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Show AERONAUTS Clf; muni Curtiss Outclasses PauljJ Fancy Flying iuM Biplanes. jjg HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE Wl STRANDED ON MUDm"; French Champion Will TjK Fariuan's 1-14-MiMj? Record. W$ AVIATION CAMP. LOS ANiH Jan. 10. The wind and tho'nB spired trxlay to test the mettle o;Bj ships flying on Aviation field. ,9$ suit was a victory for Glenn ir) and Louis Paulhan. '''Wif In half a gale of wind, CurtlPs'B'ii a height of more than jrjo fCct a-Jji performed as pretty a piece or aemll jockeying as has ever ben eaeXi described circles in during fashldHt Ing and dipplrre and boating agalM'! wind and winding up by cutting Paulhan strove to outdo this -cttl 512 feet, and circling about like" over a bam yard. But hia oxWbwR fancy alr-skaiing lacked aomelhml the hrlliiancy shown by the AmerioBl Another wondei picture was nB Curtiss and Paulhan and HamlltlB driving their own machine, swirnif lu an aerial marathon. At tlrnJffl raced together headlong acalnittMaM Again they played tag with AsdrH Tlicy Hew under and over MchjlH and around each other. SBldfacB trembling steeds with sum flc5w W tliere were no accidents -ri orj oat marvels of the day qm Afraid of Wind jM The aviators did not want to (WuH wind. They know the wind atraaH delicate silk frames and pulls at tB enings with cruel fingers But tbil was there and somelhlng had tb liiH to ajnus the. throng of spectiloriB A new word has been eolned'jB aviation field. It is "Acronutiy.'ViM The population of Los Angeles exhibition of this peculiar form ofB ilv. Throughout the lain of the tliey went In droves to the ficMjl Ing In mud alone the fence llne.K Ing dripping seat3 in the granK They started out In wagon loaH near-by towns and farms and mobiles from the Ity. The muilB" many of them and the road'.K' grounds was strewn with manv'-B happy band of stranded pilgrlnitK hv Ihe time the events were tM to begin, the biggest crowd of lV lial gathered. liven the near-!, were black with spectators. ",' The rain ceased and Urn snn p to see what was going on. Th; waited us long as posslbl". butt I Hamilton awakened the echoes '1 ' Ing In a short flight to t-st th't t P.nulhan was not long in followij ( came up with a rush and sailed p -grand stand in two qualifying' Tl He veered and shot ouL of th, K back of Ihe. crand stand 200 f going ovqr the fild again aftcr.i u run. When he came down he ii he had Intended to try ten laps foi C hut found the wind too strong westward course. ,J Daring nights, j' Then Curtiss came out in a pnfl flight, liamlllon and Paulhan sB get her in a wlnd-bucklng conHl were sent out of the course nHJ buck of the grand stand PauH finding tha.1 hi.v machine. waH the strain well, mad anothB speed, lu four rounds his besB 2:3S.'-:5. Curtlss's record is 2:jHi Finding be could not win in tlB hau tried to lower Curtlss's staiHjt ord. He made It on the softfH llS.r. feet. Cnrtiss'f? record fpH Roy Knabcnshue rind LincolB brought out their dirigible?. TljK up and struggled hard against-;. Continued on Pace Is'hMC AERONAUTS GIVE FINE EXHIBITION Continued from Pago Eight for half a mile, then gave It up, whistling whist-ling back over the grand stand at a high rata of speed. Charles S. Wlllard, In a Curtlss machine, ma-chine, came out for a brief flight, but after feollng the force of the wind, gave up. Curtlss, who had announced that he would try for a mile speed record, also quit. The crowd was sent home. Paulhan, tho Irrepressible, was not content. con-tent. As tho crowds were filing out he appeared on the horizon with two passengers passen-gers behind him. a difficult and oa'ngor-ous oa'ngor-ous feat in such a wind. Tho passengers were his mechanicians. After a short run with them he took up Clifford B. Harmon, the Now York balloonist, who la ambitious to wear the badge of aviator on his coat sleeve. The greatest Interest centers in Paul-han's Paul-han's scheduled attempt to win- the MIchclin cup for long distance flight tomorrow. to-morrow. If tho weather permits ho will start early. It will be necessary for him to go over the new triangular course more than thirty-five times to beat the record held by Henry Farman of 144 miles. Paulhan thinks It will be a great Joke to take this prlzo from Farman In a machine bought from Farman. |