New-York tribune., 1910-09-01
NIGHT AEROPLANE AGAIN
CIRCLES MADISON TOWER
Many Say 1t Was There All
Right, but Few Agree on
the Details.
WHO WAS 1T? THE QUERY
Process of Elimination Fails to
Solve the Problem, and Even
the Press Agents Are
Silent.

That protean and perhaps perennial
ship of air that circled the Madison
Square tower on Tuesday night did the
same thing at 9 o'clock last night and
after getting several hundred spectators
IN a state of mind where they did not
kno" or care whether it was 9 or on
o'clock the feeting shadow faded in the
direction Of the Northern Lights.
Whatever 1t was it seemed to he
stricken with W-right's disease. and rem
dered buoyant thereby
1t flew toward Madison Square tower
ds some woman aviator might wish to
do with a load of hatbands filed with
pearls not intended for the bright ewes
of Collector Loeb and his troublesome
crew
Who can he be-
The name. please, Of this f1y-bv- night.
Paulhan has declared 1t would be a
dark and dismal hour when he again
visited the United States in his dear
most beautiful aeroplane
When he left town ne did not inform,
the Messrs. Wright, for whom he had a
severe distaste, oh. very,
Has Paulhan, then, chosen an hour tr
come back when night birds plot re-
vense? There is not much doubt that
with proper training Paulhan> co1,Id
come back.
There are only a few aviators who
have been interviewed by the newspane
reporters who would care to hazard 2
night flight above so pointed an under
ground as that presented by the region
| surrounding Madison Square.
Suspicious As to Post.
Augustus Post fell four thousand feet
with d balloon and another man at Rer-
| lin last year. But that was done in the
daytime.
Those who have seen MI Post pro-
gress in his attempts to be a professional
aviator at Sheepshead Bay are conf
! dent he possesses reserve aerial possi-
bilities Of an extreme nature
He made his very first amateur flight
at a professional exhibition and delib-
erately chose the hour of dusk in which
to perform He flew over the same
fence several times while trying to stop
his machine almost anywhere except on
top of the fence itself, and this happened
iahY electric light
Mr.. Post was the coolest man al
Sheepshead, and when some newspapers
described his trip as including six back
somersaults the next day. said he did not
think his work had been exaggerated
One TillinglaSt, of Massa chusetts, OBJ
tanned several pages Of space about a
year ago for alleged flying by night at
Worcester.
His friends say-Tillinghast improves
| on the Wrights and refuses to talk about
his alleged machine at any time-his
| airship carries red and green lights, one
of each.
Differ AS to the Lights.
Persons who saw the flying mystery
| last night differ to the number OF
lights it carried Some say it carried
| two red lights, others lean to the three
green theory. So 1t is not possible to
until he himself speaks and informs the
public whether he carries any lights
at all
The Garden City men denied that they
had sent forth one Of their number on
SO romantic a journey. They said they
would let the newspapers know in ad-
| vance of any such attempt to be made
| by them.
| Hamilton is racing by train toward a
| $4,000 contract at Sacramento, Cal
| Curtiss reported from Lake Erie that
| he had gone early and happy to bed.
| Johnstone and Hoxsey are too far apart
for their jealousy engendered at Asbury
Park to lead either to make such re-
| bic demonstrations of superiority
Brookins is too close to Wilbur and
Orville to sadden them by an undertak-
| ing so purely fantastic and Of such
slight scientific value
Mars has just been licensed as an
aviator by the Aero Club of America, of
| which Cortlandt Field Bishop is presi-
dent.
This may have turned his head. He
seemed much moved at the time.
If he comes again tonight the avia-
| tor may drop his name TO earth in an
otherwise empty bottle.
HOSTILITY IN NEAR EAST