New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-19
PLANS TO CONQUER AIR
u5RD WORK At RHEIMS.
co,e Prerents Tests - 4erOnauts
CompIain-4rirals.

Inns Aug 1S--A great, strange looking
has risen on Bethany plain. near this city.
e~ ,.,ion Week begins next Sunday.
- aerodrome proper is 100 metres wide,
,oods 3. $50 metres on one side and ], 800
nc other making a circuit of about 10000
I" The four angles OF the course are
h' "a nv large derricks. Two grandstands,
H the size OF the Dieppe automobile race
w" tower over the field, while forty aero
sbeds and other large houses for the diri-
p,.s dot the Enclosure. All the places in the
-. ,r,hune. in which the boxes rented for from
70 - 5000 for the week, were rapidly engaged
great popular Enclosure, accommodating
1000 nersons has been constructed. where the
1.o ~ admission VIII be franc.
r,e Marquis de Polignac, president Of the
.ormittee on aviation, in an interview to-day
said:
-rso nublic should not be deceived Aviation is
n.yr science. and a good deal Of chance enters
80 such an audacious exhibition Aviation
week will afford"
mind which WAS almost gale to-day drove
A. sviators within the sheds beside their ma
hines in fear that there might be a repetition
= last Sundays storm. No damage resulted
,ut no tests could be made.
Glenn H. Curtisss physician says that his
,,ot which was injured in the accident on
vonday. viii be well in few days.
MANY aeronauts and aeroplanes arrived here
,o.asy. Among the machines were Captain
rsrhers biplane Of the Voisin type; Henry Rou-
,isr's Voisin bipane; NJ. Fernandezs bpane
end George 3. Cockburn's biplane OF the Far
-sn tvpe Mir. Cockburn will represent Eng
,.ns IN the contests. His machine. which has
been fitted up with ;he exception OF the motor.
IS practically duplicate Of Roger Sommer's
hplane.
The Antoinette team Of four machines Is now
,cmnete They viii be piloted by Hubert
latham. NJ Demarest, Captain Louis Bregeut
end N. Ruchonnet who is the foreman of the
Autoinette factory. and made his first flight on
august IS. after he had received a few in
structions concerning the motor from NJ Leva-
vasseur its inventor N. Latham still wears a
bspdage on his foot, which was burned by petrol
at Calais.
II is believed that only five of the seven
Wright hiplanes which were expected TO enter
the contests will compete. two Of them being
manned by N. Latham, two by NJ. Tissandier
,nd one by ". Lefevre. AS all these aeroplanes
sre fitted with a second seat they will he in the
passenger carrying tests.
strong protest is being made by several Of
,he seronauts. including NM. Fsrman. Gabriel.
Vosn and Ferber. against the. condition Of the
seroplane sheds. which they say are poorly con-
s.rucied Of wood steel framework. with
covering Of canvas. NJ. Fsrman objects 10 the
ssrodroms too rough and dotted with unhar-
vested crops. n. Voisin has had difficulty in
ending accommodations for his nine aeroplane
u all the sheds have not been completed.
Everything seems 10 have been done for the
comfort OF the spectators. but not enough has
hssn done for the aeronauts.' NJ. Voson said
today.
n voisin has established a regular camp
With complete outfit and has ordered three
iuns Of provisions for his small army of me-
hsrics and assistants. The workmen are
canpsd IN sheds and military tents.
The military dirigible balloon. Colonel Rensrd.
plotted by NJ Kapferer, is expected 20 arrive on
Monday from Mesux.
A remarkable instance ~ the quick grasp of
The details OF an neroplane occurred to-day
when Henry Fourier, after a flight Of three
minutes at Bouy. took up a friend TO a height
Of one hundred feet in a Voisin biplane.
The French Aero Club announced to-day that
The contestants in the Rheims flying races may
compete for the Michelin cup. which will be
awarded to the aeronaut covering the greatest
distance in closed circuit. A condition is. how
ever that the distance of 1913 kilometres and 200
nslres, covered by Wilbur Wright, the winner
o. the cup in 1908, be exceeded.
is understood that Henri Farman. who was
BADLY scalded two days ago. on the face by
water from defective motor. is suffering
greatly and may be unable 10 take part in the
contests
Ten seronsuts viii take part in the race for
rherical balloons on August 20.