The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
WIZAID OF AIR > PATS RECORD aulham Snatches the Wrights' Honors. BELGIAN PRINCE SEES IT Daring Aviator Beats All Distance
 Marks. Travels Eighty-one Miles In Two and Three-Quarter Hours--Battles
 BraveIy Against Ad-
 verse winds.
BELGIAN PRINCE SEES IT

Bethany. Aviation Field, Rheims, Aug '25--Another sensational exploit was added to the marvels of aviation work today when Paulham. the plucky French aviator broke the worlds record in wonderful flight of two hours. fifty-three minutes and twenty four seconds. During twenty minutes of the time Paulham had a heavy rain and wind storm to contend against.
 The previous official record Tor time In the air was made by Wilbur Wright at Lemans. December 31. 2 hours, 20 minutes, 9 3-5 seconds.
 Paulham's new record for distance was about 134 kilometres. or eighty three miles. He made thirteen circuits of the course.
 The fourth day of aviation week was ushered in with heavy down. pour of rain and clustering winds Towards noon. however. the rain ceas- ed and the wind became lighter.
 The Esnault-Pelterie machine. which has been supplied with set of new wings was the only aeropiane to make its appearance before noon. It made a dozen runs In an effort to leave the ground, but none was successful.
 Prince Albert Leopold, of Belgium, family, was among the latest arrivals at Rheims. The prince spent the morn- ing in visiting the sheds where the machines are kept, showing especial interest in the curtiss and Wright types.
 Get Ready for Trials.
 By o'clock this afternoon the sky had cleared and the breeze fell to three metres a seeond Several avia- tors came out and began to get ready for trials of the prix de Ia Champagne. the endurance test. Latham attempted in two machines to leave the ground but failed Paulham in order to main tain his advantage over his rivals an- nounced that he would again attempt to cover fifty Kilometres t31.06 miles) before five o'clock.
 Paulham was the first aviator to get away. He was out for long dis, tance and flew low, He finished his first lap in F minutes and E sec onds.-z- .s4ss = v ssss ' s4
 Latham followed Pauiham Into the air a few minutes later and at once ascended to a height of 100 feet Sew eral times his machine was caught in gust of wind and heeied over. This obliged the pilot to head up into the wind to regain his equilibrium and af- ter finishing a lap, 6 1-5 miles, in g minutes. 85 second, Latham came down.
 Lefebvre was another starter in the prix de la Champagne. Prince Albert Leopold of Belgium witnessed his get away but he had hardly crossed the starting line before trouble with his motor compelled him to descend. Fournier, Rougier and Ferber made brief flights and Latham got out a new machine but only rounded the first turn.
 Paulham Continues Flight.
 in the meanwhile Paulham was making round after round with the ..Ik zA oa1 n. pleted his fifty kilometers al seven minutes before five. He did not stop but completed the sixth round and then began on the seventh.
 Latham finally was successful in ris- ing and made a second start He was preceded. at short intervals by Bleriot and De la Grange.
 Paulham's time for six rounds was one hour, 12 minutes and 55 seconds.
 Latham made his second start dur ing Paulham's seventh round. A light shower fell shortly after o'clock and a beautiful rainbow spanned the vast plain and under 1t bi-plane and mono- plane came home amid wild cheers.
 Paulham continued his steady flight, piling up round after round. and the interest in his performance became intense when at the completion of the eleventh round 1t was seen that he was trying to beat the Wright record.
 As Paulham turned for the back stretch in the eleventh round the rap idly rising wind had reached a veloc- ity of eighteen miles an hour and the pluchy aviator with this breeze behind him was carried along at a tremen- dous rate of speed
 Battles Against Winds.
 Tn the beginning of the eleventh Paulham battled against an adverse wind. His machine was rocking dan gerously as he turned tho post and crossed the line amid a tremendous outburst of enthusiasm. When Paul. ham caught the wind abeam in this round his aeroplane pitched and toss- cd like a ship at sea. He headed back into the wind for the home run and with the completion of the eleventh lap he had covered 6S 1-5 miles
 Paulham covered in all about I35 kilometers and was obliged to de- scend on account of lack Of fuel.
 Experts are greatly impressed with the exhibition of stability and regu- larity by Paulhams machine. They are now divided into two camps on the question of superiority of the Wright model.
 The only incident of the day was the capsizing of Rougier. just before dark. Fortunately he was only slightly in- jured. although his machine was