Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-10
AVIATION DAY
At L0SS ANGELES
All of the Famous Experts of the Air
Give Exhibition Flights To-day
Racing OH Tuesday.
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Los Angeles Cal, jim S.-Dcclariny
that 1t would be utterly Impossible to
get up a program for an aviation meet
as you would for horse race meet or
nm automobile race meet the aviation
committee of the Merchants e Manu-
facturers' association has announced tho
outline of simple program for the 10
days of flights in Los Angeles from Jun
10 to 20. Monday. Jan. 10, Is to be- "Avio
tlon Day" This means that there will
be exhibition flights on the opening dav
by all OF the famous avlators who nrc
coming to participate in the events and
the committee states. through It's chair
man, Dick Ferris, that 1t is probabie.
II tho conditions arc right. that Iouls
Paulhan. the French aviator. The great
est daredevil man-bird of them all will
ottcmpt to break his own high flight rec
ord, made last month at Chalons. France.
of 1900 feet The marvellous flight nf
Chalons was made by Pnulhan in n Irar-
man bplane, and the Identical machine
in which 1t was made viii be used by
him in Los Angeles: i This machine has
In Los Angeles in few days
RACING TUESDAY.
Tuesday Will be Los Angeles Day"
The nrst actual racing In America be-
tween heavier-than-air machines will
probably be seen on this day. A speed
contest between Glenn II, Curtiss. the.
american aviator, and Paulhen. the
are right Paulhan, in his speed con-
tests will use q Bleriot machine having
a 60-horsepower motor
Curtisss VIII use machine of his own
construction, patterned after WRIGHT
podels. and equipped with an engine OF
his own construction OF about 5O-horse-
power More than so miles an hour Is
expected out OF both of these machines
and 1t is more than probable that the
mile-a-minute mark Will be beaten
wednesday is named as San Diego's
day. Two San Diego men have entered
machlnes OF thelr own construction in
the events, and these will bo piven their
first tests on the field on this day. There
also viii be a continuation of the flights
OF Paulhan and CuftiSS, and flights by
Willard, Mason. Miscarol and others.
Mason and MlScarol, who are members
OF the French aviation syndicate which
received $4,000 outright for the appear
ance of It's members at the Los Angeles
meet, VIII use machines of the Farman
and Bleriot types. Masson brought with
MIN from Franco a Blerlot machine of
tho "cross channel type. and Miscarol
has two Farman machines and one
Bicriot- The syndicate brought also ono
OF the Santos-Dumont machines a tiny
affair, but said to have wonderful posi-
biliues.
DISTANCE CONTESTS.
Thursday will be Pasadona day and ono
of the distance races will then be held
Friday Is designated as Southern CALI
fornia" day. and Saturday as "San
Francisco" day. From San francisco
several machines both OF the dirigiblo
and the heavler-than-alr types. are en-
tered. and these VIII have full oppor-
tunlty to demonstrate their possibilities.
Tree Harbor Day" is TO to be Mon
day. and it has been planned TO attempt
at San Pedro a spectacular stunt"
something that has never before been
attempted anywhere. the nearest ap-
proach to 1t being a fight of Bleriot
across the English channel United
States warships in the harbor will be
maneuvered close to the government
breakwater at night, and the aIrships
will be sent from the bluffs at Point