. Outing. a decade, there may be as brighta future for the flying machine; not asa freight carrier, but certainly for pas-senger purposes. Charles K. Hamilton, who flew theCurtiss biplane purchased by CliffordHarmon of New York, is an odd-look-ing genius, with cavernous eyes andrather gaunt cheeks, his scant frame ap-pearing to fit loosely within the darksuit he affects. But his eyes glint frombeneath their overhanging arches whenhe takes his seat on the biplane, and ifhe had not been handicapped by an un-satisfactory engine he would have con-tested for altitude with Paulhan. Ham-ilton has dee
. Outing. a decade, there may be as brighta future for the flying machine; not asa freight carrier, but certainly for pas-senger purposes. Charles K. Hamilton, who flew theCurtiss biplane purchased by CliffordHarmon of New York, is an odd-look-ing genius, with cavernous eyes andrather gaunt cheeks, his scant frame ap-pearing to fit loosely within the darksuit he affects. But his eyes glint frombeneath their overhanging arches whenhe takes his seat on the biplane, and ifhe had not been handicapped by an un-satisfactory engine he would have con-tested for altitude with Paulhan. Ham-ilton has deep faith in the Curtiss typeof machine, unbounded ambition., andthe courage of his convictions. Handi-capped as he was by his engine, he mademany successful flights and demonstratedhis ability to handle his machine in amasterful manner when he covered theten-lap course of miles in 30 min-utes and 34 seconds. Considering thatCurtiss had a sixty horse power engineas against a twenty-five horse power in. Photographed expressly for THE OUTING MAGAZINE by Ralph S. Hawki7is. PAULHAN CARRYING A PASSENGER; IN THE DISTANCE IS HAMILTON, IN CURTISSBIPLANE, WHOM PAULHAN HAS JUST PASSED. the Hamilton machine, this was a high-ly creditable showing. Of the dirigible airships the one oper-ated by Roy Knabenshue rose to thegreatest height, with an altitude of 1,656feet to its credit. Knabenshue is anadept at balancing, and having a betterengine than was in the airship com-manded by L. Beachey was able to per-form feats not attainable by the Beachey was unable to makeprogress against head winds Knabenshuereadily demonstrated his ability to copewith them and circled in the upper cur-rents with apparent ease. Beachey,however, seems to have a thorough un-derstanding of the control of the dirig-ible airship. In a test of speed over a one-lapcourse Saturday, January 15th, Beacheysailed the distance in 5 minutes, 21 sec-onds, beating Knabenshue by 14 day before, however,
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