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[[title]]STUDENSKY IN A FINE FLIGHT[[/title]]
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What is perhaps the best flight ever made over Galveston was that by Aviator Paul Studensky, made shortly before 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Studensky rose from the grounds of the National Aeroplane company, flew out over the western end of Galveston and remaining in the air for forty minutes, covering a distance of between twenty-five and thirty miles and only effecting a landing when he ran out of gasoline. At the time the gas supply was exhausted Studensky was perhaps two thousand feet in the air and from this perilous position he came to a safe landing by volplaning, making a right hand spiral in descending.
Members of the National school here consider the flight Studensky little short of remarkable inasmuch as he has only been participating with a biplane some ten days. Prior to this time he drove a monoplane and was successful with it. 
More flights will be made this afternoon and throughout the remainder of the week if conditions permit. 
Members of the National squad have on the grounds a Bleriot monoplane, a Farman biplane and two Curtiss biplanes. It is expected that within the next few days all of these machines will be seen in the air for either trial flights or possibly sustained ones.  Worden, the monoplane pilot, is an experienced flier, while both McCormack and Beach have made records in biplanes. 
Lester Bratton, who designed the biplane in which Studensky made his flight, is as much elated over the feat of yesterday as is the aviator himself. Bratton placed several of his own ideas in construction into use on his particular craft and to see them work. 

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