Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-15
faster Than q
Mile a Minute.
HEAcHEY FLIES SEVENTEEN
MILES in FIFTEEN MINUTES.
BRIDGEPORT TO NEW HAVEN
Several Persons Carried to Height Of
1000 Feet-FuIIy 5000 Persons At
tend Closing Day Of Bridgeport Meet.

tend Closing Day Of Bridgeport Meet.
Bridgeport Conn. May 14.--A four
days. aviation meet closed here today
with the departure at 5-25 of Lincoln
Beachey from the aerodrome for New
Haven, where he is to take part in
the Yale aviation meet the latter part
OF this week.
Was Headed for New Haven
The start of the flight for New
| Haven was in front of the grand stand
I and as Beachey,s machine was care
fully examined for the flight it was
headed in the direction of New Haven,
II miles away Beachcy climbed into
his seat and after1the usual run on the
ground the machine arose into the
air and without a circle or turn the
flight was begun.
Teiephoned His Arrival at $40.
The spectators waited on the ground
for news OF the flight and what to
them seemed but a short time had
passed when a telephone message was
received from the aviator at New Ha-
ven. saying that he had arrived there
safely at $40, having covered the dis
tance in fifteen minutes.
Passengers Carried Up 1000 Feet
The other features of the afternoon
the height of a thousand feet. the
sending of wireless messages to New
York and the dropping of make-be-
lieye bombs on to the outline of tor
pedo destroyer from a height of five
hundred feet.
Arnold and Miss Shea Ride Again.
On Friday when the winners of
local newspaper contest were given
rides in McCurdys aeroplane they
were carried only across the field and
at height of about ten feet. Today
the two. Miss Marguerite Shea and
Frank Arnold. were taken up by
Beachey for flights of three and four
minutes and a height of over a thou
sand feet was reached in each case.
Used Oranges for Bombs.
Following the flights with the pas
sengers, McCurdy sent a wireless mes
sage to New York from a height of
two thousand feet and from a height
Of five hundred feet dropped oranges
on to an aut1ine of torpedo destroy
er. The outline was $50 feet long by
80 feet wide, and the funnel of the
center smokestaek about four feet in
diameter. The first orange landed II
feet 3 inches from the funnel; the Sec
ond 81 feet inches; the third Al
feet s inches, and the fourth &c feet
10 inches.
5000 People on the Field.
The gathering was the largest that
has attended the meet, it being esti-
mated that fully $4,000 people were
in the enclosed field while several
times that number watched the flight
from the city and the surrounding
country. Arrangements are being
summer when foreign aviators are ex-
pected to be present.
Yale Students Greet Beacehy.
Nov For
first time in the history of New Haven
a. visitor arrived today from a neigh
boring municipality by the air route.
and the first intercity flight in the
state of heavier than air flying ma
chine brought to a successful end when
Lincoln Beachey in a biplane landed on
Yale's athletic field fifteen minutes aft
er his departure from Bridgeport sew
enteen miles away, at 5.25. Word OF
the intended fight had been telephoned
ahead, and students and townspeople
were on the field to give the birdman
= fitting greeting.
Gracefully Glided to Field.
It was about three minutes before
the landing that in the distance a
spec In the sky was noticed that each
second grew larger and larger, until it
assumed the form of a big bird, and
the rythmic whirring of the biplane's
engine was heard. Rapidly the ma
chine approached and at a height of
SEQ feet passed over the heads of the
eager watchers, over the grandstands
and the baseball field, as though the
intention was to continue over the city.
But as the machine lowered over
Chapel street it was seen to dip, whirl
to the right over West river and with
a graceful glide landed on the field
where yesterday the bare legged and
bare armed athletes of Yale and Har-
ward contended for honors in the an
nuaa dual track meet of the two coll
1eees.
Cheering by Students.
As the machine gently struck the
ground and rolled a short distance be-
fore coming to stop it was surround
ed by cheering students, and a great
jumped to the ground The fact that
eh had made the flight did not seem
to impress him in the least, but was
taken as an every day affair. The ma
chine was wheeled to a corner of the
grandstand and carefully covered, and
a watchnan placed on guard who
stayed there during the night The
machine will be taken to better quar-
tiers tomorI ow-
Dined by Yale Aero Club.
A dinner was rendered the aviator
by the Yale Aero club at the Com
nnns tonight. after which he left for
New York, to return the middle of the
week preparatory to making exhibition
flights on Yale field the last of the
week.
BOY OF EIGHT INcENDfARY.
Confesses to Setting Several Fires at