Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1909 — FORTY MILE RATE IS ATTAINED DY WRIGHT [ARTICLE]

FORTY MILE RATE IS ATTAINED DY WRIGHT

Crowd Sees Aviator In Flight ot Three and a Half Mlles. * Washington, July 13. Orville Wright made a successful aeroplane flight at Fort Myer, Va., remaining in the air five minutes and thirty seconds. The machine attained a speed of about forty miles an hour and circled the parade groupds half a dozen times, a total distance of about three and a half miles. After passing a cheering crowd the sixth time the aviator decided to make a landing because the motor was occasionally missing a spark. He descended easily and lighted with no apparent jar, the machine sliding smoothly over the ground until it came to .a stop. Both of the Wrights expressed themselves as pleased with the performance. They intend to make only short flights until the new bearings have become worn dowft and the propelling motor is working perfectly.