Hamilton Tells Of His Flight From Philadelphia To New Jersey
Charles K. Hamilton recounts a risky journey by plane from Philadelphia to New Jersey. Engine trouble with spark plugs caused six cylinder operation, forced a swamp landing near a bog, and a difficult drag to a firm road where spectators watched as he cleared trees and telegraph poles before continuing along the coast to Jersey City.
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Pennsylvania Tracks
Baltimore & Ohio
Hempstead Plains
Elesrance
Governors Island
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Aviator's perilous cross state flight from Mineola to Philadelphia
The flyer recounts a perilous journey spanning three states. He describes a broken propeller on Governors Island and a damaged engine solved by a Curtiss propeller. He follows rail lines over Trenton and observes The Times special train with his wife and mother waving. He notes eye irritation from cinders and the thrill of achieving a new American record for sustained point to point flight. He plans a new engine next week and reflects on overcast conditions and near misses.
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Philadelphia
South Amboy
Earth
Times
Menlo Park
Trenton
New Brunswick
Pennsylvania
Lehi Valley
Baltimore & Ohio
Times Special
TRE Times Special
el Paso
Texas
Yonkers
Paulhan
Inter-City Greetings via Aeroplane in 1910 Mayors and Governors Exchange Letters
Charles K. Hamilton carried greetings between New York and Philadelphia leaders in the first aerial exchange. Letters from Gov. Hughes of New York to Gov. Edwin S. Stuart of Pennsylvania and from Mayor Gaynor of New York to Mayor Reyburn of Philadelphia accompanied a New York Times message to The Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Hamilton
Philadelphia
Gov. Hughes
New York
Gov. Stuart
Pennsylvania
Gaynor
New York City
Reyburn
New York Times
Public Ledger
State of New York
Albany
Edwin
Stuart
Charles E. Hughes
City of New York
Charlies E. Hamilton
W. J. Gaynor
John B. Reyburn
Penn
Ledger
Times
The
Charles K. Hamilton
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Landing
Charles Hamilton
Empire State
Keystone State
Edwin S. Stuart
Benjamin Frenklin
Charlies K. Hamilton
William Penn
Father Knickerbocker
John E. Yburn
the Public Ledger
Mondays Times
Alma IL
Governors Island
Frank P. Pratt
West Forty-second Street Pier
C. M. Hilliker
Colonial Yacht Club
Frank Toten
Seligman Cohen
William N. Pollock
the Times
Nonagenarian Witnesses Flight Over Metuchen
Manning Daniels a ninety year old Metuchen resident watched Charlies K Hamilton’s flight from New York to Philadelphia and back from his home observatory. Daniels said the aviator stayed about forty miles away, never more than feet above ground, and appeared to ride smoothly at an estimated seventy five miles per hour.
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New York Times
Metuchen
N. J
Manning Daniels
Mr. Daniels
Charlies K. Hamilton
New York
Philadelphia
Ths New Yorkk Times
The
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Hamilton
Albany eager for Curtiss air trip stopover
The Albany Times notes Charles K. Hamilton’s New York to Philadelphia flight and back with a single South Amboy stop, boosting Albany’s bid for Glenn Curtiss to make Albany a stop on his New York to Chicago route. Mayor James B. McEwan praises New York Ties for aiding aviation and hopes Curtiss will drop in on Albany during the journey.
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New York Times
Albany
N. Y
Charles K. Hamilton
New York
Philadelphia
South Amboy
N. J
Glenn Curtiss
Chicago
James B. McEwan
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Broadway
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AL Green
Americas
Greenhut and Company
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Altman
John Muir & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Colorado
Burlington
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Ucahan
BET Unite
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Neinz Company
Pitts BQ
Heinz Veqw
Eck Dynamog Motor Co
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