On May 29, 1910 Glenn H. Curtiss, flew the Hudson Flier from Albany to New York at the Speed of 54 Miles an Hour - He Traveled faster than the Twentieth Century Limited, but the Times Special Train kept the pace. The Aviator was Cool and Untired at the Finish of his trip and received a prize of $10,000. For his stop in Poughkeepsie for Gasoline - Curtiss landed at Camelot on the Gill Farm at 8:25 A. M. and departed Camelot at 9:29 A. M.
[I wonder what time the services at the Mill St. Baptist Church were?]

Glenn Curtiss Flight pictures including ones taken at the Gill Farm Site in Poughkeepsie
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Flight Emptied A Church

[NY Times May 30, 1910]

Pastor Lectures His Flock and Takes A Fling at Curtiss

Special to the New York Times

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY May 29, 1910

The Rev. William H. Hubbard, pastor of the Mill Street Baptist Church, passed out some sharp criticism at both morning services to-day because so many of his members were absent from church this morning to see Curtiss fly over Poughkeepsie. He lashed the church folks for neglecting to attend church and railed at Curtiss for desecrating the day.

Mr. Hubbard sprang into the limelight a few months ago when he was asked to resign, as a result of a row with Mrs. Haggart, a member of the church, because she allowed her children to dance and play cards.

"It seems strange to me that this man could not have picked out one of the six other days of the week in which to make his trip," said the pastor. Then he expressed sorrow because so many church members had stayed away from service to see Curtiss go by. He said:

"Conditions have come to pretty pass when church members should so far forget themselves as to allow such a spectacle to draw their thought away from God and the proper observance of His day."

There was a very small number at Mr. Hubbard's church in the morning. Gerard Crippen, one of the Deacons, was present to help cheer for Curtiss when he landed here, but he hurried back to town in time to attend church. To-night Mr. Hubbard renewed his attach, and, referring to an outdoor memorial service at Christ Episcopal Church, the most aristocratic in town, this afternoon, said he was shocked to hear one of the bands playing the same piece that a minstrel company played here last week. In the morning Mr. Hubbard condemned automobile riding on Sunday, but to-night he made an apology because he himself had ridden in one in the afternoon.