New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-28
OVER lis MILES IN AIR
Continued from frst page.
ton in New York next month The owners
asked S14.0O0 for the machine.


35 2-5 seconds; at the end OF the eighth 1 hour
II minutes and 80 seconds: the ninth, /
hour 81 minutes and A. 3-5 seconds; the tenth
l hour IL minutes and AZ 1-5 seconds; the elev-
ertn, l hour 30 minutes and seconds; the
twelfth. hours, minutes and 81 2-5 seconds;
the thirteenth. hours Il minutes and As is
seconds, and the fourteenth hours % min
utes and 81 is seconds. At the completion OF
this round it was seen that Latham's distance
( record, only four kilometres more than fifteen
laps was in danger. At the completion of the
ntteenth round Farman's time was hours SIS
minutes and 10 seconds; at the end of the six
teenth IL was hours IS minutes and So %
seconds. while at the end of the seventeenth he
mad been in the air for hours "a minutes and
4 TO seconds This put him ahead Of the rec
ord OF hours % minutes and "a seconds made
by Paulhan on Wednesday. The eighteenth
round marked the close of the official timing.
DIRIGIBLES NEAR COLLISION
The Zodiac and the Colonel Renard had
narrow escape from collision while maneuvring
at a great height in front of the tribune late
this afternoon. They passed within forty feet
OF each other. and accident was averted
only by the skilful manipulation OF Count de Ia
Naulx. the pilot of the Zodiac The two dirig-
ibles were preparing for a race
NJ Paulhan, with a tank carrying ninety Utres
went up before IL o'clock His oil feeder was
not working Well, and he alighted for repairs
after having travelled a couple OF miles
On his second start NJ. Paulhan had an acct
dent, due apparently TO his attempt to launch
his machine into the air before it had acquired
sufficient speed The biplane left the ground in
response TO the horizontal rudder. but encount-
cred strong pun Of wind abeam. heeled over
and was forced back 10 the earth The planes
he sid
The accident occurred directly in front of the
tribune. NJ. Paulhan explained that the real
cause OF his mlshap was u detOur he made To
avoid NJ DE la Grange. who was coming toward
him. When it was apparent that IT would be
impossible to make changes in time to start this
afternoon NJ Paulhan filed a protest with the
committee. claiming that he had been fouled bv
DE Ia Grange. and requesting the postponement
OF the finals in the Prix de la Champagne.
NJ. BLERIoT MAKES FOUR ROUNDS.
Soon after this mishap NJ. Bleriot. in bis No
-. went up and rounded the course four times
HIS time. however much slower than that
made In hts No 22. being by laps o minutes
0o4-o seconds; 10 minutes 40 A. seconds, 30
minutes II seconds and 10 minutes 10 10 sec
onds.
Roger Sommer got away at ( o'clock and was
followed by Hubert Latham In his No 2 the
machine In which he made 40 kilometres yester-
day. Henry Farman went up Immediately after
Latham. Latham completed his first round IN
minutes - 10 seconds. At the end az som
mer's second round his time was q minutes
"a % seconds. His first round was completed
in 10 minutes - 10 seconds The wind was
blowing less than Ave metres second som
mer carried 100 Hires OF gasoleno. lie descended
after making four rounds
Both Farman and Latham gave chase after
Sommer. and remarkable race followed Far
man gradually overhauled Sommer while La
than. flying one hundred feet higher than the
leaders. approached them rapidly As Farman
neared Sommer. who on the same level. he
evidently caught the wind u the leaders motor
for his neroplane dropped and almost touched
the ground. Then soaring wide. and with La
than in his mOnoplane high above tho two BIZ
planes. the three machines rounded the turn into
the stretch in front OF the tribunes together II
was Ike horserace. Latham moved rapidly 70
the front and crossed the line first. Farman
finished second, and Sommer was a bad third
NJ. Bunau-VariIla and Captain Ferber also
brought out their machines for practice flights
late in the afternoon. and at $50 O'Clock five
aeroplanes were circling around the course.
OUTLOOK FOR THE SPEED TEST.
Fefebvre. one OF the Wright pilots decided
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but 10 reserve his effort for the international
cup Tomorrow The Wright managers admit
that their machines slower than the
Bleriot, Curtiss and Latham aeroplanes, but GER
tain changes have been made in tho pitch OF
Lefebvre's propeller which, II Is believed will
give him increased speed. Furthermore. they
are convinced that Lefebvre will be able 10 make
apprecabe gains in time the turns and con
sequently they have not abandoned hope Of win
ming the James Gordon Bennett trophy This
cup is TO go TO the aeronaut who covers two
laps or l242 miles, i'm the shortest time. II is
regarded the principal contest Of Aviation
Week. NJ Bleriot's big machine Is being fitted
up with new wings and propelers. The motor
was not damaged YESTERDAY when the machine
into a fence
Cortlandt !. Bishop. president Of the Aero
Club ~ America, and Roger Wallace, president
OF the Aero Club Of Great Britain, had a con-
ference this morning regarding the decision of
the committee 10 allow NJ. Bleriot 20 use a ma
chine IN the race for the international cup other
than the with which he qualified They de-
cided that the issue raised concerned the French
flyers only, and If the other contestants were
satisfied the foreigners have no reason To pro-
test
Glenn II. Curtiss filed a formal protest against
his penalization of one-tenth Of his time in the
contest for the Prix de Ia Vitesse on the ground
that he was distinctly informed that no penalty
would be inflicted if he did not start on Sunday.
He is willing however. TO accept a penalzation
of One-twentieth for his fault Of Tuesday. as
most Of his competitors received similar handi-
caps.
Thousands OF persons are still fiocklng 10 ths
Plain Of Betheny from all parts Of the cen.
tnent The American contingent is very large
and many Americans travelling in other cOun.