Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-26
IFrenchman Who Failed to Cross.
The English Channel, Breaks
Worlds Record.
HE coyERE Ed s5.o1 MILES.
Encountered Storm, Which Spec.
tators Thought He Could
Not 6utride.
4 .Aero's Wings Fluttered Like u Birds
Motor He Used Invention of Jo-
h seph Adams, An American.

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s sepI1 Adams, An American.
Betheny, Aviation Field, Rheims,
Erance. Aug, 22s y. The fifth day OF avia-
tion week has been characterized by,
the breaking OF al previous records for
distance covered In an aeroplane Of
either the biplane OF monoplane type,
as we'll as the breaking OF the record
for length Of time in the air In a mon
pplane, by Hubert Latham, the French
aviator 81 4! & ia
Latham remained in the air for Z
4 hours, IS minutes. 3 SIS seconds and
covered a distance of 154 kilometers, 375
4 meters (95 miles and 1895 feet)
The previous record for both time and
distance in a biplane was made yester-
day by Paulham, another Frenchman,
who covered 1873 kilometres, SIC metres
(ss.O7 miles), in 2 hours, SO minutes, "a
seconds. The previous record for sus-
tanned flight in a nonoplane was 1
hour, Z minutes, 81 seconds, made by
Latham himself on June 5 of this year
Previous to the performances or yes.
i terday and today, the official record
for both time and distance In an aero
\ plane was held by the Wright brothers,
who have done 10 miles In 2 hours, 70
minutes. % 1-5 seconds.
The$unoffcial time record made by
4 Roger Somnler. was Q hours, q minut aS,
l5 seconds Soinmer used a biplane.
Latham is competing for the Grand
Prix deSla Champagne, the first prize
Ttr>tY1 nsplf frrb,E
of this morning Latham has flown to-
day more than IA miles.
LATHAM BREAKS RECORD.
Rheims. i,gs I his second at
tempt this afternoon, Hubert Latham
the French aviator, broke the worlds
record for time and distance.
He came down after he had covered
a bout {153 kilometers. or SOL miles. The
record for distance is S3.07 miles, made
by Paulham, yesterday.
Latham started on his second effort
today shortly after 2 3 clock. The breeze
when he got away was less than three
meters second, but there We're omin-a
Gus black clouds on the horizon, and
during the avlator's fourth lap, a sharp
squall2of wind and rain broke over the
nerodroIne. The spectators did not be-
lieve it possible for Latham to ride out!
the storm, but to their delight he
mounted higher and took his machine
oYersthe tribunes at a height of 300 feet.
q The eighth lap was covered in s min
utes, 20 3-5 seconds. the fastest time
! Latham had yet made. His time at
the completion of the ninth lap was l
hour. 10 minutes, 562-5 seconds. In
this competition Latham is using his
celebrated .No. 49,, He made his
During the tenth round the wind
dropped to five meters a second. Lat
ham was the only man flying over the 4
( field. He completed his tenth round,
giving him a total of 100 kilometers or
63.10 miles, as steady as liner, in I
hour. 2S minutes, II seconds, after his
start. During the eleventh round the
wind was blowing between three and
five meters a second. His time at the
end Of the eleventh round was / hour.
S. minutes, As seconds. and at the end
of the twelfth, 1 hour, 45 minutes, SO
seconds
AMERICANS REJOICE.
Americans are rejoicing at Latham's
splendid showing, as the Antoinette
motor, used by the F'renchman today to
drive his monoplane, Is the invention
of an American named Joseph Adams.
During Latham S fifth and sixth laps
the official signals indicated a wihd
blowing at the rate of 10 meters sec
ond The spellbound crowd breathlessly,
watched the great machine battling
against the heavy gusts. The wings
OF the monoplane often 'fluttered like
those OF a bird caught in a heavy
storm, but the machine maintained It's
steady progress. Latham sailed ana
waved his hand In response to the en-
thusiastic cheering as he passed over
the tribunes.
Four minutes later Latham beat the
worlds record for sustained flight in a
nlonoplane, / hour, z minutes, made by
himself last June.
+ The excitement was intense as
Latham completed his thirteenth round.
Ills time was hour 81 minutes, 80 sec
5onds,
The wind was blowing at the rate OF
a meters second 3s 49,
s The fourteenth round was completed
at the end Of 2 hours. minutes, 10
seconds, and the fifteenth in 2 hours, 10
minutes. 8 seconds.
FIFTH DAY OF AVIATION WEEK.
iBetheny, Aviation Field, Rheims,
Aug. 26,--The5 fifth day of aviation week
was ushered in with ideal weather con-
ditions The light air and overcast sky
brought the flyers early and before
noon a dozen machines We're circlins
above the plain.
The program today included the con-
,tinuatIon of the trials for the Grand
.Pr1x de la Champagne, the endurance
test; the lap event, the speed event. a
race between dirigible balloons and i
landing competition for spherical ball
looms.
Latham, in a nonop1ane, was the
first aviator to get away In an effort
to beat Paulham's endurance record of
yesterday, 2 hours, 50 minutes and ST !
seconds. Lat than started flying at
great height. sommer. cockbucn,
Bunau- Varilla, De la Grange and Anal
ly Glenn H curtiss. the American con-
testant, followed Latham into the air.
Curtiss' purpose was to improve his
record in the speed lap contest and to
qualify for one of the six prizes in the
endurance contest. He accomplished
three rounds in an impressive manner,
but his speed was disappointing His
total time was IS minutes, 80 3-5 sec
onds BY rounds his showing was as
follows: 5 minutes, 80 rs seconds; 81
minutes. 90 20 seconds; 10 minutes.
90 As seconds.
IN the meantime the other flyers, ex-