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Show AMERICA RISES FROM WATER LIKE BIRD HAMMONDSPORT. X. T.. July 6 With a k.ad of 1 p--ninds. Gienn H. ; i C u r 1 1 s r o s e from t h e water t ad n y i i the I Arr.erL-a, the Roinian V.'nin-.'ik :r trar.s-1 trar.s-1 Atlantic flyins l-oat. in -ixty seconds a; t-r leaving the dock. Planing on 'he surface for another hundred yards he was free and clear in the a.r one minute rnd r:'ten se-or.d5 after the tart. This is the fastest rislnir from the water thj America has done up to the present. Mr. Curtis believes a little more experimental ex-perimental work will see the America lesvinf; the water quickly with the full had required for the flight to the Azores. t F'urinsf th1 prehmirar' run for the first flight one of the tenipo-ary braces hold-:::2T hold-:::2T th"3 water ix-tirds broke !ooe, hut this i'Tip'Kihnent d.d not mattriuily interfere with the fliuht. After th.e i.rnce had been secured L5r-u-t e n a r t . J o ! i n C . Po r t e started out with a similar load, but did not learp the water, wa-ter, rontf-n'-'ne himself with p-lanlng about on tiie s irfa'-e of the lake. |