The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-28

Bcthony Aviation Field. Rheims.
August 2S.-Glenn II. Curuss. the Ann
Cucan aviator, started In the inLcrna-
tionai cup contest at 10:45 u ciock
this morning. He completed the drst
round I'm seven minutes 81 2-5 seconds.
He made his second round In seven
minutes 90 SD seconds Before start
ing In tho contest Mr.. CuTuss made
trla heat In seven minutes % l-J Sec
ouds. All three rounds defeated tho
best previous records Of all aviaCOrg.
BleriOt, one of the French contest
ants started In tho international cup
contest soon alter the Curtiss machine
was on the field and made ttlM
round in seven minutes 5S l-5 sec
ones.
CurtIss came TO his decision TO make
rounded by group OF enthusiastic
Americans including Cortland l.. Bish-
OF. president OF me Ameli.au Aero
club, Commander f. l.. Chapn, me
American naval attache at Paris, ana
r. Bentley Mott tho military attachc.
the machine was run out 3H the mold.
Curuss came TO ms decision TO make
Il trial suddenly. At 10.l1 a, III, sur
rounded b. a group of enthusiastic
Americans. including CorCiandt h..
Bishop, president OF the Amel icm
Aero club. Commander r. l.. Chaplin.
the American naval attache at PARIS,
anu r. Bentley Mott the military dt-
tacne. the machine was rum out on
the field Curtiss made NO PIC cJai.tfiuI
ether than TO change his coat for j
leather jacket Wits no trace Oi eN-
element. no climbed into the seat
aud gave the order to stare the pro-
Eellers Running along the ground u
Stolt distance for q ilyiuS start, tho
machine lifted lightlv ard circled be-
tween the timekecpcTs and the TN
bunes, Then mounting erldIally IN
Ill lie had r~ncheI a height OF forty
five feet. Curtiss crossed the line nj 4
terrific pace.
The aeroplane. small and compact
am with trim liues. looks more Ike 4
racer than any OF tho others here AID,
as II sped away strHgIt as an arrow
cSclamatiCns OF admiration arose.
ippng the corner closely. Cur
tiss continued at 4 Cnnorm height un-
tu nc had passed The last pylon. He
jhca descended sIeroly, 10 set Inc
teacGt OF gravity an crossed The
finish line less than a dozen feet
abCve ,he ground.
\ few minutes aftec the While bali
vas h"isted. indiCat',i, hat record
hal 5een broken, the Americans broke
iltl Wild chce-ing. ihe acroplauo
was Jcved back bchnl lie INC a.,d
Cmuss was shoWeTsd with cpnsrllu-
latols He replied modesliy That
,liS =. ccd Vas oul5 Nnat h. aniii-
patcG and he expressed perfect sails
fActi-n with the VIZ ia which MS
ooIU, ...ne had behaFei The rm;c lCr
his trial heat was Z minutes. 90 10
seconds
Cmbse explained, however that ie
had encountered p,Co.lar oir currents.
especially over the 'asfop!me SVlye.
y3sG % where he said the air seemed
to boil
TIE American announced fhae be
woulj start immed;ltely for The IL
tenatlonal His gasoline tank WAS
quickly fled and he got away IN inc
style. lie rose 10 u create hr. sat
taaH On his trial Ia ordcr t1 escape
tie turbulent air currents sar ,bc
er1CHI His flight Was mastery. The
nadine lifted before every Tuin but
swopt around the tuihs on tie down
grade.
CS-rlSs' first roun1 vas slp%er by
. IS seconds then us trial. hut cn
tn las round he lef5 en- lis motor
to It's fuil speed AMI came h me IKE
q streak He shot down lrcu. hUsht
OF 1j2 teet. at which al uGe he ,ouud-
ID The last pylon % the finish line.
vGjcn nc crossed in impressive style.
His time for This round was Z MIN
utes. 53 Is seconds. rhiG broke Cur
tlss' own worlds record made half an
hour previously
Ills total for the 90 bilometers
G2.42 miles) was Is minutes, 50 S-5
seconds.
Bleriot in his No. 30 crossed the line
at half past twelve BY this time the
wind had arisen and was blowing from
three to FIVE meters second. Bleilot
after completing a single. alighted. No
time, however was announced, the
timekeeper saying that II was slower
than BlerioTs earlier round. which he
made in Z minutes. SIS 1-5 seconds.
Curtlss' competitors showed plainly
their astouishment al his remarkable
performance end they hastily complet-
cd their preparations TO compete with
him. Bleriot made Il trial with his
big machine but his time was min
utes. IS Is seconds slower than any
one OF Curtiss' rounds. Shortly after
IL o'clock Tefebvre. wlth a Wright bl-
plane. made an effort, but his speed
was manifestly inferior and at the
last turn of the final round he lost
considerable by swinging out too iar-
This obliged him to take reverse
curve TO pass in front of the timekeep-
ers. His total time Tor the distance
was 20 minutes. % % seconds, al
most FIVE minutes slower han Cur
tiSS
Bleriot. on the advice of Santos Du-
mont. removed his fom-bladed, and
substituted a two-bIaded propeller
He then made another trial but the
time of s minutes, If 20 seconds
proving unsatisfactory. the machine
was taken back TO the shed.
Curtss ughtened the weight of his
machine for the run today by suostl-
tutiug small gasoline tank for The
hoaslcr one carried oarlier IN the
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