The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-07-20
AVIATOR H0XsEY, THE GREAT B|RD.MAN,
MADE MARVELLOUS FLIGHT YESTERDAY
Flew About the Race Track With Ease and Precision Mount
ing Upward Like Eagle to Height Of 800 Feet and
Gliding to Earth Again With the East Of the
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no jars or jerks, but everything
| working in perfect harmony, and be-
fore one knows 1t he Is shouting him
self hoarse in approval of the wop1
| full sight that his eyes are fex
! upon. 4
Enthusiasm Unbounded.
Never before in the fair history Oh
Grand Forks has there been such
great enthusiasm as was witnessed
while Hoxsey was making his fight.
Cheer upon cheer rent the air, and as
the young man came in close to the
huge stands and their burden of hu-
manity. 1t seemed that every throat
burst forth in acclaiming him the
hero of the day. Not single person,
it seemed, was present who failed to
realize the significance of the flight
they were witnessing, and not one but
was willing to let that fact be known.
] 1t was a beautiful thing; it stirred
the blood and made one experience
sensations entirely new. To see this
machine flying in the air with the
grace and ease Of the bird; with the
swiftness OF an express train; at all
times under the perfect control of the
operator. is sight that few have
been privileged to see before, and the
thousands who were present at the
fair grounds Tuesday afternoon were
loud in their praises of the magnifi-
cent exhibition.
Start Was Sure and Swift.
Like shot out of q cannon the
aeroplane moved along the monorail
when Hoxsey gave the word. Every
thing had been placed in readiness
and Hoxsey was just about to climb
into his place when he gave the word
to the men at the rear to give the
huge propellers a start AS they
! gained speed he took his seat, tested
the levers and gave the word. 1t was
all smooth, without jerks or without
friction. The machine glided along
: fifty feet at about the same speed,
then suddenly it began to mako In
creased time. AS 1t reached almost the
end Of the rail there was complete
hush over the crowd.
| Then. in moment, the great bird
| machine left the ground. There was
slight movement Of the planes,
/ hardly noticeable, and the aeroplane
| shot upwards. Then the aviator turn
ed. Circling first this way and then
that way, up and down the track it
went.
1 AS the great machine made its start
! there was a noise as though hun
dred motor cycles were at work, but
it passed unnoticed at the time-one
came to realize that afterwards. AS
the aeroplane arose, one felt as
though he was being lifted with 1t.
Men, women and children shouted
themselves hoarse in approval; they
called to the aviator when he came
close to the stands, giving words Of
praise. 1t was all excitement from
| the moment the machine left the
ground until after maneuvering about
for seventeen minutes, it again came
down.
i Excitement Intense.
: There is not one dull moment while
who has ever flown an aeroplane in
swerves about from one side of the
big field to the other; as 1t circles
through the air in great wide swoops;
as it mounts upward or as it glides
down, there Is always that same keen
excitement for the people In the
! stands and those who are watching
/ the fight from other points of van
! tage.
/ To accurately describe the flight
would be impossible. The start on the
| trip through the air was made after
the first attempt had been partially
unsuccessful, Hoxsey stopping his en-
gine after gliding nearly to the end
of the rail, one of the men holding
the machine having caused 1t to be-
come unbalanced, and the fact that
he did not have a clear field made It
impossible to make the start from the
angle at which the machine was set.
Had the angle been in the other di-
rection, the start could have been
made satisfactorily.
AS the machine swept down the rail
the second time and mounted on the
currents Of air, Hoxsey showed his
absolute control Of the machine.
There was apparently nothing that he
wished to do with It that he did not
do. First he circled the race track,
flying at a rate Of about forty miles an
hour. The first trip was made close
to the ground. The next time he came
around 1t was slightly higher. Then
came the maneuverings about the GEN.
ter of the big track. First he would
cut figure eights: then he would ride
close in toward the stands, going from
one end Of the field to the other with
a swinging motion, the machine ris-
ing up and down in manner similar
to the motions Of the cars of q scenic
railway. Then he would go upwards.
only to glide back again and show
more Of the fancy turns that the ma
chine was capable of making.
Makes . High Flight.
AS a fitting close he made a high
flight. going to heighth Of about 800
feet. In going up, Hoxsey drove his
machine about in large circle, each
round finding him higher up. At last,
when he reached the uppermost point.
he started down again. AS bird
! glides through the air on extended