Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-25
Lands al hyack, Owing 10 Ac.
cldent 10 His Engine.
Only Is Miles More Of 81.
Louis 10 New York Flight.
Will Cover That Friday Morning.
Ne VIII Not Fly to Bostou.

Nyack. n. Y, Aug. 24.-Another de-
lay incident to aviation brought disap-
pointment to thousands OF people
along the lower Hudson river and in
New York City today, when Harry N.
Atwood in his record breaking aero
plane fight from ST. Louis failed to
sail over New York and land at
Sheephead Bay, but instead on ac-
count of a defect in his engine, was
compelled to land here within % miles
Of his destination. Tomorrow probably
early Atwood expects to resume his
trip and in few hours finish the long
est aeroplane flight ever achieved.
Atwoods position tonight is 1910
miles from st. Louis, and just %
miles from the heart OF New York.
His actual flying time for the distance,
covered in IL days, is p hours and As
minutes Despite his failure to land
in New York the days sail of 100 miles
down the Hudson river gave Atwood
by IS miles the worlds long distance
record, formerly held by European
deronauts.
Atwoods flight down the Hudson be-
fore noon was full of picturesque in
eidcnts. He covered the 100 miles from
fasaeton. where he assembled at IA
A. Nj. to Nvack. where he made his
final landing AT f13s A NJ, in an ac-
tuaI living time of hours and 81 min
n1es. Starting from the top OF a hill at
cistlcton he ciroled 10 a high altitude
until he found his course over the rfv-
er and then he began his journey
south, heading direct for New York
with an intention of stopping only at
West Point.
From this altitude under a cloudy
sky and Ranked on his right by the
Catskill mountains. Atwood could see
wrapped in q blue mist the river for
miles stretching in a crooked path
way before him. Just hour and 3
minutes brought him over Kingston,
opposite Rhinecliff, which marked his
having surpassed by 13 miles the pre-
vious worlds long, distance record of
1854 miles. AT that point merrymak-
ers in fleet of skiffs scurried over
the water 10 cheer the record breaker
Further down Atwood dropped so
near the water rs to be able to shout
TO the passengers on a ferry boat At
that point he approached the Pough-
keepsie bridge and swooping still low
or he went under ii at a height above
water OF only 100 feet. E.z,
Atwood's exclamation of his fail
IRE to land at West Point. where the
parade grounds were crowded with
officers, cadets and citizens, was that
he found the space allotted TO him
TOO hanpered. After sailing low
enough to look over the prospect he
rosc, motioning to those below that
ne was not going to land. The first
impression was that the aviator had
met with an accident.
y II % A. M. the engines of At
woods bplane were set whirllng and
he again shot up into the air, pur-
posing to make t his last dart for
Sheepshead Bay and thus complete
the trip. But he had not gone far
when he discovered that wearing
metal on his engine had worn away
and the mechanism was webbing
Twenty eight minutes after his last
start and only % miles out OF New
York he decided to descend here.
In a meadow near here Atwood Is
working tonight on the broken engine
of his aeroplane. Close as this Is to
the finish of his flight from st. Louis
the young Boston aviator tonight says
he faces the most embarrassing pre-
dieament of his long journey.
His biplane Is in an awkward box.
out of which only a south or south
west wind can help him. he says. 1t
rests near a haystack on the small
sloping meadow, 150 feet above the
Hudson and about 1000 yards from the
water. Almost behind him is the
Rocky Hook mountain rising perpen-
dicularly 500 feet and to the south and
east nearby apple trees and some tall
locusts make it difficult place to take
wing.
1T is the worst box I've been In
since leaving st. LOUIS Atwood said.
II could only climb out of here against
a southerly or easterly breeze"
He sat under cover of the biplane
while il rained this evening and tried
to talk, though he frankly admitted
disappointment over his ill-luck.
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