The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21
Shoots From Garden City
to Greenwich in Half
an Hour.
HIS MACHINE INJURED
Makes the Trip by Way OF
Larchmont Wins a $4,000
Trophy by Flight.

IUVTu ". harmon Whue nlN 4ONk
promised flight across the Sound last
night He started from the aviation
field AZ Garden City about ESQ O'Clock
Thirty minutes later he landed in Green
witch. Conn. in a field next to the estate
OF his father in-law. Commodore y. q.
Benedict
Mr.. Harmon was unhurt. but his ma
chine. a Farman bplane was damaged
The flight wins for Mr.. Harmon the s. on
trophy offered bv Country Life IN America
for the first successful airship trip across
the sound The distance in n baeIins
IL about seventeen miles. but going
around nv Larchmont increased tbs
distance 10 twenty-eight mile. That
was Mr. Harrnons estimate
! According 10 tho Official timekeeper.
J. Parke Claiming. from the Aero Clun
OF America. Mr.. Harmon left the field
at e:3oOi. Before starting on his trip
across the Sound he made a fight with
Charles X Hamilton as passenger 20
test out his machine and 20 study the air
conditions.
I rlN n~ AIN
announced that he would start out to
win the trophy. The preparations were
made without much fuss and few outside
the otficials in charge knew that he had
decided to make tho trip. He sent across
10 his tent for his life belt and was assisted
in putting IL on by Hamilton and Tod
Shriver. who has Just invented an aero
1 ala H..
10y pontoons. but instead had a proieo-
ton on either skid. and a large ooil oI
rubber was placed under the seat
Mr.. Harmon arrived at the field early
in the morning and at ~ O'Clock acoon-
panied by Philip Wilcox. another AR man.
made a survey OF the course over which
he was TO fly. He returned to the field
At 2 O'Clock and waited for favoTabis
weather.
| just before the machine was roll.t
I from the tent he called up Mrr Harmon
go Enquire il there breez. on tho Con
necticut side She assured hun that IL
was all right there and said. Go ON and
have il over
He told her the weather was IDEAL at
the fiying field and he felt the trip Could
be made without any trouble Then ha
hurried tn his tent and put IN his fiving
tOggery. In Jest he invited Hamilton
60 go along as a passenger and Hamilton
said All right I'm take YOU for IA ride
! anyway said Harmon because I want
90 make a good test % my motor Ham
ilton accepted and after that trip the
descent was made IN the centre ~ the
field where the start could he made with
out the interference Of big crowd Har-
mon rose about twenty feet and few
north. cirCl"d east and then veered "a the
west. increasing his altitude To Iuo ur 80
feet
The smoke from a field fire caused him
60 ry still higher and az he passed over
Mineola h. had reached an altitude Of
about $40 feet Then he dropped lower
and when he disappeared was about
thirty feet above the traetopA
Al least six automobiles had started ~
pursuit but the f'Ier had got 40 far ahead
that 10y the tim. Roslyn Valley WAS
reached he was lost among the trees
There waS great excitement - the pay.
suing suing autos dab oi along At HIN
speed and the inhabitants aIoag the way
ran out To volunteer information Evcrv
woman. man and chiid ma s-en him, hut
no two agreed a. to the height he WA
fying II varied from 2eo 10 sou feet; Ia
was said that he was about $40 .eet up
when ne started over the Sound AZ Hemp
stead HaTboI.
Cord Meyer ~ VINO was following the
fiier ia a 81 hors--povcr Irachire. was
arrested for speeding about mile from
Roslyn Nobody took nucn interest
III what happened Co hi;n. Walter FAR
childs and two other aeroplans fans
were in the cor with him.
When Philip Wilcox. who was IN ono
Of tho automobiles. reached Hempstsat
Hsrbor and found cut by telephone that
HaEmon had landed he felt eiatod. 10.
cGIse he had entrusted Harmon with hrs
mascot. a meteorite. which had besn
presented TO him after his accident Friday.
The landing at Greenwich was made
at 7O5 O'Clock. Mrs. Harmon. who hal
witnessed tho arrival from her fathers
porch at Indian Harbor. hurried in hcr
automobile 90 the scene by . roundabots
road a mile IN length and was the only
one TO greet him. He then was whislsei
away to Indian Harbor and q half hoa'-
later was ready for dinner. receiving ths
congratulations Of p1ests.
Mr.. Harmon had this TO say 10 his Grip:
i left tho aviation field at Garden CITY
at 0s5 ibis evening, taking Hamilton up
with me for n half dozen III gifts around thu,
field 80 a. TO enable him to take SONS
photos. Tho engine was working 80
beautifully that decided TO GO on across
tho Sound, loaving Hamilton at Garden
City. I wore 4 leather coat. trousers.
GOGGLES, a life belt and low shoes with
strings united 90 that could kick them oT
IL had to swim. The wind was att and
blowing about fifteen miles an hour. in
creasines <iuring the flight q twent y five,
L.. H.. As.AK - ..- 49, B--l.-..f
travelled over bad country and when
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