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ing and accommodate those who wish to take a trip through the air. The Wright biplane, a new machine, which had never been run before being brought to Detroit, is a beautiful model. A shiny four-cylinder, 30-horse power engine, capable of driving the bird-like machine through the aid at a speed of a mile a minute, occupies a position in the center, just to the right of the passengers' seat, in practically the same position as the motor seen in Detroit a year ago in the machines driven by Hoxey and Johnstone, who later lost their lives. But the machine in which the members of the Aero club took their maiden flights yesterday and will take them today is a much different one from the more or less crude affairs seen before by Detroit's. "The new commercial model." is what the Wright Brothers call it and it looks as though it were made to suit the taste of the most fastidious pruchaser. Also its simplicity as compared with the earlier models appeals to the amateur aviators. There are nickel-plated foot controls for gasoline feed and shiny wood and nickel levers for warping the wings and shaping a course in the air. The machine gives sime evidence of having the value of the seevral thousand dollars for which it sells. Seven Fly in Morning. In the morning flights yesterday seven people, including two women, took trips. Mrs. Russell A. Alger was the first Michigan woman to attempt a trip and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Fred M. Alger, was second. Miss Loomis is so well pleased with her flight of the afternoon that she is content to take third place. Russell A. Alger, as president of the Aero Club of Michigan and the first person to make application for a flight, was to have been accorded the honor of taking the first flight. However, his brother, Capt. Fred M. Alger, dared him to flip a coin and then won the right for the first flight from him. "After a preliminary flight by Aviator Coffyn the men and women were taken up for trips lasting from 5 to 11 minutes each, Capt. Fred M. Alger took the "altitude record" for the morning flights with a flight at 600 feet above the ground. It was 6 o'clock when much of the breeze of the day had died down that Aviator Coffyn announced that the conditions were right for a flight. He took the machine to the north end of the golf links and, after turning up his motor and examining every part carefully s tarted away from the earth like a huge swallow. On attaining a height of 300 feet, Coffyn began a series of tests to assure himself that everything was shipshape. He rose, dipped, flew to right and left, warping the wings of the machine again and again, and trying out every lever and pedal. Then, when things were running smoothly and he was several hundred feet in the air, he ban a few of the difficult movements that have made the Wright aviators famous. Wheeling the biplane suddenly afted a long southeast flight high above the links, Coffyn began the famous spiral dip, the movement that was being attempted by Arch Hoxsey, at Los Angeles, when the latter struck a "pocket" where the air pressure was not what he expected and was hurled to his death. Thousands Thrilled. While not as daring as was Hoxsey when that young man thrilled thousands of Detroit's during the exhibition of flying during the Elks convention here last July, Coffyn brought cheers from the small crowd of people who were out to watch the flights yesterday. Around and around in an ever diminishing circle the machine swept always headed toward the ground on a long incline It was one of the most graceful movements of the day. When within a few foet of the ground Coffyn suddenly righted the machine and sped away across the links at high speed. So close was he to the ground that the flight across the grounds became a veritable hurlle race, as the big bird-like machine rose from the golf bunkers. The first passenger of the afternoon was William E. Metzger, automobile manufacturer and aviation enthusiast. Tossing his hat to a friend, Mr. Metzger climbed through the network of tries in the front of the passenger's seat, settled himself firmly and announced that he was ready. The trip was an ideal one, extending for a mile or more to the north of the grounds and south almost to the lake. "The best sport I know of," cried Metzer, after alighting. E. W. Lewis took the second flight, circling above the field and reaching a considerable altitude. R. D. Chapin, the third passenger, was not content with the near ground flying and urged Aviator Coffyn to climb. They reached an altitude of considerably over 600 feet. Miss Loomis Enjoys Flight. Miss Loomis was the fourth passenger. There was not a trace of fear or nervousness in her walk to the machine, only an eagerness to take her turn at flying. She was dressed in white, with a small red hat pinned firmly on her head, and the right ear, which during the flight is within a few inches of the roaring motor, stuffed with coton. Once in her seat, Miss Loomis placed a tape about the bottom of her skirts, took a firm hold on a convenient brace brace, smiled at her friends, and with a nod to her mother, who sat a little distance away in a motor car, was off. The machine pumped once or twice and then skimmed lightly as a bird across the ground for 100 yards, barely touching the turf. Then Coffyn pulled a lever, pressed his foot on the pedal which greatly increased the speed of the engine, and the machine floated up from the earth at a gentle incline. Miss Loomis 'trip lasted six minutes and included a number of fancy dips and curves. F. H. Clark was the last passenger of the evening, and it aws after sunset when he alighted. There will be another flight, with eight to ten passengers, beginning at 6:3 0this morning, weather permitting. Many of those who have already been afloat say they will go again before the exhibition is over. [[image]] At the left is William E. Metzger clares flying is the best sport he kno