New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13

! ing Tor Phlladelph1a this morning It /!
o'clock, and that is the weather, and the
spectators who saw him fly around Gov
ernor's Island last evening in the driz-
zling fog seemed to think that it would
have to be pretty bad weather at that
Hamilton said last night that all the
weather indications and reports were
favorable, and there was hardly doubt
that he would begin the big test
He is going to add one precaution to
his ordinary flying practice. He will
wrap around his body three inflated rub
Der tubes, proba bly, the inner tubes Of
automobile tires. to keep him af1oat If
he should have the bad luck to drop into
the water anywhere between here and
Philadelphia.
His schedule calls for an ascent from
Governors Island this morning at
o'clock, and a flight to Philadelphia and
return, with unlimited stopover priv
ileges, except that he must complete the
entire trip inside of twenty-four hours.
But Hamilton does not intend to avail
himself Of any stopover privileges, and
he figures that he will make the trip to
the Pennsylvania town in two hours.
Returning he figures to leave there some
time before . o'clock in the afternoon
and sail into sight of Manhattan Island
about o'clock
AS he puts it himself, he has no par
ticular friends between New York and
Philadelphia; SO why stop?
After Fauhan's Record.
More than that, however, Hamilton
has little notion to make one NJ. Paul
han, of Paris, France, sit UP and take
notice. by beating said Paulhan's con-
tinued flight distance record on the re-
turn trip.
If the motor is going all right and no
accident interyenes Hamilton will very
likely scorn Governors IsEa:,d when he
comes back from Philadelphia Instead
Of landing there it is expected he will
turn up the Hudson River and sail up
TO the end of Manhattan Island and
keep sailing until he has tackled on to
the distance from Philadelphia a suffi-
cient number of miles to surpass Paul
hans record of III miles
Just where this modest ambition will
carry him is uncertain. He will have
made something more than ninety miles
il he flies back to Manhattan from Phil
adelphia in one continued fight. To
beat the record he might tack on thirty
miles by going around Manhattan ISL
and and then out over Brooklyn, or he
might elect to go up the river and ex-
plore that treacherous current Of air
around Storm King.
Hamilton seated on q machine
that is working perfectly, and in a mood
for record breaking, there is no telling
what ne might do, because last week he
showed such wonderful control and
flying ability and such original ideas as
TO the art of flying that any forecast on
his conduct when out to break a record
would be useless.
Without the incentive of a record,
without even the incentive Of a prize or
compensation for his work. he has made
those who have seen him acknowledge
to-day he will be out for both record
and prize.
Rain Didn't Bother Him.
Rain didn't stop Hamilton last even
ing. when he wanted to give his aero
plane a short test for the big flight this
morning, and when the rain noted that
the little red haired aviator wasn't at
all bluffed by its antics it quit pouring
and drizzled in a half hearted sort of
wav while the rnan-hird went up cir
cled Governors Island half dozen
times, and made a perfect descent that
landed him with his machine at the flap
of his tent
While the mecha mics were tinkering
with the plane it rained hard. When
they finally wheeled it out of the tent,
at bout o'clock, it rained just as hard
and while a dozen men pushed the ma
chine a quarter of mile over the boggy
sand from the tent it rained still harder
You can't stop this fellow" said the
crowd. and then the rain gave up in
disgust, and in a few minutes more
Hamilton shot up through the dwindling
shower and rewarded the crowd of some
five hundred spectators with flight of
all even ten minutes
No hair-raising dips and glides last
right however, but all straight, plain
sailing. with Hamiltons ear straining
catch the reports Oh his engine anu
his eve examining every brace, cord
and strut TO see that everything was in
good working order.
When he finally landed, with sweep
ing dip that brought him right to the
front of his tent. il was found that a
brace wire running to the front landing
,,baeI had loosened up, but otherwise
things were In good condition, and the
s,,n was pushed into the tent to await
the big test of to-day
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l
philadelphia, June 12.-If the prognos-
.,oa,,ons of the local weather man prove
,orrect the flight of Hamilton from New
vorr 10 philadelphia tomorrow will be
f.,,ored by fine weather. Clear skies and
very ,ight westerly wind are promised.
crast interest is manifested by Phila-
sa,nbians in the flight and great masses
o4 ,eonIe will occupy points Of vantage
-, roof tops and other places where
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