The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-12-28

course increased by the risk of col.
lision in the air. and the appearance,
of this flock of man-birds will be 8
novelty not lacking in thrills.
For the first time in the histor,
of aviation meets of the United
states adequate and systematic pro
vision is to be made for automobile
at the international aviation meet I,
be held at South San Francisco mex
month. Colonel Fred Amweg, off
lcial engineer. and Lieutenant Pau
w. Beck. secretary of the citizen
committee. are planning a huge autt
stand to occupy the infield and com
starting and finishing posts.
The stand is to be a frontage OF
half mile, and is being planned to
accom- nodate nearly 1000 cars. II
will be divided into stalls, each mum.
bered, so that the purchaser buying
his place in advance can journey to
the aviation field in comfort and
have the satisfaction of knowing
that when he reaches his destination
he will not have to maneuver for a
place to park his car. The machines
Will be so placed that they will COM
mand view of the entire field, and
will be grandstand seats de luxe.
In edition to the numbered
spaces, there Will be space for the
parking of machines outside the
grounds, where the owners can for
nominal charge leave their autos
with the assurance that the cars and
contents will be cared for until their
return. A body Of trained mon Is
to be used as videttes to guard this
section.
Many inquiries have been received
at the headquarters Of the commit
tee regarding the care Of their auto
mobiles at the grounds, and 1t Is
believed by the members Of the COM
mittee that the plan which has been
devised will meet the approval of all
concerned.
The list of society men ana wo..
men who expect TO take hand In
the flying game at the meet was
swelled yesterday by Douglas Grant.
son of Joseph ID. Grant, who pro-
poses to purchase machine and
learn to manipulate 1t m time TO
enter the novice class. He was seen
at the ST Francis last evening and
said that he had made up his mind
to fly and was going to have one of
the members of the Curtiss group of
aviators teach him.
Another entry in the novice class
received yesterday was that Of r.
F. Brewer, of Berkeley, who, with
his brother. l.. T. Brewer. has con-
structed a biplane, which they are
trying out in the vicinity Of Point
and Farman gear and Is fitted
with a forty-fve horse power by
thirty-flve feet and has a six foot
rib. 1t Is said to embody a number
of features not found in the stand
ard machines and the builders ex-
pect to carry off some of the prizes
offered for aviators of the novice
class.
The work was started on the
erection of the grand stand and
fences at the aviation field yester-
day, and the contractors announced
that they would work night and day
in order to have the grounds ready
for the first flights on January 9Th.
completely equipped emergency
hospital with two doctors and nurses
in char ge and with waiting ambu-
lance every ready for all accidents
lis TO oe one of the features of the
Tanforan Aviation Park. This
building will be at the end of the
grandstand and to the right Of the
hangers which will house the deli
cate frame work of the aeroplanes
that are soar into the air above
Tanforan at the coming meet from
January to 1e.
DR.. George Lee Erston is to be
the surgeon in charge of the hos
pital which will have Ave cots. an
operating table and every facility
for the prompt treatment of all
cases from faitiry woman to fallen
aviator.
The building Of the grandstand,
the hangers and the wirelss station
with the great bulletin board on
which, for the first time, wireless
messages from aviators In the sky
will be posted, has been commenced
at teh TAO acre Aviation Pdrk south
of San Francisco and in a few days
the mechanical birds viii begin to
arrive and try teh course.
1t is now expected that there will
be several new aviators entertd in
teh coming races as a number OF
French aviatorI who lately arrived
in New York have wired II. e.
Scotford. hairlnan of the Aviation
Board. for the conditions with 4
view to participating in the events.
But MARS" the daring young
Curtiss aviator, who recently had
such a thrilling escape from death
when his engine froze at an alti
tude of 1000 feet, declares that all
previous records. whether for height,
speed or endurance. will be broken
at the coming meet by Curtiss ma
chines