| Show T GROWnS THRILLED BY TilE THE DARING P tI tIt t i 4 IT ims i I ft California aviators who will compete with world famous aeronauts at the aviation congress In the top pi picture ture standing from left to right Edgar S Smith W S Eaton William Stevens J F H Klassen and Gates M H Fowler On their knees left to right H La V Twining Frederick E West William Burton Below at Fowler and Mr West building a At left H La V Twining in his machine which he calls an In flying its wings wil flap like a birds PREliMINARY TRIAlS AT lOS ANGElES Several Aviators Ascended but the Frenchman n Furnished Furnish d the Days Sensation Los Angeles Jan a sui wJ don Ben and dramatic while the spectators were watching the slow night flight ot of two balloons d at t Aviation park this afternoon Louk l threw the great throng into a t frenzy of enthusiasm and by a spectacular flight in a biplane This the day ot of the big via avia aviation tion meet wu wa given over to trials and flights flIght to give the aeronauts aeronaut and aviators a chance to shake down do a their machines Curtise had given an exhibition In a new and untried ma machine machine chine in which later Clifford Harmon made some short flights Charles E Willard in the No 1 had also made a successful flight and several everal times Roy Knabenshue and Lincoln Beachy had ascended In two mall dl di dirigibles and maneuvered their craft but nothing to thrill the crowd oc occurred occurred until swept into the game Spectators Applaud Beachy t ben bue were piloting their dirigibles ar around und the MUrse when the daring appeared sudden suddenly ly out ot of a gully hidden from the view of the grand stand circled the course three times went out country Came back over the grand stand and alighted In the center of the field fieldIn fieldIn In two later flights he gave a Tt re exhibItion of control over his machIne gracefully making sharp Continued on Page Two I I I GRET CROWDS THRillED BY THE DARING PAUlHAN Continued from Pane Page One turns now dipping almost to the ground to scatter In frightened flight a group ot of officials gathered on the field again skimming the grand stand only a few feet above the heads of the spectators ascending descending and finaly finally ap preaching from the rear of the tent that houses his aeroplane just cearing clearing the entrance top and alighting within 10 feet of Is its Paulhan was given ghen a demonstration such as Is seldom witnessed at a public gathering In this countr country Mn shouted themselves hoarse while women ap applauded applauded and waved handkerchiefs and Paulhan elated by the furre furore he had created danced gaily Into his tent tent Opening Day of the Meet The day opened wIth weather condi conditions tons auspicious for the initial con contest contests test tests of the bird men The sun shone brightly and thee there was but the sern sem semblance blance of at a breeZ from the east Be Before Before fore the forenoon had waned however the sky became overcast wih with clouds and there was a suspicion of dampness In the atmosphere The wind finaly finally whipped to the west blowing strongly an unfavorable condition the aviators said The throng began gathering early Throughout the forenoon hours trin train ater after trin train running on a schedule poured In Is its addition to the crowd until long before the time ached sched scheduled for the first event to be cled called the official returns gave as the number that had passed through the gates Fully a automobiles were parked In the quarters reserved for mo motor motor tor Cars care While waiting for the avia aviator aviators tor tors to make their appearance the throng amused itself on the plaisance or by watching the flight of two bal balloons balloons loons that had ascended from Hunting Huntington ton park In this cit city From the rising ground on which the Biaton aviation camp structures are perche perched a splendid view could be had of San Gabrel Gabriel valey valley stretching to the distant foothills of the Sierra Madre wih with the city of Los Angeles An Angeles geles thirteen mies miles awa away plainly out outlined lined Glenn H Curtiss In Monoplane Promptly at at 1 Genn Glenn H Cur Curtiss Curtiss was upon the starting stretch to open the International meet wih with a christening flight for a new monoplane that he had never before used Laving Leaving the gound ground in front of the grand stand the craf craft rose gracefully wih with a rise In Inthe time the ground to the west made a short flight up the coure course returned and alighted at the starting point The distance e estimated by the judges at of a mile mUe was covered In 2803 seconds the greatest height reached being fifty feet The machine was under perfect