The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-30

= good deal more lnnn niE9y mitn1 AZ
hour but aft.E II once caught W Il only
had 10 iog Alung az . atty nvs mile oliT
TO keep In seeing distance
oNE THOUSAND YEET AnOvE Tm EARrH
Al the start Cnrtiss held over the east
ern shore. driving his machine about
lou feet above che earth. He was VS.
ihle 10 Albanians for about seven min
utes aud then a light bank 81 clouds
dropped In behind him and swallowed
40 the flying spsck. He was over SchO-
dack. thirtssn miles from Albany. at
rs. thirteen miles In twelve minutes,
rather hotter than sixty miles an hour,
cloud Enzars At dhe hamlet of New Balti-
more Eaped at Aim az TO. New Balti-
nlore 10 ninstseu miles from the start.
Still better than q sixty clip. He Elanoed
down occasionally TO SO ths welcome Of
tho Hudson River boats. but he couldn't
hear the noise they made. Steam was
shooting from the Whistles oI the big and
little boats and he could make out the
hgures of the passengers a. they waved
hats and handkerclliefs az him
Augustus n Post timed him gong over
Siockport twenty -Four miles south Of
Albany and the wairh showed that he had
noWn the distancs in twenty -uins minutes.
The aeroplane was going steady a. a
clock There was little vibration Curtiss
said. and the lower Rirs were behaving
themselves Ne sWooped over Hudson,
twenty-nine miles our of Albany. az IS5
still smiling 900 feet up Nobody was
much surprised az the speed tho marhine
was showing It's the kind ~ patent
bird that can't ~ less than iorty-tive
miles an hour
ACROSS THE RIVER AT CArsKILL
Just before he arrived directly opposite
CAtSkill Curtiss sent the biplane shooting
e over toward the west side o. the river
A delicate perception, the feel Of the air
the mnRes of the marhine. told HIM the
going over there would be a tribe
smoother. although he had found nothing
yet 20 complain a. Linlithgo he passed
a. 5Hi.. thirty .fvesmiles out % Albany.
but some time had been used up in tack
ing and iockeying He hadn't much time
for sightseeing There were too many
important bits Of machinery to keep bis
eyes glued on. and lseside5 the loot pump
that sprayed oil on the bearings OF the
engine was bothering him a little The
motor was making power IN iins style.
Curtiss never had q motor behave better
1han the 50 horsepower one he used
yesterday. But Il was only occasionally
hecould glance down and see what a world
loOks like when IL runs backward.
Germantown saw him az 7:ta. according
20 Mr. Posts watch. The railroad oper-
ators along the line kept time, too. and
their observations agree pretty closely
with Mr.. Posts Here and there IL a
Disagreement Of a second or two. For
instance. the operators put him over
Germantown at 7.F. He was riding a
bit lower there. and the tremendous blast
Of a steam whistle Toae straight up at
him. He looked down and the biplane
bucked like a cayuss.
OIL PUMP BnrHERs hin
I wasn't paying attention TO my knit
ting said Curtiss. The oil pump cot
chance 70 cut up and took it,
He kept feeling out the temper OF the
air lanes a. he flashed southwark. curving
90 the east or the west a. the biPlane
itself told him what was hest 20 do. There
was practically no wind az that time
He hooked down aud saw the Hudson
ripping gently. family stirred by q breeze
that huggei the earth. The sunlight was
magnificent Fast - he went. a. sharply
IS the air roarsd past him. he realized that
the sun vas making him fssl good.
1t was a pleasant looking world from
where looked. said Curtiss
The watchers on the special train saw
the black smoke stTeakinG behind
him A. IN turned the machine diAgonAlly
across the river and pointed for Kingston.
The black smoke sprAng from the oil
diet that tho buoy engine was getting from
time 10 time Ne went by Kingston Al
SOS. and there were people up 90 cheer
him and follow his sweeping course as
long as the asroplAns was in sight. Rhine
cliff. 81 miles from Albany. saw him ~
soc. a. hs swung back toward the east
hank.
rHE HUDsON PROM ABOVE
Here was whsre Curtias saved time by
cutting across lots just below Rhinsclin
the Hudson curves west. changes lie mind
and Wanders hack When he Jaw the
forested prOmontory and plateau that
marked tho rivers curve he took the
machine 60 a higher level and simply
cut across country. He noticed an ice
house FAR below him Ne agreed that il
was funny M should have been At all
impressed 10y the rOof Of an ios house
when hs failed co observe or take interest
In hAndsomer structures, but the ice
house stuck in ms mind
A. SIT M came back 20 the RI YER and
darted directly over lighthouse. There
was a very excited man in that lighthouse
Who bobbed IN and out Of the observation
window and shouted vain thing. Comph-
mentary as CurtiEs SURPRISES. but wholly
inaudible Ne saw too the cleaning
gold cross Of Catholic institution. bus
before be had time to appreciate it, beauty
the pssky oil pump got N jumping aud he
lost interest IN the scenery.
Presently he noted far below him
large white house with handsome
grounds and am sGtsnt Of great trees
Il vas the country nome and estate Of
Ogden Mills at Staatsburg, sixty miles
from Albany. and he had run the distance
by Posts timing in sixty-nine minutes
Curtias Jaw In q minute or two that he
was approaching a desp cut through
which the Hudson narroWs. AZ he drove
the biplaDe over the cut he observed
that he had caught up with a West Shore
express train. which Was going forty