New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-21

not get more than a glimpse Of him.
A train which left Buffalo at exactly
the same time that Atwood did ran in
sight Of the aeroplane almost all the
way 10 Rochester, but arrived there
eighteen minutes after the aviator had
passed around the city and had disap-
peared in the east. The train. however.
had made a stop.
May Land Here Wednesday.
Atwood is now 335 miles from New
York. or almost three-fCurths Of his
t.265-mile flight BY Tuesday night he
hopes 10 reach Albany. and on Wednes-
day, in a one-day flight down the Hud-
son River. he expects 10 break the
worlds record for distance and finish his
trip. landing at Coney Island. in New
York before sundown. For the $50 miles
already covered he has been in the air
actually 10 hours and - minutes.
Atwood will have broken the world =
long distance record when he flies along
the Hudson south Of Albany at a point
between Greendale and Rhineclih. At
Rhinecliff he will have flown LIT miles.
or just 13 miles more than the present
record Of 1,1G4 miles. won by European
aeronauts in flights over Germany His
flying time. he expects. will be ten days,
as compared 10 thirty days taken by the
present record holders. At the finish the
Bostonian. i'm distance, will have broken
the worlds record by 10l miles.
Eighteen towns and villages saw the
aviator to-day as he swept over them,
sometimes flying as low as $50 feet. so
he could read the names Of the railroad
stations as he passed. A few miles out
Of Buffalo. where he ascended from a
racetrack in a breeze OFF the lake so
strong that it carried him around in
circles Of a mile before he could get
over the New York Central Railroad
tracks. which are TO fix his course all
the way to New York. Running at his
usual mile-a-minute clip. he passed
over towns at intervals Of from ten 70
fifteen minutes. Batavia, thirty-seven
miles from Buffalo. reported him there
thirtv-eight minutes after his start.
Four Miles in Three Minutes.
II was between East Palmyra and
Newark that he made the best recorded
time Of the day. covering the four miles
between these two points in three min
utes. Getting in toward Lyons. Atwood
found he had not sufficient gasolene TO
carry him TO Syracuse. so he picked out
a clear field on a hill near the town
and gllded down to the ground.
The strangest feature Of my trip to-
day" said Atwood was that ran into
clouds Of dust. Not far out Of Buffalo
l found the air, even at a great altitude,
filed with fine grains Of sand. l steered
into all directions. high and low, TO
avoid it. but it was not until 1 reached
Batavia that | found the air fine Near
ing Rochester I decided not TO fly over
the city. but 10 60 around il. as the
smoke there appeared from a distance
To be likely To confuse me-"
Atwood's flight tomorrow viii be 10
Syracuse and Utica. with stops at each
OF those cities and a possible detour 10
Auburn. He intends not 10 reach Al
bany before Tuesday night. In Albany
he will provide his biplane with pom
toons FOR possible emergency landings
in the Hudson River or in the ocean
near New York. Leaving Albany on
wednesday morning he hopes 10 cover
the l42 miles from there 10 New York
with one intermediate stop, sailing over
the city and landing at Gomez Island in
the afternoon.
Soon after he returns 10 Boston, Il
wood said. he would prepare for
transcontinental flight this autumn.
probably from Los Angeles 10 New
York. lie said he thought he could
make the 3.J0O miles In fifteen days.
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