New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-06-08
the parade ground waving, but i could

the parade ground waving, but could
not hear any voices.
There was one stage of the journey
when was in real danger. That was
in rounding Storm King mountain, Just
before reaching West Point. was
just turning the mountain when
down current Of air hit one of my
planes. It had the effect of fitting the
machine, for the opposite plane was
not struck by the current. 1t dropped
me down between thirty or forty feet,
and I had trouble getting my balance
again
Weren't you scared?" some one
asked.
ssWeil, can't say that was scared,
but it upset me little, = said Curtiss,
with a smile. ut was the worst
plunge ever got in an aeroplane, and
don't want to get another one like
it soon. After that went lower, be-
cause the variations in the air currents
were not so great near the ground or
the water. That was the principle L
worked under all the way down after
crossing the Poughkeepsie bridge.
'sOf course coming down through
New York city I flew comparatively
high, for figured that the high build
ings and the heat from the passing
ferryboats would make it dangerous to
fly close to the water.
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81 expected trouble at Peekskill. To
my establishment I found nothing I'M
usual there. I came around the prom
ontory looking for trouble. 1 was close
to the water, so as to avoid any posi-
BILE conflicting currents, however, and 1
guess that is why did not experience
the conditions the steamboat and sail
boat men had warned me about.
II had been told that at that point
the battling winds would hit first on
one side Of a boats sail and then on
the other. But all encountered there
were the rising and falling air cur
rents. l should say was flying about
fifty feet above the water at that point.
It was the lowest point of the entire
fight
Before the landing made on the
1sham estate, near spuyten Duyvil, 1
noticed that my lubricating oil gauge
registered empty. i feared that could
not reach Governors island.
THE little plateau on the Isham es-
tate didn't look very large as 1 ap-
preached it over the water, but had
no difficulty in landing there. After
landing and replenishing my lubricat-
ing receptacle from oil offered me by
one of the automobiles there found
that by a new trick I could get off
with running start which would car
~ me well on my way.
'aThe terrace slants down toward
swamp to the southwark. Getting into
my machine, 1 started down the slope
and left the ground smoothly. It was
drop Of some fifty feet from the
plateau to the swamp, but I cleared
the latter with plenty of room to spare
and was soon out over the river again,
flying low.
Looked Good to Me.
~ saw the Metropolitan tower from
about thirty miles up the river as l
rounded one Of the promontories. It
certainly looked good to me. It was
question whether could reach the city
then before my oil gave out, but to
know that was only about thirty
miles away was comforting The only
way l can account for the lubricating
oil running low is that the pump had
been working overtime.
Coming on down the river I didn't
have much time to look at the build
ings. My attention was needed right
there on my machine
"My sensation on landing? It was
relief, and relief Of the same sort as
when landed on the Isham estate,
for knew then that the prize had
been won and record made.''
Mr.. Curtiss made a discovery the day
after his great fight which would
have caused him uneasiness had it
come to his attention during the fight
from Albany to New York. During
the latter stages of the trip his lubri-
eating tank was working badly. That
was the reason he landed on the
Isham estate, near Spuyten Duyvil He
thought at the time that the reason for
the small amount of oil remaining in
his tank was the overworking Of the
lubricating pump, but he found that
his guess was wrong. The real reason
was that the oil tank had sprung a
leak. When his mechanician went
over to Governors island to see if the
aeroplane was all right he found the
lubricating oil tank leaking badly.
'The only way l can account for
that" said Mr. Curtiss, is that the
tank got g. violent wrench either dur
ing the trial flight on Friday evening
(May 20 or when | alighted at Pough-
.keepsie. Had the leak been larger it
might have caused a disaster
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