The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-25

held previously by the Wright broth
crS
He was competing In the Prix De
la Champagne and covered a distance
OF lS1 kilometers (S1.35 mlleS) in two
hours. IS minute. "a seconds. The dis
tance between turns was not couStet
He covered the course thirteen times
His time at the end of the twelfth
lap was . hours, 2S minutes. sc sec.
onds.
Tho Wright record for distance Is
73 miles. according to the official
measuring. This distance does not
count the turns In flight
The Wright record time in the air
made in France. December 81. Is 2
hours. 90 minutes, % LIS seconds. This
record was exceeded by Roger Som
mer on August 7th. but the timing was
not official Sommer then stayed In
the air for hours. 81 minutes and
Is seconds. This time has been the
worlds record for duration of flight.
Paulham uses n Voisin biplane The
Sommer and Wright machines also
are biplanes.
Betheny Aviation Field, Rheims,
Aug. 25-Glenn II. Curtiss the only
American contestant in the aeroplane
races here. covered a lap of the course,
Is miles this afternoon at rate Of
speed that, according TO unofficial
timing. broke the record for this dis
tance made yesterday by Bleriot. S
minutes 2-5 seconds. But when the
official time was given out it was seen
that Curtiss had tied Bleriot. His time
also was minutes % seconds.
Rheims, Aug. 25.-By o'clock this
afternoon the sky had cleared and
the breeze fell Several ayiators came
out and began to get ready for the
trials of the PriX De La Champagne
The endurance test. Latham attempt
ed in two machines to leave the
ground, but failed Paulhan, in order
TO maintain his advantage over his
rivals. announced that he would again
attempt to cover 80 kilometerS (3l05
miIes) before five o'clock
Paulhan was the first aviator TO get
away He was out for a long distance
and flew low He finished his first
lap in IL minutes, 10 seconds, Latham
followed Paulhan into the air a few
minutes later and at once ascended to
Il height of 100 feet. Several times
his machine was caught in a gust OF
wind and heeled over After finishing
q lap, I'm minutes ENC So seconds.
Latham came down.
Lefebvre was another starter in The
PriX De Ia Champagne. Prince Albert
Leopold OF Belgium witnessed the get
away but Lefebvrc had hardly cross
ed the starting line before motor
trouble compelled him TO descend
Fournier. Rougier and Ferber made
brief fights and Latham got out a
new machine hut only rounded the
FIRST turn In the meanwhile Paulhan
was making round after round with
the regularity of clockwork. and he
completed his so kilometers at min
uteS before ,. lie did not stop. but
completed the sixth round and then
began on The seventh.
Latham finally was successful in ris-
Ing and made another start. lie was
preceded at short intervals by Blerlot
and De lie Grange.
Bleriot. like Curtiss. has decided
not to try for the PriX De la Cham
pagne. He Will reserve his efforts for
the international cup which is to be
contested for Saturday and the finals
of the Prix Dc La Vitesse, which takes
place Sunday,
The Wright managers profess to he
leve that neither Bleriot nor Curtiss
can negotiate 30 kilometers.
Curuss has been Invited to give eX-
hibitions in Belgium, Germany and
England
Among the Americans on the trl-
bune today we're Princess Heiie De
Sagan. who was accompanied by her
husband. Mrs. Geors- law and Mrs.
John T. McCutcheon OF Chicago.
The flag OF the Aero Club of Amer
lea is flying today at the shed OF Mt
Curtiss. This is the first time the
emblem has been seen In France.