New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-09
GURnSS MAKES SOCIAL
CALL IN HIS A|RSHP
Actually Drops In on Lieutenant
WiIIoMhby and Wings Back
to Anxious Crowd.
BROoKINS PLAYS FRANKS
po.h Aviators Race Over Surf,
While Thousands Stand on
Beach and Cheer Their
Daring Work.
rpv Telegraph &c The Tribune. J

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I'D q call by aeroplane this afternoon
O. the first time in history He had
Yen plaving aerial pranks all day, and
=. before 6 o'clock he winged his way
ve,tnor. where his friend, Captain
4srrh willoughby. is building a new
oeroplane. He descended easily, stayed
while. had drink or two, looked over
tho new machine and then few back to
,ba beach. where gaping thousands mad
Ion wondering where he had gone
They thought at first he had had an
,coi5ent- and sent automobile searching
,e-ties out for him. Then. when real
sear vas rising, came a telephone mes
are that he wcs at Ventnor, and a few
,,i,utes later he came winging through
-be air. quietly telling Of his little visit
n his friend when he aIighted-
II didn't strike him as remarka BILE, but
Atlantic City. when il caught its breath,
realized that il had seen the marking OF
smother epoch in the history OF mans
conquest OF the air.
Worried Over His Absence.
Curtiss and Walter Brookins went up
this morning, and this afternoon they
few again. Il was just 5:43 o'clock when
curtiss gave the word to the men hold
ins his machine TO let go. and it was
nearly o'clock when he finally landed
again near his temporary aerodrome IT
the Million Dollar Pier.
When he rose in the air ne winged
upward until he had attained a height
az about 200 feet. and then started 4
straight course down the beach. The
crowd watched him until he was hardly
more than q speck on the horizon. Then
they saw the speck turn landward, and
h finally disappeared from sight. Min
utes passed and still no sight of Curtiss.
The tine passed
Then rurnors began 10 come into the
ocean pier that something had gone
wrong with him and that he had landed
or the beach near Ventnor. Two Of his
men clsmbered into an automobile and
raced down the beach to his rescue.
Then some one told them he had landed
II big lot near the Hotel Ostend, and
then had started his engines again and
TOWN away. They said he had shaped a
course toward Nentnor.
&
phone message was received by William
4 Bell from Curtiss. He said he was
down in NenJnor visiting Lieutenant
Willoughby- He said he was all right
and would be back in 4 few minutes.
He was as good as his word, for the
message hardly had been delivered to
Mrs. Curtiss and the officials Of the aero
Ing.
He came UP the beach at racing speed,
circled about twice, and then headed
toward the pier and dropped on the sand
VITA ire ease and grace Of a great bird.
4 tremendous cheer arose from the
thousands on the beach and Boardwalk.
and Curtis waved his cap il acknowl-
edgment-
Brookns Delights Crowd.
Walter Brookins in the Wright ma
chine gave the crowd a few thrills both
this morning and this afternoon. He
Started away early. but the sand was
50 soft that the rail on which the ma
chine rms sank into if. and he went
only little more than fifty feet He
Jumped out and supervised the replacing
n the rail in a solid body Of sand and
Started Of again
Then everything went smoothly and
ne shot into the air without difficulty.
He SCARED above the heads Of the crowd,
and after going half mile or more out
70 sea began z series Of circles, and
toward the end he was making them so
short that il seemed as though he would
surely topple over.
But never once did the daring young
aviator lose control Of his machine. and
Re knew just hoev far he could go with
MS pTanks. The crowd went wild over
his exhibition. however, for they have
taken . great liking TO the young fellow
Fho has accomplished such wonders in
short time
But Curtiss was not idle all this time
Brookins had hardly got fairly in the air
before Curtiss shot down the beach in
MS machine and with the grace Of a
great bird drew up in the air and began
cutting 4 few exhibition circles.
H showed the crowd that he had
Speedy machine, for he went up the
peach Ike an express train. Inc cro"o
shouted its approval. and he must nave
heard, for he took one of his hanos
if"m thu wheel and waved il to them
Neither Curtiss nor Brookins went az
ser the altitude record this afternoon. IL
appears that both are waiting until lhey
have finished their exhibition flights be
lore attempting 10 go after any RECORDS
broolins tried il q little this afternoon
De got I'd 10 little over l.4O0 feet, out
when he came down he said he fouhd
The air currents puffy and unfaVorable
10 attempting TO make a record for
height
viii &C After Lathsn1's Record.
Brookins already holds the altitude rec
ord for this country. and when he was
TOLD this afternoon that Latham had
Token his record at Rheims. DC smiled
and said:
Oh. well he won't hold IL long.
II is quite probable that both BroohlhS
hha Frank T. Cofyn. both of whom are
wright pupils. viii go up together TO
morrow morning
Ihey had planned TO go this afternoon
Du' Brookins wanted to test an altitude
Aischine which was fastened TO the Dag
fsafe by a " Post, SO they postponed