Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-08-28 | Page 7 | U. S. Defender Unsafe

U. U S. S DEfENDER UNSAfE Pilot Declares 1000 Aeroplane Cnn Cnn'S Fly Ph a n Mile lle lles As s It I Now S tall ds Chicago Aug 27 There There m may be no American defender of or the Gor Gordon on Bennett Bennett Bennett Ben Ben- nett worlds world's championship aeroplane trophy troph in ira spite of ot tho expenditure of ot by a a. Chicago syndicate for tor a a racing aeroplane designed to travel miles mies an hour Do De Lloyd Thompson who has hns been trained as pilot of ot the club of ot the tho American monoplane Nieuport has re refused ye- ye fused tuse to fly the racor racer on tho ground that it was obviously unsafe ill iii 11 de designed do- do signed and unable to fly ty for or a n single milo as It stands With Thompsons Thompson's refusal it i became known that Glenn H. H Martin tho the Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- cle Coast Coat aviator had volunteered to see what ho lie could do toward getting tho the racer in shape shapo before September 9 0 when tho the race raco Is to bo be hold lold here