The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28
TOURS or THE OZONE
AERIAL NAVIGATORS TO MAKE
RUSH TOWARD SKY.
Competitors Assemble at Arlington, N.
j, to Contest for the Prizes Of
fered By the West Hudson Club;
Governor Fort and Other Notables
to Take Part in Interesting Csre-
monies; Notable Machine.
Especial to The Free Press.1

Arlington, n. j., May 25-Those ac-
complished aerial navigators, the
"skeeters," which made New Jersey
famous. will have competitors this
week in the doughty aeronauts who
are assembled here today to compete
in the series of competitions and ex-
hibitions arranged by the West Hud-
son Aero club A large field near
this place will be the starting point
of all the flights Governor Fort and
other nOtables We're among those on
the program for the inaugural cere-
monies of the great aeronautic car
mval. Some notable and possibly
record reaking flights, both with
dirigible balloons and aeroplanes, are
expected to be made during the next
five days.
Machine Built in France.
Perhaps the most notable of the
entries is that made by Joseph W.
Curzon of Alabama, who will try
for the $1,000 prize with a flying ma
chine built in France His participa-
ton here will be but a preliminary
canter to the Fulton flight contest,
in which he hopes to win the $4,000
prize.
This machine Incorporates many of
Mr.. CurZOn's plans, but in the main
is patterned after the air craft in
which Farman made his seventeen
mile fight last year. With the same
oh Tor hn
Archdeacon $4,000 prize for circu-
lar fight of one mile.
While he has determined to try to
capture the Fulton flight prize he
considers this feat as very grave
for an aerOplane, and has
doubts as to whether heavier-than-
air machine is capable to travelling
such a distance continuously at this
stage of its development
CurzOn Is An Enthusiast.
81 have been interested in flying
for a number of years."
said Mr.. Curzon. 81 have studied
them carefully ever since I heard
they first appeared in successful
fight in France. / went abroad last
year and examined the various types
which are offered in France, and de-
termined that the Farman came near
EST to the plans I had formulated.
Before my machine got far enough
along to permit the builders to 90
ahead without my advice / had to
come back to America. / asked Mr.. |
Farman to look after its construction. |
1T is by no means new aeroplane |
IN the sense that it is untried. Every |
point about it has been actually dem
)nstrated to be practical while used in
fight | do not in the least wish to
reflect upon the Wrights in any way, |
Dut I do believe | have a machine
which will compare favorably in every |
particular with theirs
Saw the Wright Exhibition.
81 was the Wright machine fly at
Pau. | was there with Lord North
life and Mr.. Balfour. Their exhibit
ions are certainly tremendously in
-eresting demonstrations of the posi-
'iblities of fight. | see that they |
will carry on their tests at Fort Myer
simultaneously with the aeronautic
carnival to be held here by the West
Hudson Aero club. / am going to try
20 win $1,000 offered by this club and !
1t the same time | am going to see if |
can duplicate some of the records
the Wriehts make.
at is gratifying to me to see that
The Fulton flight contest has aroused
so much interest in aeronautics
-hrOuohout the country