Review of reviews and world's work . achine. Flying as he didover river, mountain, and valley, he severaltimes encountered contrary current- of air thatthreatened him with disaster, but his ski11 andcoolness brought him through in safety. „ ,M The great hero of aviation last Hamilton* ° . _, , month, however, was ( harles K. F°ht Hamilton, a pupil of Mr. Curtiss,who had been doing more or less preliminaryflying in the recent past. Hamilton, on Junei ;. made the round trip from New York toPhiladelphia, over an uncharted course, cover-ing the distance of 172 miles in three hours andtwenty-nine m
Review of reviews and world's work . achine. Flying as he didover river, mountain, and valley, he severaltimes encountered contrary current- of air thatthreatened him with disaster, but his ski11 andcoolness brought him through in safety. „ ,M The great hero of aviation last Hamilton* ° . _, , month, however, was ( harles K. F°ht Hamilton, a pupil of Mr. Curtiss,who had been doing more or less preliminaryflying in the recent past. Hamilton, on Junei ;. made the round trip from New York toPhiladelphia, over an uncharted course, cover-ing the distance of 172 miles in three hours andtwenty-nine minutes of actual flight Startingfrom Governors [sland at 7:4^ in the morning,he made the eighty-six miles to Philadelphia ina flight of two hours and forty-live minuteswithout a single mishap. An immense crowd,including Governor Stuart and various otherofficials, gave the daring aviator an enthusiastic ption when he arrived at Philadelphia at \fter examining his machine and taking >ome lunch, Hamilton began his return trip at.
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