Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-09-28 | Page 19 | Frenchmen Fly at Rate of 118.6 Miles an Hour

FRENCHMEN FLY AT RATE OF 1186 MILES AN HOUR Rheims France France Sept 27 The he The remarkable remarkable re- re speed of ot 1186 miteR miles an hour beating the official worlds world's record rec roe ord of ot ill miles an hour was attained I here today by both Emilo Emile and Maurice Provost Pro two French aviators Th They were flying in the elimination trials to select a French team for tor the tho International aeroplane cup race next Monday Provost Pro and Eugene Gilbert were chos chosen hosen cn as the French rep rep- More dangerous than the tho high speed pero contests were the efforts of ot the fifteen en cn entrants In the preliminaries of ot the low speed competition to remain In the theair theair theall air all at nt a 3 lo lower er altitude than feet teet for as as near as possible six minutes and 40 seconds while flying once around a acour cour course e measuring 62 miles Fourteen of the thc competitors q qualified for Cor tho the actual race the most moat successful among them being Abel Gaston aston Lucien Call Call- whose whoso time was Just 2 seconds under t the e limit I