control and the American was was accorded a thunder of chers cheers for hi his feat Next Charles F Willard appeared upon the course In his Curtiss mono monoplane monoplane plane No 1 and ater after a shor short preliminary nar nary flight attempted to circle the ot of official course which Is a trifle more than a mie mile and hal half In length Ris Ing to to a height of seventy lengh feet he maintained this altitude until hal half the distance had been traversed when his motor gave out and he descended He was In the all air one minute ad and twenty three second seconds Ater After a readjustment of the motor Willard Viard arose agin again and completed the coure course i Curtiss using te the mahine machine with which he made the previous flight circled the field an estimated distance of one and mies miles In His maxi maximum maximum mum attitude was feet teet Beachy and Knabenshue Lincoln Beachy and Roy Knabenshue appeared upon the course wih with their dirigible balloons sUng sailing directly ther over the grand stand at a heIght ot of feet teet against a stiff breeze and returning at high sped speed wih with the wind at their back backs The 1 to be un der the complete mater mastery of the two pilots who directed their course as they willed ind descended to earth without a jar Befort this time the crowd had be be begun gun to inquire for Paulhan Al All was quiet at the quarters of the French av Whatever work wa was being done In preparation for his flight was behind closed doors and i It seemed probable that the throng would be disappointed In their expectation ot of seeing the tho holder of the mie mile speed record We cant do any anything thinA wih with that Frenchman said Dick Ferrie master of ceremonies Ho He pays no attention to rules and regulations nor to the course laid out for the I be surprIsed to see him se appear suddenly on his machine through the i top of his tent Surprised the Spectators That was almost what Paulhan did While the spectators were watching th the flight ot of the dirigibles a a Farman biplane was taken quietly from the Paulhan tent down nto a guly gully hidden from the view of those at the starting stretch Just when Knabenshue and Beachy were passIng over the grand grandstand grandstand stand on their return and every neck was craned backward there was a shout and out ot of the gly gully shot Paulhan the motor of his Farman at a trem tremendous rate He le swung around the course and came down before the grandstand at high speed le lIe gesticulated first wih with his right hand and then his lef left and at time Ume he let go the steerIng wheel and waved both arms and shouted to the multitude Circling the tul full course once Paulhan then began a second round stopped at the halway halfway pOle to cut across the field straight for the grandstand Suddenly veering he described another cIrce circle fInaly finally disappearing tram from view to the north behind the tho grandstand He soared this way and that way in the adjacent country agan beading directly fa fei the stand he cleared from behind passing only a few tew feet above the topmost row fOW of seats Beats and shouting greetings to the dodging and ducking crowd beneath Passing out outon outon on to the field the machine descended in front ot of quarters Paulhan had bad remained In the all air eight and minutes and saied sailed three and mies miles His highest altitude was feet teet Biplane Versus Baloon Balloon While the dirigibles were preparing fa for their second flight the Irrepressible Frenchman decided to start down upon another journey journe Covering th the ful full course In he started around a again aln and neared the starting point just a as baloon balloon had bad caught the wind at the head ot of the stretch and was coming along at high speed aeroplane shot allot up upward upward ward and son soon was abreast and dl di over he dirigible The two craft raced wih with the wind at their backs that ot of the Frenchman soon distancing the big ga gas bag Continuing his flight at high speed ga gave a thrilling of his control of th the aeroplane He darted this way and that ascended suddenly and shot until it seemed that he must surly surely wreck his aeroplane lane against the tho earh earth Where groups C of men had gathered on the field he scattered them with sudden dips of the machne machine Once he headed directly for the Ule grand stand waiting until almost upon It before point pointIng lag Ing the bow of his craf craft upward and skim skimming ming just above the heads of the he lie gesticulated with his hands and shouted In a language under i i stood by his countrymen alone Paulhan loves the air and seemIngly Is carried away daring by performances the of his On this second flight