The sun., 1910-05-16

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Tea and One-lah Times at q 80 % -
Aine CLIP Curtlss MAKES TWO Circuits
Capt. Baldwin Also Makes q Fllght.
About I 500 persons chsered Clifford
y. Harmon lA,s yesterday afternoon
when he made an Reroplano fight Of
what he estimated 90 bs twenty-five milSa
over Hampstead Plains on Long Island.
approximately the distance from Garden
City 90 New York. This is the longest
fight made about New York with the
exception of Ons made by Wilbur Wright
from Governors Island to Grants Tomb
and return and the flight oi Glenn II.
Curtiaa for the Scisniire American trophy.
made over practically thu same grounds.
Mr.. Harmon gave two preliminary exhi-
bitionA. In thu first circlinG tho field twice
and in ths second three times. In these
flights he rosa % an altitude Of between
twenty five and thirty feet. After a wait
foU better atmospheric conditions be de-
oided n 60 up again. and this time with
his white flier. hs Circled and rscircled
the COURSE ten times and made a half
round oH the eleventh lap before he came
down.
Some enthusiasts believed Mr.. Harmon
reached an altitude of ion feet, but more
conservative estimates were nom fifty
e. sixty feet. He made a better speed nn
this trip and went from forty IN forty-hve
miles an hour Considering that Mr.. Har-
mons practice has been limited To two
weeks his control of tins aeroplane was
regarded a. remarkable and his turns
showed wonderful accuracy for novice.
Tie succeeded IN making 'he three land
inEs without accident he came down On
his own accord and could have remained
up much longer with his fuel supply.
The FaTman machine used Ivy Mr. Har-
mon Ia equpiysi with a SnOrie engine,
the same a. the ma with which Farman
made HE world record hight of lA mil,s
and won the Mlcheln trophy.
No sOOner Vac the FarmAn machine
trundled hack 90 its shed than an aerD-
plane owned by Capt Thomas = BALDWIN
was rolled our on the field and mounted
by Glenn n. Curtiss. who made two CIR
cults Of the course. flying N an altitude
u from 5O 20 % feet There WIS per.
ceptible difference In the handling II the
machines and the experience II Curtisa
showed its influence In tho air and evoked
comment from spectators. CuFtias darted
up and down with confidence, while Il was
evident that Harmon was using caution.
Just as the crowd was leaving and the
sun was sinking Capt IN ldwin took a
few skins over the ground. but only sue
oeeded IN going about a few hundred
yards The abandon with which the
aviators took their PLACES In the machines
showed a lack ~ fear that vas formerly
experienced and ~ much attention was
not given ~ atmospheric conditions
There was not - much sky gazing as one
would have Witnessed year ago and
watching II hag poles A large pari of the
spectators were women, Who displayed |
even more enthusiasm than the men |
several expressed a desire TO iiy- and a. /
soon a. the kvmtors become more eNpe- |
nenced several pledges were made to take /
them up
" was said bv arronauts yesterday that |
Hsmpstand Plains will undoubtedly be /
made tho aviation centre n tho United I
states and that machines from various J
parts II The country will be brought there l
because u the suitability u the grounds I
and the aerudrOmo accommodations /
Already there are eight or ten inventors |
with aerOphnea housed to be tried nut
shortly All afternoon hundreds II visit
0rz sWATmed about the sheds and it was
only with difficulty that they were kept
within "A safe distance when the starts
and landings we're made
Among those who viewei the hEhts
were Israel Ludlow. Gage Tarheil. Wilbur
y Kimhall Frank Doubleday. Ernest l..
Jones and George tamnhell MOod