New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-10
.D|R|C|BLE'S NIGHT TRIP
MAKES BROADWAY GAZE
Frank GoodaIe Comes from New
Jersey in New Airshlp and
Flies Over City.
NEARLY AN HOUR UP AL0FT I
Roof Audiences Get a Treat
Boy Aviator Says He Found
It Breezy Over Long
Acre Square.
NEARLY AN HOUR UP AL0FT 7

man came out Of the sky last night
and startled even bored Broadway. Men
and women stopped and peered up into
the air to watch him, and he held their
undivided attention as long as he stayed
within the range Of vision.
There he is, / see HIM" everybody
was saving: but they were mistaken. for
he was hidden by the framework that
hung beneath his long, cigar shaped
dirigible.
The purring Of the motor and the whirr
of the propeller could he plainly heard as
the flyer drove along. not more than
forty or fifty feet above the roofs of the
buildings.
1t was Frank Goodale, the young avia-
tor. who made several flights last year
from the Paisade Amusement Park to
Long Acre Square and back again. Last
night was the first time that he tried
his new ship. the Palisade, on preten
tious trip. but she proved true to his
trust. He has been making short flights
twice day at the park over on the Jer-
soy cliffs but this was the first extended
voyage.
Goodale started from the park at Sol
p. m. and took the yellow star that
shines on the tip of the Metropolitan
tower for his target. He drove straight
across the river. coming into Manhattan
over about 14th street. and reaching
Broadway above the Ansonia.
Next he started south down the lane Of
light. flying as low as he could. and II
was then that the crowds began To see
him. He passed 6Sth street and Broad
way at 9:16 o'clock according to a
sometime reliable watch. and continued
down to Columbus Circle. flying past the
Colonial Theatre. at 63d street on level
with its roof
BY this time practically everything in
the streets except the ambulances was
standing still and looking up Automo-
biles paused only long enough TO find ou,
what was the matter and then they fell
into a line behind Goodale keeping even
pace with him.
When the aviator reached Long Acre
Square he drew a swooping figure 49,
against the sky. one of the loops led
over the roof at Hammersteins Victoria
and Bert Levy. who was doing his turn.
lost his audience in "A moment. It
squintcd at the sky
The usual nervous crowd was I'm the
square, and good sized part OF it
stopped abruptly In The middle of Broad
way and Seventh avenue. II was bad
few minutes for the traffic policemen.
but it furnished a great sight for the
throngs Of Westerners and Southerners.
who saw something not advertised in tho
guidebooks and never promised by the
rubhorneck wagons
Goodale did not tarry long. but re-
turned TO the park by the same route.
at his skilfui flying. swerve would
have thrown him against some of the
buildings on Broadway that he passed.
and sometimes he came down almost
between the high ones, but there was
never even the semblance OF mishap.
He reached the park on his return trip
AT 9:4O p. m, making the entire trip in
about fifty minutes.
II went high i'm crossing the river" he
said. II should say | few at times
about 800 feet aloft. IL was breezy
around Long Acre Square. and | cane
down low. When | passed over the
Astor. | was only about 80 or 10 feet
above il. The flag on the hotel was
standing out stift with the breeze. There
,cere no accidents. The oil stopped
working near the Ansonia and had t.
crawl out on the framework and fix it
The Palisades gas bag is II feet
through and 60 feet long. and holds S,W
c,bic feet. The framework weighs II
nounds. and , 5-horsepower. two-cylindei
engine furnishes the power To screw
that makes $50 revolutions a minute.
sr.ed OF about twenty two miles an hour
can be developed.
II vcur complaint Is want OF appetite. trS
tanlespoon Angostura 6itters before meals