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Show BIRDMEN HERE ;f0 FLY TWO DAYS t ih ' : Walker Brings New Gurtiss Engine And Fits Up Machine. TWO DAYSNEXT WEEK MONDAY AND WEDNE8DAY SE-LECTED SE-LECTED A3 DAY8 FOR FLYING ACTUAL PRESENCE OF MEN ASSURE SUCCE88FUL MEET. Two days or marvelous, wonderful, harrasslng, aviation thrillers will bo the bill (or the aviation meet that In ' suro to happen this tlmo. Boyond a doubt the meet will happen becauso nvlators, machines and everything clso jiro here, ready (or tho starter. Next Monday and Wednesday, Feb. 27 and March 1st are tho dates. Clarence II. Walker, manager, D. A. Xaybould and (our mechanicians arrived ar-rived in Logan with a machlno and a ew engine known as a Hudson (Iyer, the klniUthat Curtlss used In making j the longest cross country (light aver mado la America, that (rom Albany to New York. The engine Is a 75 horse' , 'power Curtlss, Just tho same as the C one used by Ely at Salt Lake during the recent successful (lights made there. That Walker will succeed in getting his machine off the ground B i & and will make good in his scheduled I (lights seem now a certainty. . I " Meet Two Hours Each Day. H The meet will consist of two hours I of (tights each day, with a minimum H time in the air of fifteen minutes. Tho flights will be (or altitude, duration, H speeds, distance, pufck starts, shoit "starts and accuracy in landing. This ft diversity will givo aviation fans 3 H splendid chance to see everything J there is' In the way of-avlatlon stunts. J No pains will bo spared to make tho meet a splendid success In every way J Walker Praises Grounds. J When Walker went over tho grounds I at the Agricultural College where tlvj H meet will be held, ho was enthuslas- I tic about their splendid condition. Ho R sild that there are (ew obstacles to I v-orry abopt'ln starting and alighting, I no Interferences In circling, and every prospect that good work can be done I . in (lying. There lfl,,plenty of open ter-,1 ter-,1 rttory on all sides over which he can I fly and where ho con readily alight in case of necessity. J In tho engine which he new has, Walker claims that ho han a method I of overcoming the handicap of altitude I "ibe planes of the machine have boon extended two and a half (eet on each side which gives fifty square (eet of r lifting surface In addition to his reg- ular surface. With this advantage he can be sure to mount into the air. H Add the' great power of tho new Cur-H Cur-H tl8S 75 horse power engine nnd ev-BJ ev-BJ ery obstacle to a successful flight H seoms to be surmounted. H Walker Gets Great Praise. H Walker mado his maided bow us an H aviator In California. Tho press had H all sorts of good things to say of hint H there. Ely, too, warmly congratulated H -'liim on his ability. Tho press despot- dies had the following to say: H "Before 50,000 people Clarence 11. Walker of Salt Lake mado his first H successful (light on Selfrldgo field H (his afternoon. Silence fell oyer the big crowd H when it was announced that Walker H would try to fly. Tho six amatours H who had made attempts before him K either fallod completely or wrecked H their machines. I "With tho ease of a professional. H Walker mounted the soat, threw on B the power nnd shot Into the uir, light- aBa. lrK gracefully on tho shore of a lake CPJy a halt mllo away, Thero ho swung in H a big clrclo and in a minute was on H his way back ovor tho samo course, H landing directly In front of the grand- H stnnd. H "The first man to congratulate him H was Kugcno Ely, who" had Just rocolv- H ed u gold medal for his war vessel H landing. J "As tho famous aviator stood prats- Wk 'ng tho noIco'tho crowd gavo Walker Hi tho most rousing ovation ghon to any J 'imatour during tho moot. J "Walker tried out his machine this BJ in' i nig for tho first time and mado his E il ght af'.or innnlng ovor the courso about ten times to learn tho control. "Tho machlno Is a Curtlss thirty-horse-power dhect from tho factory rnd is ono of tho latest designs and best built aeroplanes on tho grounds. Tomorrow Walker will trp for half mllo straightaway and othor events In tho nmatour class. Mayor J, II. Andersen will act as official of-ficial tlmo keeper of tho meet. Tho samo rates will bo glvnn Into Logan over the O. S, L. ns wero offered for the mePt scheduled on tho 22ml. |