The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-14
Aviator Flies from New York to Philadelphia and
 Back Again
NEW RECORDS MADE BY
 THE DARING AERONAUT
In Some Parts of the Flight HamiItou Travels Nearly Sixty Miles m Hour and Creates Commotfon.
 Through the Country

| New York, June 13-Charles K. Hamil. ton arose from Governors Island in an aeroplane this morning and sped without break SS miles to Philadelphia in a re- markable cross-eountry flight under the auspices of the New York Times and the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 He made the trip in l hour and 51 min- utes, leaving Governors Island at 7:35 and landing at Philadelphia at 9:2s.
 Alighting at Aviation Field. he delivered letters from Governor Hughes and Mayor Gaynor to Governor Stuart and Mayor Reyburn, accepted messages of congratu- lation tfrom them to bear in return, and started for New Yorok again with only brief intermission for food, fuel and oil. He had flown approximately 70 miles of his return jorney when sluggish motor drove him to descend in a swamp near South Amboy. N. J., at Il :55 D. m. Ths propeller was broken there in landing, but after repairs had been made Hamilton re- stunned his flight at 6:2o and landed at Governors Island at 6:39. Thus the re- turn trip was made in hour Ss minuates, at an estimated average speed of 549S miles an hour. which breaks the record made in the Curtiss flight from Albany to New York
 That Hamilton did not make the return trip as easily as the outgoing trip was due only to an omission of haste. In his hurry to get away he neglected to clean his spark plugs. they fouled, the engine baked and he had to come down on the banks of the Raritan river two miles above South Amboy.
 HamiItOn's Records
 Curtiss still holds the official speed record, but Hamilton today took all Amer ican records for cross-eountry distance and duration, and using his own figures | for the return journey his average speed per mile established a new figure. The l accident to the propeller in the Jersey swamps was the second mishap of the kind during the day, but telephone call | to Governor's Island brought a new one by automobile with new set of spark plugs, and the aviator was able to finish withis 12 hours, although "A were allowed in thu terms of his contract.
 Carrying as he did letters between the two cities, Hamilton created the first fase mail by the overland route to Philadelphia and return and demonstrated that an aeroplane can deliver mail from one city to another with the punctuality of gov- ernment service. During the whole of his first lap he never varied more than two minutes from his time card, and came down on the handkerchief laid to mark his landing spot, with the precision or homing pigeon settling on its percn.
 s..ta fro Hamilton won his honors today with the same biplane that won the in- ternational speed trophy for Glenn II. Curtiss ss Rheims last year and that he was driven by the same propeller with which Curtiss recently ..ade ms historic flight from Albany to Ne" York.
 Obstacles Overcome
 Curtiss flew over more picturesque country but Hamilton overcame ob- stacles of geography and set-backs or luck that no other aviator mas ever accomplished Curtiss carried pom toons. Hamilton flew S2 miles over the salt water with no protection but three inner tubes of bicycle tires wrapped around his waist. He took chances on rooftops, bridges and nov ing trains that have never been even thought of before, let alone attempted. With missing engine and twice com peled to substitute propeliers, ne stili kept going and tonight his resolution brought it's own reward
 The weather was ideal for a flight. The dawn broke translucent and pearly grey with just enough moisture in the air to give the propeller good thrust As Hamilton wheeled his aero plane from it's tent on Governors Island a special train carrying his mother, his wife. his chief mechanic. Albert C. Mrc ing of the Pennsylvania terminal in Jersey city waiting for the word to start.
 "All aboard" cried the conductor, and at 7:i2 sharp the special stirred gent Ky and came to a sudden stop again. It was a false start. Hamilton had att tempted to rise and after brief run over the sands of Governors Island had abruptly halted, much to the dis appointment of his gallery. What had happened was this. The sands were soft from the rains and the biplane in running on narrow tires sank deep. In sinking one of the wheels kicked up the end of a hidden stick, which camo into violent collision with the whirling propeller. A long splinter four inches wide was torn out of one of the blades and the aviator had to shut off his engine. The delay was soon overcome in fitting the propeller used by Cur tlSS m HIS HlSHl lTOIl AiDdHy tO New York.
 start Finally Made
 At 7:35 Hamilton was off without mishap. One minutes and half later the special train was after him. Ham, ilton's route to Elizabeth, where 1t was hoped the train would meet him. lay for 16 miles over the waters of the lower harbor and the Kill Won Kull, behind Staten Island. two miles farther than the distance to Elizabeth from Jersey City by rail No sight of an aeroplane at Elizabeth.
 But at Railway, 19.4 giles out by rail the engineer glimpsed something in shape like huge dragon fly far ahead of hin and far above, faint against the gray skies. He put on more speed and the sense of pursuit seemed to communicate itself telepathically to Hamilton's wife and to his mother. Mrs. N. Beaudetta Mrs. Hamilton was peering out the win dow. her hair fluttering In the wind .'Oh. Mir. Ludlow she cried to a friend, we found him. He's with us"
 But the mother could not speak at an She walked up and down the swaying q nf lflo v-~rtr