
Curtiss Is not q talkatiyc man ANA y
5 secretary explained the details ~ n"
q trip Curtiss merely smiled ana g
,dded approval now ana then put ="
" in few descriptive phases
In winning the world prize today
lrtiss incidentally captured the Scien- p'
IL American cup FOR the longest y
ght In America for a heavier than ~
{ machine. lie had previously won ga
. legs on the trophy ana todays ca
rformance makes il his. ~
Augustus Post, acting for the Aero WI
ub of America, kept record of Cur
s' time which VIII not be made Of -
iaL however, until distances haNc su
en- verified, Mileage as used by an
e. New York Central railroad was pc
b basis of the measurements an
Money viii Come In Handy FOL
After Curtiss had been presented ce
tn the $4,000 check. Mrs. Curtiss Ne
d.
There are many many places no
ere the money viii come in handy. an
! We don't know what we are go DO
to do with all of it yet. We may MI
abroad little later on We have SIN
any plans. really. further than GO
to liammondspor in a few DAYS" ye'
Nmong the first to congratulate dr'
rtiss after his landing at Governors to
nd was Charles * Hamilton. the fro
ing aviator who arrived In this
saturday from Jacksonville. Fla. -
)ing to compete with Curtiss in the ~
hit iii