Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-06
AERONAUTICS, 1915

For those who may want to know the fol-
lowing notes from the aerial section of the
Los Angeles Herald OF December 25' 1918
are commended;
TRANK GARBUTT gave an ex-
II hibition of airmanship yesterday
4 morning during his trip from San
Pedro to Los Angeles that places him
in the front ranks of aerial navigators.
Mr. Garbutts flyabout Zip is easily
distinguishable because of its slender
lines of the rear planes, and it was for
that reason scores of persons on their
way to the city knew who it was in
trouble when the signal was flashed
along the line. Being in the 100 class,
Mr. Garbutt was on the second altitude
of flight (400 feet altitude). pro-
peller blade snapped and flew back into
| the rigging, where it clogged the steer
| ing gear. The Zip listed forward, and
| observers on the same altitude thought
/ it would turn over. In an instant Mr..
Garbutt slipped from his seat and
stepped backward on the framework,
causing the machine to right itself. 1t
poised beautifully for a minute. The
aerialist had shut off his engine at the
| first intimation something was wrong
and then began a glide that will prob
ably be the record for some months.
| The Zip, according to the statement of
Lieut. Eastwind, in command of aerial
| police southwest division, started on its
glide when near the nine-mile mark.
By the time Mr.. Garbutt's machine
crossed the speed limit mark in the
/ suburbs of Los Angeles it was still at a
height of seventy-f1ve feet.
Immediately after the accident the
driver signaled he was descending to
| the third, then to the second stage.
| After crossing the speed line Mr.. Gar
butt wisely determined to land at one
of the outer landings, and he chose
stage 122 at One Hundred and Twenty
third street and Figueroa streets, where
he made a beautiful landing. Twenty
minutes later with a new propeller
blade, Mr.. Garbutt went in to the
municipal stage, He was seen by a
Herald reporter at his office on the
seventy-second floor of the California
building. Mr.. Garbutt made light Of
his adventure and laughingly declared
he was going to apply for permission
to make the tenth altitude at San
Pedro and attempt to shut off his en-
CINE and soar into the city. OF course
the authorities will not grant any such
request, as there is already some COM
plant from transcontinental liners that
locals and individuals are encroaching
on attitudes reserved by the federal
government for faster and heavier
transports.
Permission has been granted for the
fourth annual aerial tournament and
gymkhana tournament to be held I'M
der the auspices of the Los Angeles
Aero club. The attitudes announced
do not run above the fifth, and especial
attention will be given to machines
designed for local traffic. It is ex-
pected the committee will not ar
range events for machines geared for
a enaad errpafar than 100 r11I1aG a n hour
1t is the intention Of the club to en-
courage the design of hyabouts and
tourabouts with speed less than 125.
The tournament will be held some time
next month. The dates will be an
nounced next Monday.
Patrolman Heigheyre of the north
east division aerial, performed a
daring rescue Of a young woman at
the outer end of the landing stage at
Santa Monica yesterday. The girls
machine became unmanageable in
some manner and a collision with the
elevator followed. The officer shouted
to her to reverse, but she was either
unable to do so or the gear damned.
At any rate, the young aerialist chung
to the front laterals until the officer
lowered a silk line and lifted her free
from the wrecked fabric. He then low
cred her to the stage, but before he
could bring his machine about and
alight the girl had gone down the ele-
vator and mingled with the throng on
the east mall. The officer has the
number plate in his POSSESSION, but re-
| fuses to divulge the identity of the
fair flyer. The case has been reported
to the aerial commissioners.
It is amusing to Ca1ifornians to read
of cities the size of Denver in the
throes Of litigation about overhead
wires Aerialists of this state have
not seen an overhead wire for two
years. Overheads and flying machines
have no place in the same community.
The trolley must go everywhere.
The Southwestern museum has come
| into possession of a treasure in the
shape Of a gas bag "airship." It was
and was called the Man Angel" The
snip was propelled % by a pair of
oars and was said to be actually ca
papie or turning around in the air. Mr..
Reynolds, who occupies an exalted
posiuon among inventors of the age,
mas many interesting "reminiscences
i about aerial navigation" Of a few
years ago. He turned his attention 10
conquering the sea. and the world
knows how well he has succeeded in
Harvesting the waves and lihera tire
hundreds Of thousands OF men who for,
merry delVed beneath the earth for
fuel.
Official light balloon No. IL, anchored
at Santa Barbara, will be taken ont
of commission within a week. n n is
not picked up" by the lookout ~
ships in the second altitude thew
should look for the Ventura light. All
In southbound flight should pass TO fhe
southwest OF the Ventura mark and
not so TOO far out. The collold re-