New-York tribune., 1910-07-12
CURTISS MAKES A RECORD
First 50-MiIe Speed Test in
America Covered in 1::l4::59.
AGAINST 20-MILE BREEZE
Wrigl1ts, with Heavier Machines,
May Not Contest, and Clrtiss
Will Win 5000
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune, !

rEy TELEGRAPH 70 The Tribunal
Atlantic City, July 1L-Averaging forty
miles an hour. Glenn H. Cortiss established
an American record for q ffty-nliIe flight
here to-day, covering the course laid out
along the beach front in ! hour Il minutes
and SO seconds He was compelled TO
drive directly into the face Of z twenty
mile breeze which retarded his speed in
his westward trips.
IN all probability Curtiss's mark viii
stand. as ths representatives Of the Wright
brothers are not certain thai the heavier
machine used by them can make better
time than made by Curtiss. and in all
likelihood the s, ooo prize offered by the Aero
Club will be awarded 70 him II is posi-
Bile that Walter Erookins, the Wright
driver, will make an attempt for the prize
on Wednesday, but he has expressed no
confidence Of getting It
Curtiss started at 5.22 o'clock in z dead
calm. but at an altitude Of five hun
cred feet. the height selected by him
for his trip 2 -werty-n,tle wind was
blowing Making r1-o or three turns he
fore the actual start CUrtiss finally
crossed the upper line Of the two-and-a-
haI[-rniIs course al Massachusetts avenue
and the beach al 3.24.50. For an hour he
drove steadily along az the ffty-rniIe pace,
keeping z course about two miles seaward
OF the boardwalk Henry N. NeeIeys
chairman OF the contest committee of the
National Council OF Aero Clubs, was az
the Massachusetts avenue line, and Augus-
-us Pest, of New York, at the Chelsea ter
minus. each taking exact observations Of
the aviatorss tine, making allowances for
al turns
Official Time OF laps.
Official figures announced tonight give
ClIr-iSs's tine on his fastest lap Of i've
miles as minutes - seconds The
: quickest turn was made in 7 3-5 seconds
His tine by laps was: First 3:-9 As; second,
6-o1 -, third, 1915; fourth. 7:33 -; fifth
8.83-1. sixth, 7:39; seventh, 7.27 Is; eighth,
7-2e- ninth, 721 Is, and final, 7.2 Is
After the completion Of his trip Curt[ss
made 2 circuit CT the lower pa-- Of the
city. making nc attempt at speed during
/ this exhibition.
Cu-ttzS, apparently zz-tszed With the
mari. hs had set, declared he did no- think
i could h beaten ~ 2 5o-I?crsepoTer en-
gjne
= was running At The rate Of 6fty miles
ar hour or about rhe sans pace main
ta!ned throughout the whole OF c,y TIP
! from A!beoy 20 New York several weeks
! ago : stI@ breeze from the southwest re-
ts-ded ny progress somewhat and cut my
/ speed down % about forty miles an hour, -
/ - declared 70 officials shortly after he had
made his descent
: xwelve-r?!nute exhibition @!gh- was
made this evening by Walter Brook-ns, who
/ IS the hero Of the beach tror- crowds
B-ook+-s's c2acc>Uv-es - rhe air were o@
! the -2cst thrilling character, sweeping and
/ adgng a. al angles ard speeds. Ea dropped
1-,
/ g stoo- 10 2 thousand teet. ! spiral
( descent that seemed certain 20 end disas-
/ --ouzIy car,e IS :. cIt--2a2- The thousands
/ lining the Boardwalk and piers went wiId
/ as erook!rs dropped to the ground.
elyirg Homer Declined
/ A<-7- -5-l.e~!re with his engine for : few
moments B-ooktrs announced that he would
make 2 trip with 3 passenger. and offered
/ 10 bestow the honor upon President John J.
White Of the Atlantic City Aero Club,
! President White declined to make the trip
/ and Frank Conn. Brookins's fellow aviator,
! went alott as 2 passenger Another ex-
/ hibition os -'thriIe-s' was furnished, Coffin
waving to the crowd and shouting untn-
/ telngible words
/ To-day's programme was closed by an
! other short flights by Curtiss, who set a
! new record for quick climbing by sweeping
/ his machine 800 feet n the air IN minutes
l 8 seconds
Tonight Curtiss declared that he had
/ heard nothing from Hamilton. who, accord
! ing 70 dispatches received yesterday. had
/ left the Curtiss staff Curtiss intimated
! that Hamilton was suffering from too
much prosperity but stated that he was
willing 20 have their former relations con-
! tinued
Curtiss will close his engagement here to-
morrow. but Brookins and Coffin will re-
main until Wednesday.
! Walter Brookins celebrated his twenty
! second birthday here to-day. There was
/ box party at Young's Ocean Pier Theatre
J STre Glenn Curtiss were among the guests
and others present Were Mr.. and Mrs
! rank Coffyns. Mr.. and Mrs Roy knaben-
! tS1a Mr. and Mrs. l. .. Pulaski, Mrs S
! " Singh, Miss Mae Schward and Mr.. and
/ Mrs. W. E. Shackleford.
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