The San Francisco call., 1910-12-31
HOXSEY KEEPS ON
|. BREAKING RECORDS
Californian Fails at Trial for
Height, but Establishes
Endurance Mark

AVIATION FIELD, LOS ANGELES,
Dec. 30.-Fearing that through some
technical error or oversight the height
record of 11,474 feet, which he made
last Monday. might not stand. Arch
Hoxsey. the California aviator, scared
into the air today and broke all the
worlds altitude records but his own.
The two paragraphs he carried with
him registered height of 1855 feet.
This is nearly 1000 feet under the
worlds mark he established Monday, but
it is only 76 feet above the record of
lie Gagneux, made at Pau France, a.
short time ago. A new record must,
however. exceed the former mark by at
least 800 feet. Therefore, if the inter-
national federation of aero clubs re-
fuses to accept Hoxsey's feat of Mon
day as official LIE Gagneaux will re-
main the record holder and the Cali
fornian will lose. besides the glory
prizes which aggregate nearly $4,000.
Nevertheless, through today's per-
formance he will have the satisfaction
of knowing that he holds the American
endurance record. He was in the air
today three hours and ] { minutes, or
eight minutes longer than A. L. Welch.
An effort was made after Hoxsey
landed to induce him to ascend tomor-
row morning and try to surpass the
endurance record made today by Ia
buteau in France. but he said he was
disgusted at his failure to do more
than 10,575 in height today and re-
marked:
I'D have to be in the air more than
10 hours and travel at least 450 miles
to beat the Frenchman and ! don't feel
like trying"
L must be poor hand at reading
figures or l would have gone higher
much higher, today. l had an aneoid
barometer strapped to my wrist. Be
sides / had barograph tied UP right
beside me, and another in my pocket,
and I read both the barometer and
barograph figures at 1855 before l
started down.
Hoxsey travelled a distance estimated
at nearly IS miles, and repeated his
feat of yesterday by sailing over and
about the summit of Mount Wilson.
While lowering over the peak he darted
and dipped and did the spiral glide,
flirting with and finally spurning the
forbidding crags of the mountain as he
sped away.
For more than two hours he sailed
above the altitude which marks the
eagles line, and descending over the
field scared serenely for an hour and a
half. He wound UP his performance by
a series of dutch rolls" spiral glides
and dips that thrilled the Unlocking
throng
Hoxsey has established record for
an entire week of altitude flying. Fol-
lowing are his daily records for the first
seven days of the meet, which opened
last Saturday:
Saturday. 9,2SS feet; Sunday, 1929:
Monday. 11,474; Tuesday, $500; Wednes-
day, $500 Thursday, 1O.Oo5; Friday,
10,575.
Lincoln Beachey, whose Curtiss biplane
was smashed yesterday, miscalculated a
landing to the west of the grandstand
at the close of the days events, and his
machine was reduced to junk Beachey
was unhurt.
Glenn Curtiss beat Eugene Ely OF his
own team in an s q mile race.
Glenn Martin of Santa Ana, Cal,
completed his novitiate today by max
ing his third lap of the course thus
winning license as an aviator.
Edgar Smith. a California amateur,
tried to fly in a Demoiselle monoplane
The rear planes rose and almost threw
him in somersault. Then the ma
chine spun around in small circles like
a giant bumblebee on it's back Smith
managed to stop the machine before
it had done damage either to him or
itself.
There were several passenger carry
ing flights late today. Hubert Latham
in his Antoinette carried H. L. Pelton
of San Francisco, James E. Hipune of
the United States signal corps and
Glenn Curtiss on separate flights Arch
Hoxsey carried M. C. Neuner. while
Roy Knabenshue flew with Walter
Brookins.