Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-04-08 | Page 17 | Ely Proves Taht High Flying in High Altitude is Possible

J I PROVES THAT IDA T HIGH fl FLYING JN j. j IN HIGH OIen ALTITUDE IS POSSIBLE t Ii i i F r 1 r JI x j I IF II t i F j 1 I. I f t I j Photo by I BROOKINS FINISHING A SPIRAL GLIDE Ii li ll II one of ot the closest pictures taken ten of an aeroplane in flight The won speed P cd of the camera is Indicated by tho the fact tact that It caught the I tm moving loving propellers and makes them appear still sUll in tho the photograph me ne at B a B. B Ely In a n. Curtiss biplane hed b d a new Intermountain altitude it at t aviation a field yes yes- es- es f afternoon n. n His HI flight was sensa- sensa I 1 The barograph on hIs Ids machine feet foet Above so sea a love Jovel or WOO 00 feet teet above bove the tho field I rd and BrookIns dropped Of tOl flour and oran oranges es from tram heights to o io to 00 00 t feet et and accurately struck truck o e outline of ot a small mall sized battleship i the field belo below Had the tho bombs s and bAttleshIps been real the battleship ship liars hare teen been destroyed If It the tho air vidon vi- vi don from the firing of ot the guns uns on had not alread already o agitated t aeroplane beyond the control of ot the tie theton ton rs' rs and capsized ap them aerial show was a n success rr IT particular The Thc attendance was minK of E Ely Ewall was wall the tho feature of meet mett lie Ho was tho the first of ot tho the I Ir- Ir L IrL i t jt 4 r j 4 T EUGENE B. B ELY Curtiss aviator reached an altitude of feet above sea level If I afternoon at field rising a distance of ot about K w above bove tho the starting point Ho lie was enthusiastically cheered after he I P in front of or the grand gland sta nd 5 to o j the ground and he hei i r for tor the lake When right ores inores of ot the lake ho was wa forced tore ina s 1112 by a slight ht fault tault In his en on- Md tad th the spectators wore were fearful tearful that imi with Bomo sonie serious mishap f tati U Into the lake Parmalee a 11 Jt t operator went to Ely Ely's Elys s assistance end acrid that he ho was au nil aU rl right ht Ely lly the soft conditions of the shore hore marl mido another ascent scent from wh ro I lan landed 1 d and drove dro his machine Meat over th the lake and then cirT cir clr- r T tho the mountains dt dividing Garfield ld ham The n at t Garn Gar Gar- r rt n hl highly hl entertained by the nt nt out of ot sight and kept climb climb- Cr r and higher After tort forty mm- mm the he e air ho returned to tho field laid i Iven an ovation Ho had a new altitude record for tor high a al al- al and had hod demonstrated to tho the sat l of ot tho the other othor aviators officials and spectators that fl flying Ing In high alti tunes tudes Is practicable While gl Ely Elv was flying Parmalee wa was 4 giving a clever demonstration In his hh Wright rl machine Hn lIe did twists and turns for tor tho the edification of tho the spectators and also won applause for executing a daring spiral dip Willard tho the Curtiss birdman did some hah raising maneuvering In front of tho the grand stand and made his famous wavy lIghts flights within a n few tew Inches of the ground round Brookins who won great reat favor tavor with Thursdays Thursday's crowd was again aln cheered loudly for his hili reckless spiral dips and nd glides s. s Ho HI landed on tho the field from a n hel height ht of 1000 feet after an almost perpendicular per per- descent In which ho whirled around and around almost within the len length th of his machine An An Interesting feature of the afternoons afternoon's events was tho the team Jockeying of Brookins and Parmalee Both aviators started from tho the ground round at atI I the tho same Mme time in the big Wright biplanes biplane and arid after traveling to together for several overal miles nt at a forty five mile an hour clip they e separated and each proceeded to todo todo todo do Individual scouting and trick flying Willard made three OI flights during the afternoon n. n and was In tho the air fifty minutes rain min utes all told EI Ely made ono flight and was In tho the blue tIft fifty minutes BrookIns BrookIns Brookins Brook- Brook Ins made rondo two flights of fifteen minutes each tach made mado three flights an and was off oft the tho ground round tort six forty dx minutes