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Show MEXICANS SEE AN AREOPLANE IN FLIGHT San Diego, Cal., Jan 24 Charles K. Hamilton flew In hl Curtiss biplane bi-plane acrosB tie border line of the United States and Mexico and over the ancient Mexican city of Tla .Tuana today, surprising the Inhabitants of that hleepy little place iuto unusual life, and then flew back to the polo field of the San Diego country club on Corondo Island, without a stop. He was gone from the flold forty minutes min-utes and traveled thirty-four miles. For tbe greater part of the time he wa over the Pacific ocean, at a height of 200 feet Not 6ft!lfifled with this feat the aviator avia-tor made a flight by moonlight over the ocean, staying up fr three and a half minuteH and alighting on the field In the deep shadows that had settled below the skyline. H amllton's first flight of the day resulted re-sulted in a slight disaster. He went up while a strong wind was blowing and attempted to alight in the center of the field. A sudden gust caught him an he struck the ground, causing the mahln to bound for ten feet One of the rear wheels was crushed and two ribs of the lower plane were broken. brok-en. After an hour of tinkering Hamilton Ham-ilton had the machine repaired, and at 4:17 he wns off for Old Mexico Paulhan Flies Over 'Frisco. San Francisco, Jan. 24. In order to please several thousand people who waited throuph a stormy afternoon to see blm fly, Iuls Paulhan, the French aviator, took chances against the th restenlng clouds today and rose over the field in a ton-mile flight from Tan Foran Psrk to the San Bruno bill a. To do this he had to lift his machine from a sod-soaked field with three days of rain. He came back without mishap Just before a hailstorm broke. Paulhan made several short flights during tbe early part of the afternoon, but the wind was too strong to risk leaving the ground far or for any considerable length of time |