The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-06-09
Curtiss Makes Record.
Charlotte News.

Charlotte News.
So many and So rapid are the an
nOupcements Of the wonders science
is performing these days that men
have come to take almost any news
OF startling invention or discovery as
II matter nf cOnrs- In the medical
world diseases long thought to be in
curable have been brought under the
power of science, and their terror
eliminate ell. In other realms equally
startling feats have been performed.
The her day Glenn II. Curtiss made
a successful fight from Albany TO
New York, distance of 14S miles.
Thus does America rank along with
France in aerial honors.
The Washington Herald comments
at length upon the significance of
this attainment, in the following in
teresting manner:
America again takes equal rank
with France in the development OF
aviation. With the crossing of the
channel and the flight from London
to Manchester, the Europeans SEEM
ed to have eclipsed the work of the
Wrights who are conceded to be the
premier bird-men of the world Added
to the fame of the Dayton brothers
now comes Glenn H. Curtiss, who, by
his fight from Albany to New York
yesterday, has added to the fame OF
American aerialists. Curtiss won
| $4,000 and recognition as one Of
the greatest cross country planists
of the world.
The distance from Albany to New
York is 14S miles, while from London
to Manchester it is 1876 miles. Des-
pite this, the fight down the Hudson
is more difficult than that across the
English plains. The air currents and
eddiPs along the Catskill hills and
past the Palisades to the sky-scrap-
ers of lower Manhattan make prog
ress for the aerOplane more danger
Gus than across the level stretches
Of central England.
The flight of yesterday was due to
the Hudson-F Fulton celebration of
last October. 1t was stipulated that
the flight must be made within a
year, in order to link the event with
the celebration of the first trip of the
Clermont. 1t is a striking evidence
Of the world progress that the same
route was taken by the trim little
air craft as that by the first steam
boat to make a successful trip. The
speed OF the ClermOnt was about
} four miles an hour while Curtiss few
J nearly q mile minute.
, The craft used by Curtiss is the
smallest that has ever made long
J flight. The Wrights have never built
an airship for a single passenger
while Curtiss has adopted the plan o.
} making a small and compact ma
) chine, both for speed and economy ir
} fuel. Yesterdays flight marks STEP
forward, and undoubtly it will soon
: be surpassed, for already the Wrights
: are preparing for a flight from Day
, ton to Chicago, distance OF almost
twice as great as that made by Cur
, tiss. The country is more dangerous
! as the route will be over hills anC
l woods, and not along stream.
The experimental stage is about
= over. Utilitariasm will next claim
the airship as his own. 1t is only {
: question OF selecting routes and ar
l ranging for regular trips, weathe1
} permitting. Behind the Wrights is {
: milliOn-dOllar corporation, which il
r building airships for practical use
As rapidly as the automobile gained
4 in favor aviators predict the air Graf
r will take it's place as one OF the mode
OF travel and one OF the necessities O
modern life