Show AMATEUR EQUALS CURTISS Two Accidents and aid Equalling of I Quick Start Record I Mark Day MEMPHIS f IS Tuna Tumi April S fLAvia Ala Avia Aviation thou lion honors hOllor ero carried off oil at tho the Memphis meet moet this afternoon by b J T C Mars the thc amateur who gave gaie lila his t public flights tho the opening day of the tho local meet In addition to equalling Glenn H Curtiss worlds quick start record of ef 5 6 j 45 seconds Mars attained a height estimated at feet circling circlIng ing lug the tho course several times before alighting Charles F Willard narrowly es escaped capeti capell serious injury in making hi hb initial flight tills this afternoon In attempting to circle tho the field his aeroplane was caught In a gust of or wind veered sharply and swaying in inand and tilting tilling started swiftly to tho ground Willard saw that he hc would be ho forced to the thc fence and In Instead instead stead of taking it landed headon hendon on The lifting plane of ot his ma machine machine machine chine was as broken brokon Into hits bits and he was thrown out of the sent Heat but ut es escaped escaped with few slight bruises Glenn H Curtiss also ran Into a fence In Ia making a landing but only slightly damaged hi bia 1113 bi biplane plane |