New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-06

The airboat took its place in the mar
Dor shipping yesterday. when "iil'a"'
,rbaw and Stephen McGordon new
down Long Island Sound from New
Haven. ducked under the East RIVER
bridges encircled the Statue Of Lib
! ertv and beached their craft at Oah-
wood staten Island. During the next
four weeks il will meet liners coming
I'M the bay, be at the service OF ar
Yachting parties. and in other ways
demonstrate that the flying boat mas
come 10 stay.
With 35-mile wind at their oacKs
the aviators covered the Sound from
J New Haven 10 Hup"s Point LONE
Island. in fifty-two minutes. AiteT
luncbing in Manhattan they flew the
TWENTY-FIVE miles from Hunts Point 10
Cakwood Beach in thirty-five minutes
taking time TO encircle the Incoming
American liner New York and excite d
covey of Mexican cadets returning from
the French aviation schools.
"We left New Haven at S:3G,' said
Mr.. Thaw, telling Of the Hight.
never few I'm rougher weather. and had
realized that the suns smiles were
treacherous | would have postponed
tho aieht The air was puffy and a
stiff northeast wind took us In the
hack But it helped TO make the speed
that we maintained all the way down
the Sound.
Seek Altitude at Start
| "At first we rose to 700 feet to try
70 get more quiet air, but it was so
rough up there that we were glad 10
descend. We then maintained a hylng
track of eighty feet above the waves
II was fine sport, except that we mad
N he cautious in handling the craft.
This is a machine with duplicate con-
trolls. SO that Mr.. McGordon and my
self alternated in plotting the water
nIane. AS we approached New YORK
I, became so rough that we decided TO
lcome down at Hunts Point"
The aviators ran into Manhattan and
after taking luncheon returned 10
IIunt's Point. The boisterous air had
s,hsided by this time. and the shippers
t,nned into the airboat and started
down the East River. Mr.. Thaw says
,ho,, nassed under all four bridges, n.y.
,np about seventy feet above the water
which IS half way between the river
surface and the bridge spans,
Eve noticed pretty stiff eddies under
tho bridges" said Mr.. Thaw. our
owes got full Of cinders, which seemed
% no wbirled about in the air. After
nassing under the Brooklyn Bridge we
new straight out into the harbor ana
enc,rcIed old Liberty once.
Liner Sees Exhibition.
.rrhen we spied the liner New YORK
coming through the Narrows. Iha'
,uo,,nted a detour, as it happens t. be
our intention to stay here for four
c,oobs and continue 10 meet steamers
7 aid not know that the Mexican cadets
,ho have been studying aviation
|
ohrood were on the liner, or we would
have civen them more of an exhibition
AFTER passing around the steamer We
ocoeded To our destination, Captain
paIdvin's aviation grounds. at Oak
u,ood where we beached. at 3:17 p. m.
Mr. Thaw began flying last August
Nev Haven. He has flown from
Ney Haven to Watch Hill. II. |. He
,,, In a season Of flying at Newport
noo.rtIy he returned to New Haven
.,,,or. he flew for a week before com
20 New York. Both Thaw and Nc
coraon who own the flying boat joint
,y are enthusiasts. Thaw said that
tho airboat was absolutely safe In good
weather hen flown properly.
He predicts that it will not be lons
| Lo,ore Il Is used on all water courses
.a along the coasts for fast mail and
osoeneer service. AS committing
,acbine he asserts that it will shortly
No employed around New York by the
hundreds.
rho Thaw airboat empty weighs
Continued on second page. sixth column.