The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-12

ing over the Grand stand and daring.
" mancuverng in wind that threat.
ened every moment 10 wreck his
craft
The flight OF Paulhan in his Bleriot
was the frst flight With a monoplanc
in this country. Beside even the Cur.
tlss bl-planes. which are themselves
mere pigmies beside the great Far.
man machine. the monoplane looked
puny and unable TO raise a man in
n calm, much less withstand the as.
saults OF q fifteen or twenty-mile gale.
Yet. after an abortiye attempt by Mis-
carol one OF the French aviators.
Paul tok It and sped It twice around
the field, although he never rose high
er than flfty feet from the ground
Delighted by Applause
Several times great slghs OF ap-
prehension mingled with the shrieks
OF frightened women. rose from the
crowd as the tiny machine, tossed by
fierce gusts of wind, rolled and ca
reened In the air Every moment
semed 10 be fraught wit such danger
that when the flight was safely over
and the monoplane had landed far
across the field, an immense sigh Of
I'iI6l Htul uD iplu Nut Nh6l tIpMos
Apparently secure In his renewed
role of the star Of the meeting, Paul
han. delighted by the tremendous ap-
plause his performances evoked.
promptly brought out his Farman and
quickly disappeared from the view Of
the spectators far to the northward,
re-appcaring twenty seconds later at
an altitude over the trees of con-
tiguous ranch and flew back directly
over the grand stand
Several times Paulhan flew across
lots and charged directly upon the
crowded grand stand, only to turn
sharply when within a few feet OF It
and sweep gracefully across the field
before the thousands OF spectators.
CurtIss Busy Saving Wood"
Curtiss all the while remained ST.
lent and at work, Clad in oil-spotted
working clothes. oil sa1os and shoes,
he spent his time tuning up the eight
cylinder motor on the bi-plane with
which he won the international cup
ut Rheims Not once did he look at
what Paulhan was doing in the air,
But when the fourth flight Of the Far
man machine had ended, his mechani-
clans trundled the machine to the
starting point Without preliminary
OF any sort he motioned Fancuilli to
get in the machine
Climbing In beside his manager.
Curtiss gave the word to one of his
assistants. A pop and rattle like au-
tomato artillery and the flight that
established the passenger speed rec
ord began Describing a wide circle
In front OF the grand stand, Curtiss
flew with Fancuilli at all angles to
the Wind and landed almost at the
same spot from which he started.
Curtlos' Wonderful Flight,
Lieutenant Paul Beck Of the army
signal corps. and one of the judges.
announced that he figured the speed
at 55 miles an hour When the rec
ord-brealCing figures were announced
the tremendous crowd went wild
Shouts and screams from the stands
and boxes. sirens shrieked and hats
were thrown up In the air to be blown
away by the wind Paulhan, standing
beside his bi.plane on the other side
of the field. saw the performance
through binoculars. These he dropped
suddenly and gesticulatlng as he rat
tied off instructions to his crew OF
mcchanicians. set them TO get his mo.
tor started Immediately. Then he
mounted to his seat and rose mejeS-
tically. At the same time Willard
and Hamilton brought their machines
to the starting place in front OF the
grand stand Directly after they got
into the air, Curtlss tok Clifford Har-
mon, the New York sportsman. and
circled the field.
In quick succession Curtlss tried
for starting record and record for
landing. He succeeded In establish
ing both; but willard. coming next
to the trial at landing. beat the best
his chief could do. Curtiss. however,
set a new record for getting away to
make up for the landing honor he
lost He started from marked
square OF ten feet, flew about tho
field for two minutes, and returning,
landed exactly In the same spot
Paulhan tried to beat both marks,
but the best he could do was to rise
121-2 seconds from the time his en-
gine started, and his machine ran
more than 100 feet along the ground
before 1t rose
ne IIlp WItU CuTlibo WIS tuC liTbl
flight Marmon has ever made In an
aeroplane. although he owns one that
was given Its first trial yesterday.
Harmon Wanted Moro.
Harmon was 30 pleased with the
experience that he determined to
make g flight alone. Willard lent the
millionaire sportsman bis machine.
though without giving any informa-
tion of his intention he fixed 1t so
that II could not rise from the
ground This was done at the request
OF Commodore c. c. Benedict OF New
York. who yesterday offered Harmon
the price OF ten aeroplanes II he
would not go up. Wizards coup pre-
vented the sportsman from experienc-
Ing more than rapid run along the
ground for several hundred feot
To complete the days events. Roy
and Lincoln Beachy, in
rose from tho ground both
at the same time. and gaining a
height Of about 300 feet while dying
INTO the wind, turned together and
began to race With the wind at their
backs. Knabensbue. higher by fifty
Teet than Beachy, won by two lengths
when the course of 1000 feet had