Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-30
|G|RL HAS AN Aub| NEW RECORD IN AIR
Beuah Bnford Motoring on Army Aviator Reaches an A-
Night of Beate Shooting. tude of 4,ee5 Feet.
WAS WITH MARRIED MAN SET OUT TO MAKE 5000
Whether She Will Shield Thought
Companion Reached
INTEREST IN INTENSE PECK GETS PILOTS LICENSE
Said, That
Threat of Disinheritance Negoiates Test Flight
Army Aviator Reaches an AIti-
tude of 4,985 Feet.
SET OUT TO MAKE 5000
Lieut.. Arnold Thought He Had
Reached Coveted Mark.
PECK GETS PILOTS LICENSE
Has Been Flying Only Ten Days,
But Negotiates Test Flight
Without Difficulty.

Glenn Curtiss flew at College Park yes
terday afternoon. Lieut. Harry Arnold
made a new army altitude record of
1855 feet and Paul Peck of the Rex
Smith forces qualified for his pilots
license. This is the brief statement OF
the days activities. In addition. there
was more of crowd To see the flying,
more automobiles and mere dust than the
field has ever seen before
The fact that Glenn Curtiss was to he
there was enough to attract a crowd but
Curtiss was as silent and retiring as
usual and aside from flying around the
field few times and showing the new
school-nachine he had built for the army
was in workable shape he did not attempt
anything in particular The new machine
thing In particular The new machine
has not yet been officially accepted by
the government and in all probability
Eugene Coy will come down next week
and give II a half-hour endurance flight
before it is officially accepted
Will Remain on Ground.
The new machine has four-cyiinder
motor rated at forty horsepower. while
the old four that the Curtiss company
used to turn out was rated at only
twenty-four. The machine can fly as
was demonstrated by Curtiss, but when
II is used for teaching it will not be al
lowed TO fly, for the engine Will be throt-
tied down SO that the pupil aviator can
not get il off the ground or II he does
cannot keep II up.
The machine was not in the best con-
dition yesterday afternoon. as something
had happened to the magnetic VI IN II
was shipped. and II was net quite work
ing up to expectations However the
engine ran well enough for Cartiss To
make pretty rise with it and 10 circle
the field several times at a height Of
about $50 feet. Curtis; then caught
late train for Hammondsport
Lieut. Arnold started out to put Il 2
army altitude record az 5000 feet He
came within fifteen feet of doing it, and
could have added the extra bit To his
height except that he thought when he
started down that he Lad gone the full
distance.
Climbed in Steady Spiral.
He started at $50, and climbed in a
steady spiral that was really about the
diameter of the field. but that looked as
though it was drawn to an apex owing TO
tie ultimate height OF the machine. An
aeroplane looks mighty small at 5000
feet. and several of the enlisted men on
thC uCtdIi WIZ oS
men were discussing whether there would
be any chance of hitting him with a rifle.
They decided, unofficially, of course, that
1t would be long SHOT and "a limb in
the way" and that while 1t might be-
possible to make an aviator uncomfort-
able by volley firing at that height, IL
would be a chance shot for even a quail.
fled marksman to hit him.
Arnold came down in slow spirals and
made a beautiful landing I'm front of the
a rr1x, a vsnC p1fnOnfhnH
about forty-five minutes on his climb.
Paul Peck, who has been flying only
ten days, took out the new Smith ma
chine to qualify for a pilots license and
did ii easily. The new machine differs
from other tiplanes in having no ailerons
for lateral balance, but flexible wing tips
on the top plane
Qualified With Ease.
There was nothing to Peck's qualify
ing fight except the fact that he did
it without any apparent effort.
George Oakley Totem, jr, was the
observer on behalf of the Aero Club
of America. There We're the usual
markers-fags placed 500 meters apart
and Peck was required by the
amended rules of the Aero Club TO turn
five figure Fights around the marks OF
each of two successive flights. He
had to reach a maximum altitude ar
165 feet and land within 100 feet or
a given mark. He did the most Of la
flying between $50 and 200 feet high.
handling the mach inc with abC.t ~.
ease of a bicycle rider on smooth
pavement. The first landing he mad
placed the machine exactly on the
piece of canvas laid down to mark
the end of his flight. He was warmly
congratulated by a crowd OF friends at
the end of his test flight.