New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25
AMERICA FLIES AT
rs NILES AN HOUR
Craft Increases Load by
500 Pounds and Does
Half Turn Easily.
CRUCIAL TESTS ARE
PLANNED FOR TO-DAY
curtiss Workmen Will Collect
$4,000 from LIoyds if Air
boat Crosses Ocean.

Hamnondsport. n. Y, June 24-f
the RodYnau Wsnamaker flying boat
America rncceeds in crossing the At
lsntie. Lloyds. Of London. will have 10
hand over $4,000 70 a pool formed By
empIoves OF the Curtiss Aeroplane
COMPANY. When the construction Of
the transatlantic flyer was begun, in
January of this year, Lloyds were
Offering a to l against the crafts sue
cess. The faith Of the Curtiss en-
oIoves in the project was so strong
mat q number of them dubbed TO-
vetber ard raised $1,000, which amount
Vas plaeed at the above named odds.
since that time the odds have stead
i,v decreased, until to-day they are
onlv s TO !. Needless TO say, those IN
terested in the pool are jubilant, and
some Of them are pricing automobiles
already.
The America narrowly escaped dis
aster to-day. when a heavy thunder
storm. accompanied by a ftty-mile
Gale. tore down through Pleasant Val
lev The big machine was standing
,nnroteeted on the Curtiss aviation
6eld when the storm broke, and the
Wind lifted one side of the plane sew
.r.l feet from the ground almost be-
fore any Of those about the boat re-
siized her danger
Dragged Back to Safety.
c.,-.;.. was on the spot and he
shouted for help. Fifteen men Were
on the job in short while; ana the
a. tben was dragged back to her
.Srr,aI position on the blocks. For
aar an hour the little band of men
stoo5 IN the pouring rain, holding des-
ssrateIv 70 the struts and stays OF the
n.rhine. while the hurricane brew
800 trees and played havoc generally.
= Cnrt;ss said that if his men had not
..,od with remarkable promptness the
lmsrica would have been wrecked
badly. -, A.. hat ont
e. A;ght at 8 o'clock this evening
us climbed TO an altitude Of 500 feet'
csrrving George Hallett and James La
s,o,t as Messengers. The weight OF the
I'D vas increased by a bag OF sand,
sSd;ng about 500 pounds to the load oil
yesterday. -. A..
.Arnttle had been opened wide for the
frst time and that the increased press
IRE bad been tremendous. 1t was esu-
mated that the machine travelled sew
sptv-6ve miles an hour, with a gross
weight of 1000 pounds.
Another experiment tried tonight
was that Of making half turn IN the
sir and Lieutenant Porte had no diiti-
ealty in accomplishing II He IS anN-
nus TO spend much time IN practice pc
fore handling the machine as he would
a smaller one.
Special Watches for Pilots.
William d. Cash and Sumner R. Hol-
lender, representing ROdman Wanna
maker. arrived here to-day. They are
gerry favorably impressed with the ma
chine and were enthusiastic observers
Of all that occurred during The day.
Nr. Cash brought with aim two scien-
tific watches especially built for the
use of the aviatOTs.
These watches are exactly like the
ones used by Rear Admiral Robert f.
Peary on his trip to the North Pole
and are impervious to water or climatic
conditions They are worn in pockets
suspended by a leather harness from
the shoulders of the fiers and are
known as astronomical and sidereal
watches.
The special radiators for the ma