Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-25
FIRST PERFORMANCE OF
KIND IN THIS COUNTRY
Most Daring Attempt Is Made When
Man Bird Mounts Up in the Air 70
the Heiuht o. Over Seven Thousand
Fcct-Brookins' Engine Stops While
He Is 1882 Feet Above the Earth.

tT:y Associated Press
NEW YORK, Oct 24.-Ihe third
dav of the international aviation meet
at Belmont Park. l.. J., made up Tor
alI the damp. cold and disappointment
of the first two days. A new Amerl-
can record for altitude was set down
TO the credit of J. Armstrong preNei.
and the competition in the other
events was at all times thing OF de-
light. full of zcst. action and beauty
The air fairly hummed with the buzz
of the dipping. dancing craft, ana
their inccssant evolutions were so
swift and so intricate that the spec
tators could not follow them and the
cficial score, prompted from the
Judges stand. by the tabulators and
time keepers, Jagged behind.
Drexel SCARED for altitude in his
record flight at $40 p. M. In great
lazy circles, he crept into the WIND
polnting higher and higher in the
glare of the setting sun TO height
of 7.1O5 feet Beneath him three Dusy
hjplanes were scudding about the
track like so many sparrows in
panic. racing for places in the grand
sneed event. lie planed above them
like a hawk searching the moors so
bi,,b that in perspective he seemed
almost iInmobile against the piue-
His Descent Swift.
His descent was swift. put uhhur-
ried and he landed lightly in the MID
die of the field. There was imme
date surmise that he had approach
cd If he had not established a new
rocord hut no figures were available
rntu his barograph had been unseait-
ID and the reading of the stylograph
On the plotted sheet inside 1t exam
incd. ,,
Drexel had made, however. what
,oved IN he a remarkable close est
n ate of lust what he had done
"Tve been up more than 1000 feet,
:, said and LET me tell you that IL
was cold
New Record is Made.
Tho barograph is an aneroid oaro-
motor IN which had been attached
revolving drum Of plotted paper drl'
an nv clockwork with recording sly
,,,s attached. The instrument shows
10th the height and the time al "hlci,
+, was made Drexeis reading sho"tu
clearly that he had risen '.io' iee,,
The best previous American reco,u
was s175 feet made by Walter brooA-
ms al Atlantic City and Dreexis own
host record made last summer III
Crcat Britain. was 500 feet az Tue
t;r,o . worlds record. II is probable
,ba, tho official records. as they VIII
TnalIv no compiled, viii allow him
nv 7t0o feet today. as II is hcio
hat an aneroid barometer Is an IN
..,r,,r,ont not of sufficient accuracy 10
nc relied upon for measurements Gown
20 tho ultimate foot The world $ az
,s,,,de record is 9.1S6 feet. held bF
tIoprv WvrmaIcu. a IIoliander
Flight by Brookns-
walter Rrookins also went up for
aIt;tudc in baby Wright hiplane-
,,,,cb;no precisely like the new head
I.ss eicrs that the Wrights brought
ont this summer. iuIj with SHARPER
inward cant to the planes. thereos
enabling the aviator to point NJ in"re
sharply and climb faster.
prootire went up f.SS2 feet. accord
INC 20 tho barocraph and won second
altitude bonors for the day. At the
apcx Of his cliura his engine. which
b,d given him some 3rouhle before
cleaned dead. with both the prnpc'
lcrs poiriinr straight up into the air
so that in gliding TO earth with no
uoUcr on they afforded him tho
ieas, resistance in breaking the rusn
Of his descent. nc came down whiz-
ziur about a milo and half OF the
cours. and struck with bump which
frot~ his forward landing skid The
damage was insignificant. however.
and he vas not hurt IN the least
New Scene IN America
Next 10 the performance of brexei
,b. ~roxd took most enjoyment IN the
srpcarance 81 models never seen in
America before. The dcbuiantes 81
the air courfcsicd to the cTaudsiand
before crossing the starting line and
walfzcd OF on their first course. They
we're The ncw Wright climber. used
hv nrookins IN his altitude nixht. =
inv D~sroieciic called the "liumminr
pird~ of Acroiaucs. but % hooked more
!, butterfly and n fvinz fish. Aniion.
cite. IN all there were ten uachincs
aioff a; once. all In spirited rivalry.
kn,arican- had never seen anvthinr
iiLo e ard thc exclamation n adnira-
zion and bcwiidcrmcnf were heard on
every hand.
Works Win Precision.
Latham. whr-o name has been 49,
. so~iafcF ro rlo1siv With the Iorc1op.