Show j f 1 Thil Thirty one one ty-one Years Ago S. S 5 THERE HERE are arc many Salt Lakers whose ones ories arc stored stored with something by which S 1 to 9 measure the thrill of the few onlookers atS at II S Kitty Hawk North Carolina 31 years ago S v S when the Wright brothers took off for their first successful flight A piece museum now in England the s sadder for Americans the Americans v Wright biplane bears little resemblance to the theS S great treat ships that fly fIr in transcontinental and andS S intercontinental service today Nevertheless ess S it Was the airplane call called d an aeroplane then that started the United States on the way to fame tame for navigation of the upper reaches in ini i 1 n than air craft It If is a fit thing that S. S the thc Wrights their queer winged contraption contraptionS S and nud their epochal achievement be remembered S on the anniversary rs ry of tt that t venture that began I a a new chapter chapt r In in th history of I 2 As s the event is commemorated at the Salt Salti jV i Lake jake City airport next ext Sunda Sunday older dwellers 4 i li here bere will recall a bitter cold day at the the i fairgrounds fair fair- ir- ir y grounds when they paid a sizeable admission fee to see a man actually leave the ground in inS S j j flying machine and soar oyer over tle t e fhi flats ts c west est of ot the cit city P to alight again before their S very very eyes in the thc center of the thc old race track It Jt was Paulhan the Frenchman who gave the e city ty this treat on one of his barnstorming tours S In his takeoff many onlookers held their t br breath ath He must have worked up upa a speed of all of f 30 ao O miles an hour as h his l landing wheels left t the e ground His machine Hf slowly that y it seemed he could not escape crashing against S the stables at the west end of the grounds v wh where re former Mayor l Baskins fast stepping J fi rl tL horses lived in style H He di did 1 make it though I i. i if il only by inches Then he flew away with the tha grace of f a gull and the crowd cro let loose a i ity y shout S S jit i was WU a thrill ne never er to be forgotten That hat fa ont a quarter of a century ago A year S I la later he returned and gaye an exhibition out w on the salt flats Slats toward A A little later l r Curtis C mother s 's sr i r ion on to i ft 0 t townspeople a 1 c-a c a f HIlle machine 1 that t could I f e off and lan land on water f I This show how was wason was wasat f put Oil on at Saltair and it was to for forea t. t MiK M I ea 1 C gee a joan mAn l S p t S 'S L S 'S 4 S. S S Sl i. i t S. S I I I 1 I q 1 1 fly IJ but everyone who paid the price felt he lie got more than his moneys money's worth Ben Redman will also be honored at Sundays Sundays Sunday's Sundays Sunday's Sun Sun- days day's show at the airport Listed as the first paid passenger on any commercial airline he will present a bronze plaque to Mayor Marcus as the city's representative There will b be many interesting events staged in celebration of the anniversary including the exhibition of many ships of all eras showing vividly Americas America's Americas America's Amer Amer- ica's progress ss in the conquest of the air The aviation committee of the chamber of commerce is arranging this novel affair which deserves to draw a great leat crowd especially r asa asa as asa a manifestation of the high interest of f the city in military aviation at a time when forces aein are are ae in motion to obtain designation of Salt Lake City as a key point in a perfected scheme of or air defense for the west |