The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-13
AMERICAS DAY AT SQUANTUM
GRAND DISPLAY o. CONGESTED
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fancy Herald SQUARE rush hour traftio
taking place above ground instead NJ upon
| Il one can get sumo notion Of what 'hings
seemed like IN the air lanes crossing the
aviation field az the SauAntum meet this
afternoon Airmen say that this after
moons flying stunts combined To maze
the host flying spectacle ever seen in
America
Ono could gaze UP az Ralph joins
stone in Wright Reroplan" racing
Grahama Whites Farman machine aud
with l"s- than half the horse power and a
machine ten milr- slower than the Far
man lap tn" EnGlishman every now and
I then 10y sheer superiority of skill. And
az tn" racing progressed untn Grahan"-
Whit" CAV" mp In disgust and started up
I for altitude lus, a. he was lapIad again
/ nv Johnston- in front Of tha grand stand
I Walter BrookIns was crisacrossing the
course IN another Wright machine. and
Charley willard also az the same moment
MAS double crossing Rrookinss cross field
cri-scross and Iieu'. Fickel. L. =. A.
VAS firing shot after shot from niidair
down at white target from Curtiss
machine. and simultaneously with the
marks Of the army service rife the senior
admiral Of the aerial Acct. wilbur " right.
was ban ging bombs down upon the battle
ship hullseye.
Again u must be confessed that this
! WAS an American day Ralph tombstone
broke the worlds record for accuracy
which was made by Walter X Brookins
on Saturday when Brookibs dropped from
height Of more than IA mile above thu
field and came To- u stop in "A marked circle
IuO feet in diameter with his forward
controls covering a white flag smaller
than \ pocket handkerchief that marked
the centre - the circle The accuracy
measurement taken from the little flag
to the steering seat Of the aviator. on
Saturday was eleven feet and a fraction.
When the new worlds record was made
to day by Johnstone the Wright machine
stopyed with the flag hidden some place
under the left main plane ~ the machine
and Just Ave feet four inches from the
steering seat tombstone had picked out
the circle. landed inside ~ and come tn a
stop on top ~ the centre flag ~ long after
| -undown that the officials had To use
matches and a pocket electric lamp to
make the measurements and read the
tape even though only few seconds
had elapsed between the landing and the
measuring
The flight which Jnhn-tone had brought
q an end with the accuracy worlds
record was a continuous fight 81 ninety
eight miles around the mile and three
quarter course and n establishes "A new
American record for remaining IN the
AIR From the beginnIn ing 81 the after
noon flights until the gathering darkness
made the Wright machine indistinguish-
able on the far side OF the field tombstone
had Padded around the course patiently
In order tn win the distance and duration
POINTS Of the day and incidentally To
break Clifford y Harmon's American
duration record 81 hours 8 minutes and
N seconds. tombstone wanted to break
this record 30 badly that he stayed in the
mir this afternoon , hours ; minutes and
~ seconds. or hour > minutes and 10
seconds better than the previous AmoTI-
can time for continuous flight
GTahameW White. realizing that he had
lost altitude to Brookinz and dIstanC. and
duration to Johnston" rsvoCably 80 far
a. the SaInntum meet u concerned and
that Wilbur Wright had Just celebrated
one Of the last Of hts public fights by win
ming the bomb dropping points 81 the day
with a score OF 20 points IN thirty eight
shots. thereupon came to earth IN hts
~ q
altitude and dragged out hin remarkably
speedy Bl4riot monoplane
At this time u looked as though to-
morrow the papers would have TO say
-Grahame- White also flew wherefore
once again he headed across the ha rbor
IN the Bleriot for his second try for the
OiobCs prize 81 $1,000 for the best time
in a double continuous flight To Boston
light and return. plus enough tapping on
he Squantum field at the beginning and
~ AtaRhf to Nk.a "A
tanCe measure thirty-three miles. The
Bleriot covered the thlTty-three miles
. fresh breeze retardlng on the legs out
to the light and helping to pile up speed
IN the return legs, ia the remarkable
time ~ - minutes l-5 seconds. or just
shade over a mile a minute. The before
the wind legs 81 course were made at "a
speed much faster than a mile a minute
To the connoisseurs IN aerial matters
the most wonderful part 81 the whole
afternoon al wonders was Johnstone's
flying skill IN tapping with his Wright
machine the speedier and more powerful
farrnan driven bv Ora hams- White when
ever the Engilshman while circlinR the
course IN a futile attempt tn overcome
Johnstone's big lead IN distance and
duration got into Johnstone's way.
The Wright propell"rs revolve only
about 800 times a minute. FarHan pro-
pellerr make 200 revolutions a minute.
their tips travelling AZ the rate Of $50
miles an hour. The gnome engine IN
Grahams- Whites FarTnan develops GO
horse power In an emergency the
Wright machine engine can develop close
To ~ horsepower but as II ~ dan e rous
10 drive the engine so hard the Wright
machines fly with only IN or 20 horse
power
Nevertheless when the mpromptu race
began this afternoon the Wright machine
beat the Farman. or rather JqApstOn.
heat GTAhams- White. even though the
Englishman had n lead Of more than a
quarter ~ the mile and three-Cuart.rs
course when tombstone started after him
The crowd sat up when IL graap~d that the
mechanically slower aeroplane now VAS
being handled by an aviator with aTnbi
tiOhs to forge ahead of the mechanically
faster French machine flying the British /
flag. Incidentally u might he remarked. /
II only for the benefit Of South Boston. |
that cracking from the outermost port
strut 81 Johnstone's machine was "A green !
sIik Irish flag.
This IL the official score Of points made /
to-day:
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