Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-03-14 | Page 12 | Believe Culver Will Soon Navigate Air

BELIEVE CULVER ILL SOON NAVIGATE AIR Aviator at Midvalc Finds Engine En-gine Too Light, but Trial Is Successful. Several hundred aviation enthusiasts journeyed to Bingham Junction or Mid-vale Mid-vale Sunday afternoon to witness tiie attempt of Ij. It. Culver to mako a flight in a machine built by himself. Owing to tho fact that his engine lacked sufficient power to lift tho aoroplanc from tho ground, no lilgbt was made, but the test was satisfactory to the inventor and to his friends, for it -was proved conclusively conclu-sively lhat with a more powerful engine Culver will be able to soar. During the afternoon Iho biplane was attached to an automobile by means of a 7fi-fool rope and Culver rose to a heigh I of fifteen feet. lie. was making excellent progress and handling his machine ma-chine in good shape when the ropo broke. The aviator descended rather unceremoniously. uncere-moniously. One of the wings of the machine ma-chine was slightly damaged, but Culver escaped Injury himself. Culver has ordered a high power engine en-gine from ihe east, and as soon as it arrives ar-rives he will make another attempt to ily. and those who witnessed the attempt Sunday feel conlldent that he will he successful. . Among those who witnessed the effort Sunday was a number of members of the Salt Lake Aero club, of which Culver is a member.