The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-09-11

stand flags straight out in = northerIy
,i;roction had gwen Grahatun-M hite pause
na he studied the flags critically after his
frs, big sweep around tn" 'un"y SKY
CARRIER in the day The ~ horse power
Niounort machine which Grahain"- White
y,as the Gr., tn show New York was half
.xpected hv beach folks and entirely
,xpoc,ed kv Ndnhattanitos on tn" roofs
of buildings up near the Battery To- wing
It's wav uorthward from Brighton beach
to circle the Statu" of Liberty But IN"
Nie,ipnrt has a cantankerous disposition
oT the kind that one shou'dnt tr,'" WIN
IN winds lilt" those OF Yesterday
Nevertheless MIR Graha'ne- Whit" nad
crIij.pd about the upper reaches III Ih'
most prctcntious flight of the afternoon
and a. the sun was about I" sol h' an
bounced that within a few minutes ne
would climb aboard again and SHOOT
northeast across the sky to the Nassau
boulevard a"rodruin", perhaps score
of miles away s,
of the clubhouse and stands, VINO stl'l
were waiting eNpeCtantly. ana tn' rro"oS
cheered the tngli7hman, plh'kinpss
The Newport was truudl"d out until u
was staring into the sunset ana Mr Mhite
md one of his mechanics named Carr
settled themselves into ih" hehlike body
of tn. big racing machine"
Pleas telephone to Nassau boule-
ward that I'm ON my way, tn" English
aviator asked some one a. mechanics
jerkod at the propeller and the Gnotne
began to zlII
The band struck up and the crowd
yelled and Grahamo White and his mo
chanic wpra of, Across a lumpy field
that is anything hut ideal for a"roplan"
starting purposes the hig monoplane
roared and bounced with growing mo-
mentum Because of tn" added weight
OF q passenger the machine was lpatn to
leave the ground
1t would have speed enough to rise in "A
moment. however. but It was Swerving
bit to the right and along that path lay
deep ditch with perpendicular banks
and filled with slimv water The Nlou-
port went lcketv split along the rank
grass. and with "A crash that could be heard
above the bands braying and IN" cheers
the Gnome engine, with it- ZippinE pro-
pellor leading the way lunged nose down
into the far bank of the ditch
High rose the tishlik" tail of III" ma
chine which looked as If the tail were
going to somersaut over the aeroplane's
muddy and broken It,se Mr. Grahame-
White and the mechanic, sQuatting low
behind him. were snapped violently for
ward The body of the aeroplane was
torn of the chassis. as the chassis frame
work stuck in the ditch, while the engine
and propeller bored into the muddy bank
The left wing of the monoplane got caught
in the ditch and got "A broken shoulder
blade
Grahame-W hite's mishap was entirely
due to the wretched condition Of the field
at the point where the accident happened
Neither the aviator nor his passenger was
injured. although they were bit shaken
up But the big Nicuport was ripped up
in thorough manner that will take time,
money and a number of major operations
to pun il on its feet again The big wad-
of padding which MIR White has ar
ranged in front of his driving seat doubt
less helped a lot in softening the jar both
men received when they were sla mined
forward by the impact of aeropane and
United States
still intact the crowd which swept aside
the Pinkertons and raced To the crumplcC
Nieuport saw To IL that intact parts wer,
grabbed up for souvenirs. Grahame-
White, naturally not in pacific MOOD
after his shakeup called To the GROVE
to let his machine alone. but womer
as we'll as men swarmed about the wreck
age and made themselves generally
obnoxious.
High voiced young men with mega
phones were announcing as the day closcc
that the mana cement has decided to con.
tinue the flying every day for the res
of the week Gene Ely's Curtiss was III,
only machine in flying condition on tn,
field last night. but as Ely is scheduled
during the coming week in Vernon
he will be unable TO give any further
exhibitions at Brighton Just now
Grahame- White said too that he canno
fly because of Boston enga agement anc
Sopwith last night did not think he viii
fly at Brighton again Just at this time
Beatty's machine however can be pu
in shipshape during the small part Of
forenoon and IT Is said that other 'ier
will be obtained in time TO take part in thi
afternoon 5 programme.