Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1909 — WIND KEEPS WRIGHTS FROM MAKING FLIGHT [ARTICLE]

WIND KEEPS WRIGHTS FROM MAKING FLIGHT

Crowd Disappointed by Untamable Weather Conditions. Washington. June 29—Although the •enate had rushed through the tariff bill to allow its members to witness a flight, and together with some several thousand others sizzled in the sun on the Fort Myer drill grounds, the Wright brothers decided that the wlml was too strong and too uncertain for experimenting with an untried aeroplane.

A brisk breeze bad sprung up from the west. Heavy storm clouds appeared upon the horizon and when a few scattering drops of rain began to fall the crowd began to fear that conditions were not favorable for a flight. Wilbur explained that they neves made a flight in an untried machine until it had been tested in the best possible weather "Unless the air is calm, you can t tel! whether the machine is erring, l or whether some littla fault. Is caused by the wind.” he added He raid they would make a flight as saon as Ideal weather conditions presented an opportunity.