he remained up tip ten minutes and two seconds is reaching a height of 4 feet teet and traveling about four and a hal half mies miles In descending he Just cleared the top of his own tent from the entrance cleare rear alighting a short hort distance from tM the Third Flight In his thud flight Paulhan arose direct directly my ly in front of the grand stand passed over It and turned back to the official course I where he arose to a height ot of 3 feet Covering the mie mile and a hal half in 25 he took another shot Into the countr country came back went around the course a second time and Phad started on his third lap just as Beach Beachy in his dirigible and Charles K Hamilton in a Curtiss mono monoplane monoplane plane had made an ascent and got under ful full headway The French aviator tel fell In behind Hamilton and acted as a rear rearguard guard for tor the American until the later latter gard descended after a flight of four minutes Then after completing his third lap he in the made a series ot of graceful turns middle mae ot of the field and ad saied sailed low over the grand stand again and again The flight gand lasted twentynine minutes and two sec second seconds ond In the machine In which he made the worlds speed record of 1245 mies miles In InUi Ui 15 minutes 5 38 seconds at Rheims Genn Glenn H Curtiss i attempted another flight feet teet In He rose to a height ot of twenty yards flight when his propeller broke f and he was compelled to stop hi his engine ground He saied sailed gracefully to the Slight Accident The only accident that in any way marred the days program occurred when the engine of the machine was started before the biplane had ben been I taken from the tent and a tore out a portion ot of the upper plane This accident a prevented the machine from being flown during the day Tonight Dick Ferris manager of the events announced that Luis Louis Paulhan event will Wi attempt to break the worlds al alti altitude tude record for ma machines machines chines tomorrow The attempt wi will be beade made ade In the Farman biplane In which the daring French aviator today thrilled the crowds by his flights Oer over the new field While the flights of the wel weli kown known avI atom were being made today several ma inn machines chines of local construction ad and un unknown Unknown known design were wheeled onto the feld field and paraded before the spectators One a graceful birdlike thing made madea a noise that could hardly be distinguished from the noises made by the aeroplanes that Baled sailed after Is its engine was stared started but it did not leave the ground nor even the I spot where i It rested Another a bui built by Professor J B Zerbe ot of this city brought out geat great ap applause applause on account of Is its appearance but not even cen Is its engine would go 0 Wi will Accept Challenge Los Angeles Jan Feld Field Bishop president of the Aero Club ot of America America arrived here tonight tonight In ref reference reference to the challenge ot of the Aero Club of France for the international aviation and baloon balloon cups he said saith We cannot do anything else than ac no as the cups are challenge trophies Glenn H Curtiss Won the aviation cup cupat cupat at Rheims said Bishop and he also holds the balloon cup Mr Ir Bishop who Is one of the judges of the prize contest contests In te the Los Angele Angeles avi aviation aton meet after a talk wih with Genn Glenn H Curtiss said that It Is his belet belief that con conditions diton In California ar are iea ideal for tor aviation in winter months and that lie he hope hopes to tose se see annul annual meetings held here ot of longer duration than the present one The next meeting In California he said should attract al all of the geat great Fench French and American aviators This meeting was not far enough ahead to attract the attention In Europe that It should but America America ha has awakened to Is Its Importance and I it I is crin certaIn t to be bea a success and to advance the sport port I in inthis this country immensely to amateur avla avia aviators We want se see many tors participating In the aviation m meets t I It I is th grandest sport there Is tOday and one In which everybody wl will b be able to participate before long longI I 1 look for tor some seine records i if not al all of them to be broken at this meting meeting which wi will b be a fether feather In our caps The mater matter of the injunction proceed Ings brought by to the Wright brothers against Mr Criss Curtiss and any proceedings against ay any other aviators by then ther is something I do not care to discuss as It t touche touches the business end ot of aviation and concerned not the sport itself in which I am chiefly |
