Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-27
At Close of Exhibitions Yes
terday French Aviator
Had Beat All Speed and
Distance Records.
BEAUTIFUL AND
IMPRESSIVE.
From Distance Machine
Looked Like Mammoth !.
Dragon Fly.

''N''''s AHtf. a. 9 iNiihtI NNullltlIls
the royal family ani Orvllle Wright,
will greet the arrival of Count Zep-
pelin's dirigib'o legal tomorrow. The
count, in his dirigl5'c, left Frederick
shafen today for his $50 nile flight.
Neuremberg, Aug 27-Comnt Yep
pelln, in his dirgltle. passed over
this city today.
Rheims. Aug. 27-Thene will bo
two contests today. The Fronch
aviator Paulhaa damaged his ma
chine this morning In attempting n
flight. Mrs. Roosevelt and family
are expected to arrive tomorrow.
Paul Latham expresses confidence
that he will beat his previous record.
Bloriot made a forty minute trial
1ight early this morning.
Betheny Aviation Field, Rheims,
France, Aug. 27.-Eubert Latham,
tho French aviator, took glorious re-
venge for the hard lucn which he ex-
perlencod I'm his recent attempts 10
cross the English channel and hither-
to- unsuccessful efforts to accomplish
some notable achievement during tho
present meeting. by establishing Il
new worlds record FOR distance, 154
kilometera. $50 meters, or 95.S8
miles.
Latham covered fifteen laps, or
1 IN 4 iinulgfNr.t 4, IA
and the fun distance IN 2 hours, 1S
minutes, 3-5 seconds, which also
arc worlds records. tho fight being
Mt tho rate of about GS1 milimetcrs
an hour as compared with 53 1 made
by Wright at eMons and fraction
under 80 made by Paulham yester-
day.
Except for the ono lap speed rec
ord made by Bclrlot and Curtiss this
week and Paulham = time record in
the air. Latham now holds every
record for distance and speed Like
Paulham ho doBcenced only when tho
gasoline tank was empty.
Nothing could have exceeded Iho
beauty ana impressycnosa Of the pro-
lOngcd Night. I'm grace Of lines no
Othcr acrOplauc hero compares with
Datham's monOplanc. The slightly
tilted planes from the long sliff-llke
body gave it a resemblance, when
clOse, 10 winged canoe. while sail.
Ing nigh mp In tho air it looked from
tho distance like mammoth dragon
fly. For aa hour with nutterlng
wings, liko q living thing, It fought
its way against thc strong rain and
wind 1t an average height OF $50
feet. mounting higher ~ tho wind
rose until during tho worst OF tho
storm IT. was fully 300 feet.
Latham. earlier fin the day. WITH
number 49, another acroplane OF
the anne type. made uight OF moro
than 40 Ulomoter9 AMI after he had
finished in tho afternoon, Count Do
Lambert covered ono hundred and
sixteen 1'iometer5 C72.O3 mlleD i'm
commanding fashion.
Three n.eh.s therefore, ln "a single
day. 'pfall.j more tuan 2fO miles
Gbuu %. CWa the American,
had two practice spins but although
his machine behaved sploudidIy. it8
speed nas diappoutng. An accl-
don't which Uauot suffered about
dusk may improve CurIs chances
for the International cup. While try
ing ~ aIieht n front OF The tribune
was pa rIgor aboard, his big so
machine. B,criot crashed
into % fence Tho wings and propol-
lor being broken Ho narrowly
missed Eu'ng several of the spocta-
tors. Whether or not the motor
was Injured has not been definitely
determined If so, CurUes' most
dangerous rival has been put at
q DISADVANTAGE al BIerlot intended 30
r-s .ha wrecked machine in tho u-
.crna ioaal event although hc quaIi-
d.d with another.