The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-30
A Million Awed Spectators
Watch the Graceful Flight
of the Noted Aviator at
New York.
1877 MILES IN 152
MINUTES Is TIME MADE
Worlds Record for Height and
Speed Broken and Aero
naut Wins $4,000 Prize by
Remarkable Feat.

new loTh, May oV-NeW 1Ofk yco.
terday saw the eight wonder OF the
world.
A million spectators. in streets, on
roofs and bluffs. on docks and ships
and ferries, saw Glenn II. Curtis I'm.
ish an aeroplane fight from Albany to
this city. in which all records Of avia-
ton We're smashed-a fight OF 1877
miles in 152 minutes when the man
bird outdistanced a special train flying
over the magnificently ballasted road
way of the New York Central with =
clear block from start to finish on q
mile-a- minute schedule.
Aviators in this city declare that
Curtiss achieved feat never before APP
preached and the horizon of the aero
plane has widened until the crossing
of oceans seems a performance brought
many years closer.
Curtiss, by his fight. won a prize of
$4,000 offered by New York news
paper. Another metropolitan journal
ran the special train. carrying Curtiss'
wife and party with an official time
keeper.
The fight broke the worlds record
for height and speed In long distance
test, the highest altitude being 1000
feet and the average speed 54.O6 miles
an hour.
The start was made from Albany at
1:o3 O'Clock IN the morning under wea-
ther conditions as near perfect as could
be demanded. One hour and twenty
three minutes later he had made his
stopping place near POughkeepSie,
where there was an hours intermis-
sion. Resuming his flight at 9:26 he
sped southwark and landed within the
boundary of Manhattan island at 10: So
Only 100 yards north of the point on
which the craft settled stretched Spuy-
ten Duyvel creek separating Manha..
tan from the Mainland. Had he failed
to cross this his flight would have
been in vain, but as he swept over 1t
the prize was his. Thence to Gov
| ernor's island his task was but .
skim of triumph and the concluding lap
of race already won.
Paulhan's flight from London to
Manchester-1S6 miles-exceeded Cur
tiss' feat of yesterday in distance. but
not in speed and danger.
ne FFcuCuudH dtCIdSC W20 IT'D
miles an hour and below him lay the
English meadowland. Curtiss followed
the winding course of the historic Hud-
son with jutting headlands. wooded
slopes and treacherous palisades. He
swung high over the great bridge At
Poughkeepsie. dipped at times within
80 feet of the rivers broad surface and
jockeyed like falcon at the turns.
Only once did his craft show signs of
rebellion. This was on Storm King.
near West Point. where at height OF
nearly 1000 feet. treacherous gust
struck his planes The machine drop
perilously. But Curtiss. always cool.
kept both his head and his seat, and by
adroit manipulation OF the levers
brough renewed equilibrium to his
steed.
Passed Like the Wind.
Fire alarm bells were rung az tho
aviator neared Poughkeepsie. but his
progress was SO rapid that but few
people had chance to reach q point
of vantage On the Gill meadows .
little group sighted his coming In the
above he saw them as black specks
and was thus guided to his landing
place. Coming down gracefully. his
machine struck q grassy knoll. trundl-
ed along for 80 or 10 feet. then came
to stop.
The special train meanwhile
brought his wife, who rushed from tho
car, climbed valiantly over the hills
from the track and hurried to her hus-
bands side She greeted him jubilant-
~. while the crowd cheered again.
With tanks refilled and 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 again over the Hudson. and Cur
tiss turned his course south and was
soon lost to view.
stopped for One Hour.
Exactly one hour had been consum-
ed at Poughkeepsie, for he arrived at
S:26 and left at 9:26 on the dot He
passed the United States Military ac-
ademy at West Point at 1902. or
GERS and cadets alike looked upward
and sent . cheer after Curtds2 but
there was no salute Of guns. At
Storm King the most sensational Incl
dent Of the trip occurred He vas
flying high At this point-a thousand
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