New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-26
LONGEST AIR FLIGHT
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italy, and have been Obliged to decline the
American offer.
The fourth day of Aviation Week opened this
morning with a heavy downpour of rain. accom-
panied by clustering winds. Toward noon how
ever. weather conditions improved The Es-
nault-Pelterie machine. which has been supplied
with new wings the only seroplane to
make its appearance before noon. 1t made
dozen in an effort 10 leave the ground but
none successful.
AERoNAUTS BRING OUT MACHINES.
BY 3 o'clock this afternoon the sky had
cleared and the breeze fell 10 three metres a
second Several aeronauts came ont and began
to prepare for the trials Of the Prix de Ia Cham
payne. the endurance test. NJ. Latham at
tempted in two machines to leave the ground.
but failed.
NJ. Paulhan was the first seronaut to get away
in his Voisin biplane. lie few low and finished
his first lap In II minutes and Is seconds. NJ.
Latham followed NJ. Paulhan into the air by
few minutes. and at assembled To height
OF 100 feet. Several times his machine
caught I'm a gust Of wind and heeled over This
obliged the pilot to head up into the wind to
regain his equilibrium. and after finishing
lap. 81 miles. in minutes and rs seconds he
came down.
NJ. Lefebvre another starter In the Prix
de Ia Champagne He had hardly crossed the
starting line before trouble with his motor com
PEELED him to descend. NM. Fourier. Rougier
and Ferber made brief flights. and NJ Latham
got out new machine but only rounded the
first turn.
NJ. PAULHAN REELS OFF LAPS
In the mean while NJ PauIhau was making
round after round with the regularity of clock
work. and he completed his fifty Kilometres at
As o'clock His time for six rounds was 1
hour Il minutes and ~ seconds Paulhan's
time AT the end az the eighth lap was hour
81 minutes and 5S seconds. At the end Of the
ninth he had been I'm the air I hour 30 min
utes and 81 seconds. AS he turned for the back
stretch in the eleventh round the rapidly rising
wind had reached velocity Of eighteen miles
hour and the plucky aviator with this
breeze behind him. was carried along at ire
mendous rate of speed
In the beginning OF the eleventh round NJ
Paulhan battled against the wind. His machine
and crossed the line amid tremendous outburst
~ enthusiasm When Pauhan caught the wind
abeam in this round his aeropane pitched and
tossed like ship NJ sea. until no headed back
into the wind for the home run.
NJ. Latham finally successful in rising. and
made a second start lie preceded at short
intervals by NM. Bleriot and de la Grange.
NJ Bleriot. like Mr.. Curtiss. has decided not
10 try for the Prix dc la Champagne. lie will
reserve his efforts for the International cup
on Saturday and the finals of the Prix de Ia
Vitesse on Sunday. The Wright managers
profess to believe that neither NJ. Bieriot
Mr. Curtiss can cover thirty kilometres. Mr..
Curtlss has been invited 20 give flying exhi-
billions IN Belgium. Germany and England
PENALTY IMPOSED on MR. CURTIss
The committee. after further consideration Of
the 30 kilonetre 0S.63 miles, speed situation.
has decided 10 apply the penalty Of one-twen-
tieth Of the elapsed time TO every machine which
failed TO start or did not cover the distance on
Sunday and yesterday. The penalty for both
days has been imposed on Mr.. Curtiss. Roth he
and NJ. Bleriot. consequently. will compete in
the final speed tests next Sunday with a handi-
cap Of one-tenth against Tssandiers time Of ~
minutes 20 ID seconds. the lowest record estab-
lished by the Wright type. Mr.. Curtiss said to-
day he thought he would be able 10 make the
thirty kilometres under twenty-six minutes
Believers I'm the cellular type 81 hiplane
now convinced that tho work Of NJ. Paulhan
has demonstrated conclusively tho advantage
OF vertical planes In maintaining equilibrium I'm
a wind. They say that in a simple biplane Of
the Wright type OF lateral wind dispaces the
centre Of pressure while leaving the centre Of
gravity the same. This makes necessary wing
warping. some other similar device. whereas
the action OF the wind against the sides OF the
cells maintains the centre OF gravity at the
point of pressure
BELGIAN PRINCE VISITS SHEDS.
Prince Albert Leopold Of Belgium accom-
panied by the members OF his family. is among
the latest arrivals at Rheims. The prince
spent the morning In visiting the sheds where
the machines are kept. and showed especial in
terest In the Curtss and Wright types.
Among tho Americans on the tribune this
afternoon were Princess HeIie dc Sagan who
was accompanied by her husband Mrs George
Law. and John McCutcheon and Ford NJ Ste
phcnson. OF Chicago who have stopped here on
their way 10 Africa.
AERnPIANE WRECKED IN RUSSIA