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Show aviator not more than six or eight i months Paulhan Is still under thirty. Just how much under ho politely declines to say-Mr. say-Mr. Bishop first knew blm four years ago as the engineer of one of tho French government's dirigible war balloons. Before that ho Is said to have been an aerial wire walker, so that he came to be an ablator by decrees, de-crees, lie Is his own beat mechanic-Inn, mechanic-Inn, but that Is Dntund, as ho started out as a mechanic and oxohauged the overall for the spangled tights of the wire performer. I Big Program. Aviation Camp. Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 12 Ulg white clouds, threatening threaten-ing rain, and a wind that blow 6lx miles an hour and carried a chill, were features of tho opening of Pasadena Pas-adena day at aviation camp when the crowds began to assemble. The I weather bureau promised rain and I tho promise seemed about to be ful-I ful-I filled but there was f no lack of enthusiasm, en-thusiasm, either on the part of tho people who came to see the expected lecord breaking flights, or on the part of tbo aviators, who sniffed tho breeze and scanned the sky and then i returned to the ta9k of preparing tho machines. ; The program for Pasadena day promises great things and Paulhan I and Curtiss both promised greater I things.1 Hamilton and Wlllard also agreed to go aft or a record or two and Miscarol and Mas6on talked in French to each other ,-while thoy kept one eye on the sky and the other on their Bleriot machines. Harmon, thw amateur, contented himself with walk-I walk-I lng around his new machine and fre-; fre-; qiiently seating himself in it and I working a lever or two. I Hours before any 'flights could bo I expected, the electric cars from Ixs Angeles wero disgorgin? and the saw-j saw-j dust path to the grandstand was Hn-i Hn-i ed with pilgrims to . tho air tourua-I tourua-I ment. I The thrills of Paulhan's flight of I yesterday when be rose nearly a mile to the evening sky had not died away and the attendance promised to eclipse the threo previous days of the meet. Record-Breaking Crowd. Tho aviation field, where tho eyes of tho world are turned in expectation of greater marvels than the meets of the old world havV shown, lay a fair meadow in the morning sunlighL Only e. 'nTorlane. Jumping in the far end like a huge grass hopper disturbed ine shei.ee. ; Over the field the white clouds whispered together as If in a conspiracy conspir-acy to blow a little and see what tho sputtering creations of wood and silk and steel would do In the face of their frolic or anger. A huge vulture came out from the black mountain crags to the east and hung over the course ' In silent challenge chal-lenge to the men b'l md. ag If in answer, tho Gill-Dosch biplane No, 10, a Baltimore entry, on whl:h great hopes of American honors hung, left the ground The machine, after testing out Its engine-;, in a brief flight, dropped gracefully. It Is expected to make .1 formal flight later In the day. French Jubilant. - In the Frenchman's headquarters all was Jubilation. They hope that Paulhan will carry' away all the big prizes of the meet. Curtiss showed - his. sportsmanlike pplrlt in talking of Paulhan' s feat. He expressed pleasure that the record was made In America and said: "The credit for a flight such as Paulhan made belongs entirely to the aviator and it Is an evidence of his daring, skill and confidence." Curtiss Reticent. Reticence reigned as usual in Ovr-tlss' Ovr-tlss' tent over his program but there was a well defined feeling that he would try some great things today lo take from France for America a portion por-tion of the glory that is awaiting, her. "He must do something soon, ' say the gOHtips, The meet has been brought into definite shape now. A big black board on the field given each cfiiclal event Megaphone men announce It to the grandstand. The Judges require an announcement from the aviators before each attempt at speed, height and endurance records. Each aviator who does not fly around the course at leant once a day Is penalized pen-alized five per cent of his best time. The local aviators tinkered with their machines In their opeu air shops, expecting to make trial flights today. These machines have nt been tried and accidents have been carefully guarded against. Sheriffs on horseback horse-back remained near the machines ready to dash for the ambulance If necessa ry. FLIGHT OF May Be Attempted by Paulhan, (he French Aviator Los Ar.geles, Cal , Jan 13. Exhlllr-ated Exhlllr-ated by his easy success In breaking all hlur'i flight records, Louis Paulhan, Paul-han, the French aviator, who became j a world hero by his exploit of yesterday, yes-terday, may next essay a flight to San Diego, "which lies more than K'O miles southward In an air line from the Doiulngnez Aviation field. After enthusiastic visitors from tho southern city had presented Paulhan with tlm $5tK) silver oup trophy for his thrilling achievement, they extended ex-tended him a pressing invitation to visit San Diego, "at your conven- Paulhan replied: "Not mine, but my engine's convenience." When ho waa aked today If that meant that he would attempt such a flight, ho answered: "It Is not Impossible. In enduranco tests ether aviators have traveled more than 10 miles, though never between be-tween cities that far apart." Then he recalled tho fact that Cur-, tiss' machines have fuel capacities for flights of ten hours' duration at 30 miles an hour, and remarked that as his Farman biplanes were much larger, with correspondingly larger motors and tanks, he saw no reason why he should not make such a flight This, however, is Pasadena day at Aviation Camp, and that may suggest to tho Frenchman a flight 'to Pasadena Pasa-dena inetead. The exact height Paulhan reached yesterday in his marvelous flight is jet in doubt. The Judges are still working out the figures of the trlan-piila'.lon. trlan-piila'.lon. But it is certain tint bo has surpassed Latham's Mourmelun record by at least 800 feet. The last i figures the Judges announced were ; 4,140 feet, but before tho calculations j are completed today It may be found I that the altitude reached was but 100 I or 200 feet less than a mile. In any event, the Frenchman has reached the height of the snow mantled mountains moun-tains ihat surround the aviation field.! And that it Is what he said he would do the day he arrived. Cortland Field Bishop of New York, pre-ideul of OJ) Aero Ccb of America, was one of the most enthusiastic witnesses of the flleht. "It was a magnificent achievement and one or the most Important of the age." he said, and he addud that It was all tho more marvelous because of the fact that Paulhan has beeu an |