Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-10


White will not alight during the trip.
On his return he will circle the White
House and the Washington monument,
and then fly back to Benning race track.
1t is expected that Mr.. White will cover
at least eighty miles in this continuous
flight, and that he may establish new
records for distance and speed.
Special Trains to Follow.
Special trains to follow Grahame-White
in order to render him assistance should
he meet with an accident, and to carry
enthusiasts who wish to watch the bird
man while he is making this flight, will
be run between here and Baltimore
Whether the trains will be able to keep
pace with the speedy aeroplane remains
to be seen. But the stretch of track be-
tween Washington and Baltimore is par
ticularly good for high speed.
After Mr.. White has fulfilled the condi.
tions necessary to win the Post prize he
will continue to stay up in the air in an
effort to establish a new worlds record.
Which day Mr. White will attempt the
fight from Washington to Baltimore will
be largely determined by the weather con-
ditions. He hopes, however, TO announce
the fight during the morning of the day
on which he will attempt it SO that the
people Of the two cities may have ample
notice Of the performance
Two Meets Scheduled.
Aviation week in Washington has be-
gun. With an amateur aviation meet
opening at College Park, Md. Wednesday
and Grahame White ready to make flights
at Benning race track Thursday Wash.
Grahame-White, it is expected, will reach
Washington tomorrow.
Everything is being put in readiness
for the opening of the amateur meet at
College Park Wednesday. The clearing
weather has made 1t possible for the
work on the stands and the fence to be
rushed rapidly today. Rex Smiths aero
plane and that OF John H. Smidley. both
local amateur aviators, have been taken
to College Park, and Robert Moore, an
other local amateur, Is expected to move
his machine to the Maryland aviation
today a large crowd of visitors went to
College Park to look over the field and
to watch the aviatOrs putting the finish
ing touches upon their machines.
Baltimore Flyer to Enter.
The Aero Scientific Club. under whose
auspices the amateur meet will be given,
has received assurances from Howard
J. Gill of Baltimore that he will enter
his monoplane. Gill has made number
of successful flights. and at the big
meet at Los Angeles last spring he OPP
Grated the Ghll-Dorsch machine. He
was injured during a flight there.
The field at College Park. which con-
tains POI acres, is one of the best avia-
ton fields in the country, and is in good
shape to try out the machines. Today
q tent so by 40 feet will be erected on
the field for the use of the aviators and
their machines.
There is a possibility that while Ora
hame-White is in Washington he will do
something practical toward bringing out
one local aviator. Negotiations are now
on between him and Robert Moore to
have White try out Moore's machine and
| take up Moore's operator in Whites
machine.
Moore is an expert machinist, and in
company with John F. Simmons has
| built a monoplane. more or less on the
lines of Beriot machine. This ma
chine is a fine piece of mechanical work
Its frame is built of laminated wood
very strong and light, and it Is driven by
a thirty-six horsepower motor. 1t has
been given several trials at Benning and
gets off the ground all right, but the trou-
BILE SO far has been the lack of an ex-
perienced aviator.
This is the trouble with a good many
machines. 1t will be recollected that
the machine built by Capt. r. S. Baldwin
at HammondspOrt at first refused to fly.
1t was feared that there was something
wrong with the machine itself but when
flew at the first trial. Since then Capt.
Baldwin learned to operate it and has
made a number of notable flights.
Lectures on Aviation.
Claude Grahame- White. the English
aviator; Clifford b. Harmon, the Ameri-
can amateur aeroplane expert, and
John b. Ryan of New York will ina,i-
gurate in" Washington next Sunday
night a series of lectures to popularize
aviation in this country. The lecture
will be delivered at the Columbia The
alter.
During the week Grahame- White will
attempt to eclipse the American record
for sustained flight GOA miles). made
from Springfield. Ill.,. to st. Louis, Mo.
| Whether he succeeds or not, the avi-
alton lecture idea will be inaugurated.
and on Sunday night the English air
man will be presented with a medal for
| his achievements i'm America by the
Aero Club of Washington. Maj. Gen.
Wood, chief of staff, L. S. A, will pre-
sent the medal.
Members of the Washington station
of the United States Aeronautical Re-
serve are much interested in the COM
ing flights of Grahame-W White and Cliff
1ord r. Harmon. and they will attend
the meet at Benning in force.
Arrangements have been made with
Capt. Charles j. Fox, LIST Battery, Field
Artillery. n. G. ID. c., to make a flight
with GrahameWhite as representa-
tive Of the local branch of the reserve.
The value OF the aeroplane for recon-
| haissance work will be the feature of
the flight with Capt Fox. This is a
| branch of the military work which has
not yet been emphasized in this coun-
try. whether 1T is possible to use
! high-power field glasses in an aero
plane, how well one can Judge of the
contour lines of the surrounding coun-
| try. whether going at a high rate Of
speed 1T Is possible to distinguish ar
tillery from cavalry, to Judge accurate
1 1y Of the number of troops in view
| and of the emplacement of feldpieces
are some of the problems that are of
particular interest from military
point OF view, and which will be eX-
perimented with in the interest of the
| reserve.
Members of the National Press Club
will also lend their assistance in max
| ing the meet a success, and in the cam
paign to make Washington a national
| center for aviation. Mr. Grahame-
White, Mr.. Harmon and Commodore