Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-30
GLENN CURT|SS,
B|RO-MAN, RESTS
AFTER HIS FLIGHT
CONTINUED from First Page.)

tOOnttuutu - FtAst a3Sp
ute 6 seconds.
This record is for the flight as a
whole. The prize fight ended, as stat
ed. at Inwood, with the record for the
1877 miles to that point as previously
given.
A clear day, with light wind, gave
some hope to aviator enthusiasts or
seeing another spectacular flight, but
nothing in that line was announced for
the present.
Curtiss's ~aeroplane which bore him
over this eventful trip remained at
Governors island, awaiting final orders
as to whether 1t will be kept intact or
dismounted and returned to the Curtiss
establishment
NEW YORK, May 30.-Glenn Curtiss's
own story of his flight from Albany to
New York is as follows;
my feelings at the start? All 1
wanted or thought of at the moment
was to get started at the most favor
able time. We had taken every posi-
BILE precaution and once started found
myself going well and flying high and
strong. The great power Of my en-
CINE, 50-horsepower for $50 pounds
weight, enabled me to fly right off. I
rose Immediately to a height of about
700 feet and kept at that average most
Of the way. It's a hard thing to tell
just what height you are travelling at.
l could tell much better from the
ground than from up above. II
IT had a watch with me and when
l had been flying about an hour I was
nAa11v .,.1i,Al - ro~ ,1yAA.,eta
bridge loom up in the distance before
me. l had no idea l had been making
such good speed and my mind had been
concentrated entirely on the engine and
the foot pump with which 1 lubricate
it. You must understand that 1 had to
give her two pumps every five minutes,
and it keeps n pretty busy watching
for that and for other things connected
with the working parts.
Presently l found a wire vibrating.
1t was supporting one of the controls,
and if it had broken in two, as might
well happen through friction in vibra-
ton, the consequences might AVE been
disastrous. However, 1 watched it
closely and it held out.
"My sensations in flying so high and
over the water? Well, l don't know
| JuSl WEdl lily EtilSdllOuS were. L WIS
too busy to have any. AT Poughkeep-
sic 1 was a little afraid that in land
ing / might misjudge my distance.
Landing from such a height Is quite
a stunt, and remember that l was go
ing at fifty miles al hour. I had to get
very close to the ground before shut
ting off the power, when a nasty bump
might be disastrous, and If l were 20
| 'rl,.& 1ff tha ,nnnrn fnn hiob IN I
might get a nasty drop and ruin the
machine. So it is a ticklish matter
that takes up all a mans energy and
sttention.
"By the time I reached Yonkers my
oil tank was practically empty. The au-
tomato engine pump that supplies it
seemed to be working overtime, and !
had found it unnecessary to use the
foot pump for a little while. L had
hoped to go right on to Governors ISL
and, but then the question arose, can I
reach New York at all? Lupricating oil
Is essential to these high-speed engines,
just as essential as gasoline.
ut was with a sense of relief that
I found myself passing over the city
limits. for / knew then that / had won
the prize. The landing at Spuyten
Duyvil was an unusual one, for there
was but a short slope, and l had to
jump out of the machine and grab her
to prevent her running back down into
the creek. But l held her till two
young men came UP from a motorboat
they had been running.
"I got some lu%bricating oil from an
automobile, and before much of a crowd
could gather 1 was ready to start off
again. Governors Island, where there
is a shed suitable for sheltering aero
planes. was my destination, and l saw
no reason Tor not making it. / found
a small plateau on the top of the slope
l had stopped on, and / got the machine
up there and started away without
much difficulty. 1 ran her along till
she just went over the edge, and rose
in the air after a drop of several feet.
Down toward the Statue of Liberty
some currents of air struck me which
required all my energy In manipulating
the controls, but / got safely past that
and then, after the hillside, the bluff
highlands, the tree-covered farms at
Poughkeepsie, l can assure you that
the big sandy plain at Governors
Island looked very welcome.
II felt relieved and glad that 1t was
all over. / wasn't a bit excited, but
this flight was the result of months o:
planning, and 1 had contemplated II
with much concern. To put 1t mildly
1 was elated at my success, for 1 had
always a little doubt of covering the
big distance without any misadventure
"This flight means several important
things to aviation. For one, 1t has
resulted in the development Of a type
of flying machine which will alight or
water as we'll as on land. Throughout
my flight there was scarcely a place
suitable for landing, making it neces-
sary for me to carry pontoons. pre-
pared fcr. q water landing. If neces-
! sary."