The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-04
MEN BIRDS" AWAIT
SIGNAL FOR FLIGHT
Despite Fine Weather Har-
vard-Boston officials Keep
Them on Ground.

BOSTON, Sept. 4-When the executive
! committee Of the Harvard-Boston aero
meet. TO be held under the auspices Of
the Harvard Aeronautical Society, de-
clared several weeks ago that there
would be no flying Of any sort at the
aviation field Sundays. many Of the wise
ones laughed sagely and remarked that
once those bird men get started on
their flying they viii 90 up on Sunday
just as though It was week day"
But not a wheel turned today on the
great field. although many of the minor
aviators were around the hangers all
day tinkernE and testing their engines
surreptitiousIv Many Of them would
liked TO have tuned up their engines to
the extent Of taking short test night
and to try out the course, but one of The
officials was always IN the admlntStTst-
tion building on the grounds
Grahame White, Glenn ID CurtisS.
{ Wilbur Wright, willard kearney. and
the rest were In Boston today at the
Hotel TOuraine making the most OF a
! day Of leisure preparatory 10 the Dc
/ day tomorrow
Harmon At Work.
Clifford B. Harmon, the amateur
aviator who came 20 decided grief late
yesterday afternoon when his big biplane
was unable to soar because Of the
mUddiness of the ground, and finally
! scuttIed across the field into a ditch
was the only man a work With force
Of twenty-four skilled workmen, he was
di~mantIine the machine Of its wreck
| age Preparatory to the arrived OF dupH-
cate parts from his personal aviation
! ground at NineOla on Long Island
! Seven Of tho wOrkmen are his per
/ sOuaI mechanics while the other seven
/ teen are men rushed from headquarters
/ bv the Burgess Company and Cur1sS.
/ who sold him his biDiane- The injuries
I oE more critical examination today were
I found 20 be in the main Inc wrecked
] pIane The front control and al Jhe
/ running gear. The invaluable new
! fnomC motor, which - ble eiN ..
many OF the less extensively equipped
I bird men. at noon today was deciareo
/ 20 be absolutely unframed except from
/ Its immersion IN mud and sand \
/ thorough cleaning OF almost every VoFs-
/ ing part viii put IL N shape AGAIN II
/ y as partially taken down by this noon
/ Expect Records.
/ Tomorrow. according to gossip. era
Hame Whites series @ records eslao-
! Tshed yesterday viii 20 quickly BY the
/ board. and Harmon thinks that n'Il--
/ her Of worlds records viii be tstao-
( lished especially height duration avs
( lance and the bomb dropping at a
! HEIGHT Of a hundred Yards INTO the
/ su7oL aztacx Of a dummy battieship. Al
/ that Is needed Is either s:-snt and
I steady wind or 2. comparative calm
/ Pes N7uS the most foTiorn man az the
aviation feId today IS MaTEIO1s right
1 hand man, Charles Fichon, French
{ mechanic. His employers olHlane Ms
/ been his hobby together with the Do
( erfuI Ciuome engine and at the time OF
/ the unfortunate flight ne had II tGIle-
I'D perfectly and every brace and pane
I was perfectly tested
/ He was uournfullE experimenting tie
/ raising Of the WreCkage ana the resi- "
/ Of the motor from the ditch
( Aviation certainly breeds good fellow
I shin Nearly every aviator with dupil-
/ rata parts tried 70 induce Harmon e
! try and make use Of JneTns as II Is POS
I sibIe TO utilize certain minor parts eFet
though they were manufactured for an
/ other style flyer,
Ready on Thursday.
I Farmon Is confident that by Wecnes
] DIV nighr ms biplanes Will be ready L
enter into Thursdays flying
shortly before O'Clock this afternoon
/ Wilbur wright. kearney, August Post
Hubbard, willard and Glenn H Cur
rfss arrived al the field from Boston Il
half q dozen automobiles WIN trlenCs
at-racted by the perfect flying weathe
( g-6 v-4-6 and tried 20 induce the ON
/ Gals 20 allow them 70 make 4ls -
The Harvard authorities were oodGrate
! however. despite the tuning and pro
! sastationc Of the aViatOrS.
/ The afternoon VIII be devoted Dy IN
ayiators to supervising their mechanics
tiukerinEs on the engines. planes an
running gears