OCR Text |
Show CURTISS BETTERS DEAD PLANE RECORD FORT WASHINGTON, N. V.. Sept 9. Olen II ('urtlss. pioneer In Amerl-i Amerl-i an aviation Friday bettered his recent pievious flisrht In a motorloss gilder by remaining aloft for 17 seconds. As In his former flight, when he stayed up nine seconds, ho had hi3 pall plane towed by a motorloat and launched Into the air from the waters wa-ters of Hempstead harbor. The motor-boat motor-boat attained a speed of 25 miles an hour and the plane soared to a height of 25 feet before the tow line was dropped. The success of the flight was as-cribed as-cribed In part by Mr. Curtls to the tow lino, 250 feet of wire., thlrty-two-hundredths of an Inch In diameter, wound on a reel in the stern of the motorboat. Previously the tow line used was of fibre which, When Wet, caused a heavy pull downword on the glider. In further flights, ho said, he will use tho wire with a length of 1000 feet. nn - |