Show BIRDMAN TO FLY IN SALT LAKE FEB 11 12 AND 13 I 1 salt lake city feb 1 1911 samuel F Per perking kinq who probably is tile the greatest authority in the world on man carrying kites has been secured to increase the startling features ot of the aviation meet to be held here february 11 12 and 13 and beginning one week from saturday he v ill send his string of kites into the air going up with them himself and carrying officers of the army to study the use of the flyers byers as observation and scouting stations r f Perkins has s exhibited his kites at al some of the greatest aviation meets in the country lie he was a prominent feature of the doston boston harvard meet where lie he ascended in his carriers ills his record accord thus tar far is 30 feet A five fire eighths inch cable holds the scientists kites to the earth for they develop a pull of one ton the first kite to be sent up is eighteen feet high after that is up a halt half mile smaller kites are sent up until the monster leading the string as a one mile aboc the earth then perkins and his passengers get into their sling and are allowed to be pulled up as high as the velocity of the wind will take them all the national guard signal corps officers on the field win aln be given an opportunity to ascend in in the man carriers perkins will be at the service of the signal corps on the field and sharp shooting wigwagging wig wagging and telephoning will be carried on from the slings in which the men will sit below the giant kites the kite scientist is is famous as a balloonist having made the 1250 mile journey with lieutenant from st SL louis to lake K ontario in the international balloon meet oct last lie is a graduate of the massachusetts institute of technology and first became interested in the flying of monster kites chile studying there |