Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-09

mayor of Boston, sailed through the
air in the Farman biplane of CLAUDE
Grahame- White of England at the
Harvard Aviation field today while AS
| 900 aviation enthusiasts sent up cheers
for the plucky chief executive. AS the
/ fiier passed the contest committees
house at the middle of the grandstand,
President William H. Taft dotted his
cap and waved it enthusiastically at
the Boston official, who responded by
letting go his grip on the bars of the
aeroplane and waving both hands high
over his head.
| The aviators and officers of the navy
lin attendance at the meet were enter
tained at a local theatre tonight and
later were given dinner at the Hotel
Touraine which was entirely informal
Tomorrow will be governors day at
the meet and a record crowd is expect
ed.
It was a continuance performance
in the air from o'clock until the min
ute of closing-6.30; in fact. one min
ute was clipped from Brookins altitude
flight because he did not land until
after the meet was officially closed.
There were entries in every class of
the meet with the exception of the
Boston Globe $4,000 Boston light
flight, in which Grahame-W White set
mark yesterday with his Bleriot. which
is likely to be taken as the final word
| in the contest. Altogether Is events
were flown off and at times three and
| four machines were in the air seeking
for points and marks in the various
competitions. 1t was the big day of
the meet, as the management today
entertained President Taft and family,
with John Hayes Hammond. Gen. Nell
son A. Miles was also prominent among
the guests and Boston and New York
society was well represented.
Besides carrying Boston's mayor in
to the heavens Grahame-Whlte also
took up in his Farman James F. LCrd.
formerly Of Chicago, the son-in-laW OF
Thomas W. Lawson, the Boston finan-
cicr Charles f. Willard went up with
Lieut. Bailey of the United states
navy, attached to the torpedo boat
destroyer Stringham.
The only accident of the day occur
red during the early morning hours
when the amateurs were out and A.
V. Roe, the English professional. had
been given leave to again try out his
triplane The triple decker stumbled
over it's own wheels and stood on end
and fiuttered so badly that it was
| wrecked beyond hope of repair for
| the present meet. w. S. Burgess of
Mdrblehead made fight in a machine
of his own make. Horace keaney sue
ceeded in getting off the ground and
making short flight without injuring
his PfitZner monoplane. which had pre-
viously been twice wrecked on the
grounds. Augustus Post of New York
made his first appearance on the Har-
ward field and made some pretty flights
in a Curtiss biplane.
| Grahame- White started off the
events of the day soon after o'clock
by applying for permit to drop bombs
on the model battleship. He made a
score of II. getting one bullseye in the
| forward funnel of the ship. Next he
tried for a getaway. but fell three feet
behind his best mark of yesterday, ris-
ing in SO feet, Z inches. Trying out for
accuracy however. White set new
mark for the field and a good pace for
the followers. He landed in 100
foot circle and stopped 33 feet, inches
from the point in the center. his ma
chine running but so feet over the
ground.
The Wright machines, heavier and
more flying surface. have the advan-
tage in the slow lap contests. and to-
day tombstone went the 5A miles in
| II minutes, As 3-5 seconds.
In speed there were three entries White
getting first place with minutes. Is
seconds for the three laps of the course.
tombstone made the banner duration
flight of the day. remaining up for hour.
s minutes and 4 3-5 seconds. His run
ming mate also got high mark of Sc
minutes. 10 As seconds. tombstone also
took the first place in the distance event
today with So miles. 310 feet. Willard Sc
cu ed three points with half his allot-
ment of bombs for the day and will be
allowed to use up the rest later.
| Toward the close of the meet Cromwell
Dixon made the first successful flight in
his dirigible and sailed over the harbor
and Dorchester Heights to the heart of
the city, where he landed but did not at
tempt to come back on account of the
lateneSs of the hour
The height reached by Brookins in his
| altitude flight had not been computed to-
night but it is believed he reached fully
5000 feet being In the air nearly an hour.
White went up for the test but only re-
manned up long enough to get the second
| point in the class. Yesterdays marks
for altitude were given out today, show
ing that White reached 3440 feet. john
stone 2S75 feet and Brookins $50 feet.
The following is the summary of the
days events. course 81 miles:
Speed-First. Claude Grahame-White.
minutes 5 is seconds second, Glenn II.