Show SUCCESSFUL TEST IN AERIAL NAVIGATION New York March 12 The The first successful flight J ht of an aeroplane made in public In this country took place today at Hammondsport N. N Y when hen hena a motor aeroplane somewhat similar to that invented by the Wright right brothers brother broth broth- er ers err traveled feet and antI eleven Inches with Aeronaut F. F W W. Yo Baldwin in charge The aeroplane skimmed along at distances of from Crom ten to twenty feet from tho the ground and demonstrated that a a. v vehicle heavier than the air can be propelled successfully without contact with tho the ground The TIme A Aero ro Experiment association of ot which Dr Alexander Graham Bell Is president ent con conducted the tests Among Oth other I members who fath fath- fathered fathered ered the project are G. G H. H Curtis J. J A.D. A.D. A A. D D. McCurdy y Lieutenant P. P and antI Mr Baldwin An Aim cl eight cylinder Curtis motor was used by b Mr 11 Baldwin Today's feat compares favorably with all tho the aeroplane flights abroad excepting ex excepting ex- ex that of Ar man Arman who won th OOOO prize at Paris on January 13 I last Jast The rho result of or to today's as test has ha I spurred the members of the association a association ocla- ocla i tion to even more maIO ambitious goals and i ithe the tiie experiments will be continued I with Increased vigor I p t |