Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-10-26
Battled for Half an Hour With a Fierce
SnoWStOrm Above the Clouds
HIS GOGGLES RIMMED WITH FROST
Ralph Johnstone, in Headless Wright Climber Snatched
from J. Armstrong Drexel the American Altitude
Record Established Monday at Belmont Park Avia-
ton Meet-Johnstone Set New Mark of 1903 Feet

Radley of the British team flashed over
the line in a Bleriot and vanished into
the east before it was known to any
but the judges that he had started in
the cross country race of twenty miles
to captive balloon ten miles east of
the course and he had rouE ded the bal
loon. His time seemed incredibly swift
and 1T was agreed that there must be
difference between the chronome eter
at the judges stand and the observers
watch at the balloon. While the mat
ter was still being argued Radley was
back again. He had done the twenty
miles at better than sixty miles an
hour. His exact time was 1913 2-5.
Clearly Radley must be reckoned with
in the races for the Gordon Bennett
international trophy.
Three Airnen Lost for Ain,e.
Moisant. in his passenger
Bleriot, started almost as Radley fin
ished. and was shortly followed by
McCurdy in q Curtiss biplane and
Drexel in a Bleriot, at intervals of
approximately one minute. All three
of them got lost and Drexel and Nc
Curdy never finished. Moisant came
back in very slow time and reported
that he had searched for the balloon
in vain through thick fog. There
was alarm for Drexel and McCurdy.
but first one and then the other tele-
phoned to the judges that they had
landed without damage in distant
fields. 1t was then too dark to fly
back, they said, and they would return
tomorrow.
Hamilton Takes Out His Man-Eater.
While the crowd was waiting for
news of them, Hamilton took out his
115-horsepOwer racer, but had engine
trouble and came down. Hamilton be-
lieves he can make great speer, but
admits in his words, that his engine
is a man-eater."
Appropriately enough. it has a roar
like d dragon and bleches fire in the
best NEUROLOGICAL manner.
First Appearance of New Wright Ra-
GERS.
More interest attached to the first
appearance today of the new Wright
racer, which was uncrated last night
and assembled this morning. With
Orville Wright in the pilots chair it
was given two trials, one in the morn
ing and one in the afternoon.
Garros of tine French team caught
its time for one lap in the morning
trial at 126 and in the afternoon trial
at 1.2S.
These unofficial figures are to be
compared with those given out by the
judges today for the fastest lap, made
yesterday-Auburn in a Bleriot. LA.
John B. Moisant inspected the ma
cnlne with interest before 1t went up.
"Gee." he said, In homely fashion,
that things got speed" And the
performance proved it.
Adventurous Women Go Up for Short
Flights.
Quite a little bevy of adventurous
women went up for short flights dur
ing the morning and afternoon. De
Lesseps took UP four during the day
and Miss Eleanor Sears of Boston
made another trip with Grahame-
White at a height of about $50 feet
for four rounds OF the course. Allan
A. Ryan, son of Thomas F. Ryan, and
chairman of the committee on ar
rangements, was another enthusiastic
passenger in the care of Hoxsey. He
came down eNuberant with delight.
IF you like it that much at
height OF a few hundred feet" said
Wilbur Wright, how do you think
you'd like it up 1900 feet?'
I'm going up that far before I get
through with it," answered Mr. Ryan
with determination, and added: I'm
coming down here tomorrow TO take
my first lesson"
The beauty and thrill OF yesterdays
exhibition showed today in the greatly
increased attendance.
Today's Events.
Tomorrow will begin the first elm
i1ation heats in the trials for the
Gordon Bennett international trophy.