The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-28
" WIRELESS FROM AN AERO
mn IRIIk DONE ron THF
iYg>I RIVE M NCTRDI.
N.....r >.u' FROM the AIR over Barren
r.ruoI when he Was GOlnE NJ 90 MILES
o. ucur NrgiaI strepIeehasiug aud
lrp aver To Manhattan Hrar h.

ru.N Nnorher chapter IA
H"w"u' = recorded IN ~" send
.,i"-- iurS>lr" from an aero
.E.f MCCrEDN
nJ- tho wireless operator on
OF. bee Shcepsheal Bay racatraok
n .r,, .-.tr. b.. brisk clean cut Young man
.. 1--we 'rr wireless game for the good
..... '.r.r - IN It, MoCurdy, aviator
.... ....> ~ operator. was N" driver Of
IL ..,Hs~ hiplarn Nhich was swinging
r ..,,y over Rsrr"" Island SoO fee,
...u,. .. water
To-. 600 persons IN the stands and on
l.r ... Who hal l".'l Watching the
| .,rs ~-n play rirg around the rusey
-'.... auu iii 70, 30 Horton unclaSp
... .....'lae hea gear from his ears
l .. . ..,ea aud Wig DOWN the pigeons
.-rr. tr-I They IA not krow that the
vi'r.,- man IN the iiylrS machine and
re v.-a.r,S man ON tho grand stand roof
BE-. 900 loo worlds record. Even the
..,-.a'.~- with field glasses had no not ion
80 ODD. v'aIng 50 wonderful was doirg
.r We. urivs firm grip never left the
4 s--rI = 50 heel If hls maohire. He diir't
\ .ay, .' NOV" the fingers Of his right
~ ar ,uch to get HOTtor's ear. for
.rr'o- hal riggci up an H. ge- ious sand-
.gl.raratus 10 the steering wheel itself
Horton who served a. a signal man IN
r.~ >.agr-n war ard who has been playirg
Fra v.rrIess ever since was hard hi,
r.ra cham year ago / big lea Why
| ra-; - Perfectly feasible said he to
| -. J"roplares a. wireless stations
Nas' - of ~. ard the possibilities
r.' - endless in war ard peace But
'.. v,.rn' Il perfected apparatus was 81
$50 'ra' b." knew he couldn't attach i
. 7,.. = machines. 40 he worked our n
49, rn.,"' battery spark coil and KEY.
%. "a Hn." Weighing only twenty pounds.
o.. .fr .. wait 20 catch his bird
G"rr lrtlss became Interested in
to.'.r.- -,u.ma SIRE said Curtis.
20 .. '.- - Won lac
b.rr'Ipg Friday. "A week ago Horton
.. teal" lived on the grand stand
O. citing Ia" alr. a. he CslleJ II His
.-. .'s station. a thirty foot zlnc pole
E. ground wire. with .1''s' go caught
.. '.' whispers that the SEA was sending
'"s YORK and New lprk VA. waving
rr.i he s~a Waiting PATIENTLY Tor
'l... mat won break living mon bpuaS
.rsned 20 the Waldorf Astoria gossip
e r'h the Na'retania. and -om~tin-S
A b. '"lrd A. iantic city complaining N
Il : br'.dwRv that all the Boa -dwalk hotels
r4'. fun and vna' uu earth we're they
ri.'
week ago last saturday ,grtI-- aim-
.. was all ready 20 soar gp v.'h % wIr"-
' - operator a. passenger hut -.
s-0p.ane caught a crarnp IN - stomach.
raI. e its motor. and u was all IN for
b. FAY Thcn on SUNDAY thu winds
vs.. 'riCky and the states so tad that
'~a. ided to postpone the experiment
'.--...iav all conditions w-r. fine and
--r!. he necessity OF taxing Vp =
1ass-ng. and overweigh'ing light
loS"-"i machine was obyIated when -
"a ..-..rered that J A ID Mcturdv
TINE 'Irls- Troupe Of Aerial Dip Divers
Al cen a telegraph operator in the DAYS
-sfr-- 30 knew the feel Of large money
Mould l- oblig- with a little dot dashings
Ar.ld la. Would an aviator miss "a
.rsr..- - hat to h,Ist into the papsrs,
h-'- ..f- % aid Jim McIurdy But how
c-.4 80 watch front control and wing
cor,.r and throttle and oil feed aud a
.eV 'r-r u''le things that mean life or
9ea'r p. "vIng men while sending nerial
Esp7'-r~.'
Hr-'.p Izzled over thA, for few
-.- .'-. r.- his big idea fed his in
| = -r He rrained an insulated wire
.ror- 90. scat frame II SlcCurdy's fyabout
Dr. '.- Steering wheel and attached n
'ia' 40 aviator could send without
F'ls tiger from the wheel or dis
'.-,.' r'h" hA.snCa ~ his body ny a hair
re-.
.r.-- va- another problem 10 h."
-t'ar 80 ratur. Of IN. frr' mezss 90
.-@ q. .s-1 -srough 'hs air Jim McCurd"
" ."ry ~ experienced wireless man
frr ne necessity ~ course ~ keep
!, n 70 al-' ~" eye On the running - ~"
'rn"gh- maybe the experiment
% srp. I"c = no had 20 stop 20 frame
pc ...a'.n
--.. So "a m chair smoking
L.. 'l knrw and a. easy as yom
-a-. ed INN -ur with mo it's differ !
want 80 GO half way through I
''-"-. 'n~i-and then have 10 break "A f.
...u -Iashlng m the Atlantic T.
%. 'r-- dli This morning
s'r Horton agreed. well .
nos ~ D." wru'" out the
Pop. 'ns' begins this story. gave
y .n Ilrg" rFpdVritIng and kept
n . ..,-- ...'n-,. o. clock McCurdy /,
... .., WI" cage reversed IN" .
..- .tr. waited I'll his ear told
go. 'uF.u" vas running true i
'.uu..d town hl- hand IN IN"
"-a shot fprVarh and took
..Vd didn- know what b"