The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-10
NEW AERO HEIGHT RECORD
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s.ooO FeOe AbSve tho eeA-New Al
iitude Record % Omosasly o. - Feet.
ATLANTIC Orr. J. N. July g. Using
his last pint Of gAsolsDe TO drive his bag
Wright machine across tho lins Of vision
Of the engineers transits on the beach.
Walter Brookins broke his own worlds
record for altitude hero this evening by
reaching q height ans feet above sea
level. Assured by the aneroid barometer
that he was the first man to guide flying
machine over a mile above the earth
and that he had established a new record
by more than 1000 feet margin. he pre-
pared for his terrific glide back 70 earth
with the knowlege that his engine would
stop before he's had made his first 1000
feet downward
The expected happened when Brookins
was 5000 feet In the air with the ocean
directly under him. His entire descent
from this height was made in q series ~
circular glides. finishing with a sharp
swerving which the spectators took for
a final act 90 daring. but which really was
from das hing into the ocean. The land-
ing ON the beach made amid Wild cheers
from 100 .O0O threats was safely made and
even expert aviators knew nothing 81
his running out Of fuel until nearly mid
night
In his short statement made as he was
being guarded by policemen through the
pier crowd to his automobile Brookins
even declared that he could have gone
higher rather than divulss the secret
Of his descent to tho crowd. and even
| watching experts who saw that the power
was out Of the bag propeller as the ma
| chine neared the earth supposed that no
| had shut down to check his speed.
Brookins was az his greatest height and
still climbing when his cylinders missed
several explosions. Realizing that the
upw ard tilt OF his machine had run his
last few drops Of Eaaolene back into his
tank. the aviator tilted his plane back to
the level and made for the line over the
sea which he knew must be crossed to
secure the Official worlds record from
the observations OF engineers His de-
scent was started a. soon ~ he was sure
Of having crossed
The finding Of the engineers, formally
O.K'd by the oficials. shows that
Brookins's new record IL exactly s.I7S
feet. The corrected record Of the baro-
graph 10 q, 300 feet. leaving q difference OF
only twenty-five feet between the two
measurements.
Under the conditions Of the Atlantic
City Ae-o Club Brookins's feat entities
him 10 the priB. Of %. 600 offered for tho
breaking Of the worlds record unIess his
feat 10 overmatched before the end 81
the meet. OfBcials and aviators here
| believe that no further attempts will bs
made at the record established to-day. and
IL In confidently expected that Brook ins
will receive the priSe. Glenn X. Curtiss
and Charles X. Hamilton. who are hers
with Curtiss planes. refused to say to-
night whether or not they would make
attempts 10 reach higher altitude.
A shouting crowd Of o.OOO people
packed against the beach ropes and Board
walk rails and screamed themselves hoars.
when the announcement was made by
the Official watchers on the beach that
the altitude reached by the machine,
mere spcck in the clear evening sky,
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circles and landed on the beach Tn.
police held back the enthusiastic crowd
with difficulty while Brookins made on a
run from his machine to his dressing
room on the pier. hating only long enough
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