East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-05
Los ANGELES WILL HOLD CARNIVAL
TO ADVANCE CONQUEST OF THE AIR

tance in a biplane OF his own design
In flight OF HE'S miles, In three
hours, minutes b6.2-4 seconds. 1t
Is this wonderful record that Paul
han promises to break at Los An
geles, and II he does so he will be
acclaimed throughout the world as
the greatest aviator OF them all. But
he will have Glenn Curtiss to reckon
with, and II is possible that 1t will be
Curtlss, the American. and not Paul
han, the Frenchman, who will win the
honors> of the first American aviation
meeting.
Are Dirigibles More PRACTICAL?
So much for the heavier-than-air
machines And 1t must be said that
when we consider the short time in
which the development OF this STYLE
of airship has been going on, It is a
wonderful story of world history, but
in the consideration OF what has
been accomplished in aerial naviga-
ton we must not, by any means,
overlook the great development that
has been going on in the construc-
ton of dirgible balloons. For num-
Der of years the world has been
watching the work of Count Zeppelin.
Roy Knabenshue. Captain Baldwin,
Leo Stevens. Charles F.. Willard and
Others, and II must be said that many
have often wondered, while the heavi-
er-than-air machines seemed to have
the center of the stage. II II might
not be true, after all, that in the long
run the dirgibles were destined to
come to the front. and be the practi-
cal alrship OF the future? This
much, along this line may be said,
at least: no pilot of a heavier-than-
air machine has yet had the nerve to
even suggest that n heavier-than-ai
machine might go to the north pole,
while attempts have actually been
made to go there with a dirgible.
Zeppehn's Record.
The great achievement of Count
Zeppelin. during the past year, OF
flying 900 miles in his airship. In one
continuous flight. was the climax of
his sixteen years OF patient expert
ment, but 1t must be included in the
past years history, just the same. He
had spent his own private fortune
]
lars. when the government of Ger
many came to his aid, enabling him
to continue. In making its donation,
however, the government put several
requirements upon him, one OF which
was that he should build an airship
that would remain in the air for "a
hours at one time. The count built
one airship that promised to fulfill
this requirement, but while making
the test he met with u mishap that
destroyed the machine. Now he is
building another. bigger and better
than any of the others.
Americans Promise Much.
One of the most noted OF the aero
nauts of America Is Captain Thomas
S. Baldwin, who builds dirgible bal
looms at Hammondsport. n. Y, and
sails them himself. He recently sail
q his mammoth craft to a height of
$500 feet. which is said to be the
highest point to which any dlrgible
machine has been taken. Captain
Baldwin Is coming to Los Angeles re-
solved to not only make TINS achieve
ment seem ordinary. but to demon
strate, together with Roy Knaben-
shue and Charles F. Willard, that the
dirgible balloon is to be the airship
of the future. for all practical pur-
poses.
Roy Knabenshue is already in Los
Angeles, and he intends to discount
his feat of last year when, in his dir
gible, he left Chutes park at o'clock
on moonless night. with low fog
hanging in the air, and circling the
city hall, dropped n dummy bomb on
to the roof Of the structure, and then
returned to the place of starting. al
within a period Of fifteen minutes
Knabenshue promises to sail out over
the harbor OF San Pedro and drop q
} bomb on the deck of n warship this
time.
And while the supreme test be-
tween the heavier-than-a and tho
dlrgIble ships is being made in Los
Angeles. a great flock of spherical
balloons will be sailing over the city
, in daily contest Of speed and distance
for the magnificent prizes offered
The idea of General Manager Ferris
has all along been that at this, the
! initial aviation meeting in America
, the people should be given an oppor-
, tunity TO see everything there is to be
seen in the accomplishment that has
, resulted from the development Of the
airship during the past two years.
That two hundred thousand people
will come to Los Angeles from al
parts of the world is now certain.