El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-30
GLEN CURTISS WINS
$4,000 IN FLIGHT

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and by adroit manipulation of his levers,
brought equilibrium to his steed.
Curtiss arose from the ground like
rocket at his start at Albany. There
were no preliminary maneuvers and no
trial flight. The aeroplane ran hur-
riedIy over the surface of the island
and darted straight for its goal 10 the
southwark, turning once for q moment
to the westward so that Curtiss might
comply with the provisions and leave
the Albany city limits
The Start.
Straight up scared the aeroplane into
the distance. When il reached a height
estimated at 500 feet, it seemed for a
moment to hold level pace and then to
rise again to further levels Perhaps
700 feet would be a conservative esu-
mate. Certainly CurtisS was flying al a
height which he had never attempted
before in his life In three minutes he
was a speck in the distance. In seven
minutes he vanished. The whole per-
Torrance was over in a twinkling.
With the signal that Curtiss was off,
a special train bearing Mrs. Curtiss and
party gathered impetus and sought to
follow. But so quickly had he flown
that for q miles southwark the locomo-
tive, though running nearly mile to
the minute, remained a laggard.
At 7:26, however, the train came
abreast of the aeroplane and thence to
New York city those on board kept the
aviator in sight.
Swiftly town and countryside reeled
by. Catskin was passed a 7:41. with
the aeroplane a thousand feet above the
Hudson.
At sos, SIS minutes from the start,
he scared past Rhinecliff Ferry "a miles
from Albany. Here there is a turn i'll
the river and Curtiss turned again to
the west, passing overland to shorten
his course. Staatsburg marked the Goth
mile point an dhe had covered this dis
tance in SO minutes. With StaatSburg
behind, the giant bridge spanning the
Hudson at POughkeepsie doomed ahead.
The bridge itself is 212 feet high, but
Curtiss topped it by 500 feet Then he
turned westward and with the precision
of a bird. settled softly in the field three
miles south Of POughkeepsie at S:26.
He had flown "A miles from Albany in
SO minutes
The Arrival at POughkeepsie
Fire alarm bell=, were rung as the
aviator neared Poughkeepsie. but his
had a chance to reach point of want
age.
Coming down gracefully, his machine
struck a grassy knoll, trundled along
for 80 or 40 feet, then came to stop.
The special train meanwhile brought
his wife, who rushed from the car,
climbed valiantly over the hills from
the railroad track and hurried to her
husbands side. She greeted him jubi-
lantly while the crowd cheered.
With tanks refilled and with every
wire and screw tested, Curtiss took his
seat for the final dash to New York.
The biplane ran along the meadows for
about 200 feet, then shot from the
ground with nose pointed toward the
river. In a moment more the craft was
d gain over the Hudson and Curtfss
turned his course south and was lost
to view. Exactly one hour had been
consumed a Poughkeepsie, for he ar
rived at 1926 and departed at 9:26.
Curtiss passed the military academy
at West Point at 1902. Officers and
cadets alike looked upward and sent a
cheer after the aviator.
Arrival at New York
On south flying straight as an arrow
and as swiftly moved the aeroplane.
When he was abreast New York CITY
and only few miles from the upper
end of Manhattan Island, it seemed that
Curtiss must win the $4,000 prize, but
suddenly, when he had reached a point
between Spuyten Duyvil creek
(Which separates Manhattan Island
from the borough OF the Bronx and
Point, the speed Of the BIZ