Show I WONDERFUL FLIGHT MADE MADEY BY Y THE WRIGHT AIRSHIP i r RE ORD fOR j r 1 fEAR fiON Orville Wright Remains in thAir thAir th Air for More Than an Hou and His Ship Reaches Spee J of Forty Miles l an Hour RECORD MADE BY CURTISS t FALLS BY THE WAYSIDE K 1 I ly Spectacular Exhibition of Flying Flying Flying Fly Fly- ing Is Enjoyed by the Great Greal Crowd That Thronged th the s1 r Test Field in in Washington 1 MAINTAINS MAINTAINS GOOD CONTROL CONTRO L n WRIGHT BROTHERS BROTHERS' FLIGHTS Orville 1908 Fort 1908 Fort Myer 1 hour 14 minutes 22 sec sec- Wilbur 1908 France 1908 France 2 r hours 21 minutes Orville 1909 July 1909 July 20 20 Fort Myer 1 hour 20 minutes minutes min mm i utes 44 seconds Washington July y 20 Three Three i thousand persons cheered mightily the regimental band played lustily r and glad tin horns horDs thundered discordantly la lat Jala f r f M Mai i a aR vAr y 3 this tJ cn Orville 1 o j jO ri n i lC if l CO Tor or ora ara a a sustained flight in an aero aero- plane He lie was in the air exactly ex es- one hour hole twenty minutes an and 1 four forty-four seconds beating his previous longest flight by over oyer six sL n minutes Incidentally he smashed the 1909 record made by Glenn H. H Curtiss at Hempstead a few days ago when he lie remained in inthe inthe the air three fifty-three minutes Hooray I knew he lie would do it t r yelled an enthusiast We Ve let ct Curtiss have have the record to pIa play with a little while but It belongs to us Dayton folks and they Uley will have to get up soon and sta stay up late lato to 10 take It away from us The he worlds world's record for tho longest flight is held b by Wilbur Wright who during one of or his trials In France re remained remained re- re In the air two Louts hours and twee- twee ty-ono ty minutes minutes- Orvllle's Orville's record of or one ona hour fourteen minutes and two twenty J seconds was made at Fort flyer Myer last fa fall fail and was the worlds world's record until Wilbur made a new mark later On A Spectacular Inhibition I In addition to breaking his own record record rec rec- ord ont Orville today gave a spectacular exhibition of ot flying which was greatly enjoyed b by the tho large crowd ath attracted attracted at at- h traded to ta Fort Port M Myer er by the successful flights of or yesterday He lifted and lowered his machine In long graceful g sweeps fascinating to behold Now Jow ow he he would tall sail close to the ground not more mora than fifty feet or less over the tho s 's z h heads earls of the crowd then ho he would riser rise e eup r up and up to a height of or feet mainS maintaining main main- S that elevation clealan tho the whole length of the tho Held field only to dip again as ho he r turned to come on the other side The t Interesting turns were particularly Sometimes he would make them short and sharp causing the machine to tilt at what appeared to be bo a dangerous dangerous dan dan- angle a signal Rignal always for a terrified gasp from tho woman or an exclamation from the tho men These short turns resulted in small narrow circles n which seemed dangerous for tor the navigation navi gation atlon of the tho hu hugo o like bird-like craft but Orville negotiated d them fearlessly and apparently with the do design of ot finding out h how w acute an angle he cou could Id safely satel attempt Later on In fn tho the flight he began 1 makIng making mak mak- aking ak- ak a step fur tur- ing the letter S and going ther thor cut the fi figure ure s three times at different altitudes altitude The crowd below generously applauded these exhibitions of or skill and daring but the theof aviator heard none of ot the applause because of ot the Incessant noise noille made b by his motor Including the short circles s and the fig ilg- t 1 on Page Ten x Jr p 1 I I S r 1 fr C rt rf o I Li W S V sas A 1 rt r 7 N c yr v t Orville Wright nud the tile Aeroplane With Which lie Ill Sinn lied the Tours Tour's Yesterday Y e h WONDERFUL FLIGHT MADE BY THE WRIGHT AIRSHIP HIP I i Continued front r P KC One urea Orvllle OT mado made altogether eighty eighty- three rounds from flom tho the starting starling point out anti and back again At least seventy enty of them were long wide Je circles embracing the tile uttermost limits of or the thc parade ground and estimated estimated esti osti- mated b by tho the Wright ht brothers to to- tobo beabout be bo about four tour of or a anile each In the remaining circles traversed by aeroplane average third one-third of ot a mile the total distance travelled being about sixty miles This makes the speed to tolay to- to cIa lay day something over fort forty miles an hour Of or course tho the distance Is given as a guess Kuess but It Is admittedly a conservative one It Is certain that the aeroplane flies files faster than when the experiments were wore be begun un a n few tew weeks ago It I Is known that this machine has less loss lifting area than tho the one of ot last year and Is designed de- de signed for speed Peed It is also known that thata a 1000 bonus awaits walts the tho Wright rl ht broth broth- ore ers for tor ever every mile of ot speed In excess of ot tort forty miles an hour which this machine develops develop The wind knocked off ott work earlier than usual toda today and tho the aeroplane W was S wheeled out of ot Its shell shed shortly after atter 5 j It was In a position for tor a start by the tho halt half hour bour and the tho hl big weight was walt hoisted oJ ou Just t as the connection con eon he between tween the ropes rope attached to the tho weight and the aeroplane was be beIng being be- be ing made one of ot the ropes snapped and down came the weight with a rattle and thud which shook hook the frail fraU frame frame- work worle which supports It and made marte Its wire braces twang like 1110 the strings of ol a harp To ro get et a n. new rope and weave It through the many sheaves es by which the tho weight Is lifted would have havo taken time Fortunately Lieutenant Com Corn mander Parker of at the na navy was vas among amon the spectators In civilian clothes Ho lie knew all about ropes and In a jiffy without even cven removing his coat he had the broken rope spliced so 80 well no landsman could have havo found the tue mended place rTh The Tho word word wont went around that Orvllle Orville Wright rl ht was waa going after a 0 record How these things get about no one knows I Mrs Longworth now recognized as one of ot the regulars rec was there as were vere also Attorney General Wickersham Wicker Wicker- I sham Secretary Meyer of ot the tho na navy nade de do- do and Postmaster General Genera Hitchcock S |