Show CAPTAIN BROWN MAXIMS WOO SWIM W 7 tr A n e ar 1 N R S 4 aam Z what has hitherto hit herti been regarded as an impossible feat was accomplished recently by capt alfred 0 drown commodore of 0 the flushing day divi division simi of the american lifo saving society when ho he landed at sandy hook in his fifth attempt to cover the distance of 22 miles from the tha battery to sandy hook N Y captain brown was in the water 13 hours and 38 min utes the picture shows him drying off tho the battery wall on tho the start atari of the ion long g swim and tho the insert him after lie ho had reached his bia goal make the light flight by compass verifying the course by prominent points however the air was extremely rough and so BO hazy that objects over two miles away could not bo ba distinguished accordingly after following a compass course went until the santa fe railroad was reached at a point of five miles east of algae it was determined to follow this the route followed passed through algae arcola richmond eagle lake columbus flatonia Flat Fla onla tonta and lulling to fort sam houston we arrived over fort sam houston at p ari M and continued circling the field until when we landed the total distance over the route followed is miles making an average velocity of miles an hour the total fame in air was four hours and 22 min utes minor repairs were made march 29 1913 and it was intended to start back March 30 when weather conditions were unusually good but the preliminary trial flight demonstrated the weakness of one skid and the return wits was postponed until march 31 the start wai was mado made on this date at p V m in a south southeast wind of 20 miles an hour which afterward shifted into south the route followed was the same as in going over and the landing was made at texas city at p in the total tome in air was three hours and 57 minutes the average velocity SC 50 miles per hour the return trip demonstrated anew t the e necessity for having excess power our specifications seem severe and would insure sufficient power under ideal weather condi conditions tons but with a heavily laden machine and rough weather the condl tio ns we might normally find in war var the present excess of power Is sufficient though thong 4 constantly endeavoring to climb so much power was used lu in fi fighting gusts and down trends that an altitude of 1500 feet was not gotten until practically the end of the trip |