Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-12
HERO
Of DAY AT Los
ANGELES
AMERICAN BREAKS SPEED
RECORD WITH PASSENGER
Spectacular Flights by Louis
Paulhan Again Feature of
Aviation Tournament at
DominQueS Park,
IBy Morning journal Special Leased wIrsl

Il worlds record Tor speed with pas
senger-55 miles an hour.
Glenn II. Curtiss. in a Curtiss ma
chine, broke the worlds record for
time consumed in getting into the air
-6 2-5 second.
Glenn II. Curtiss, in Curtiss ma
chine, broke worlds record for short
distance covered in run before leav-
ing ground'-9 feet.
Louis Paulhan, in a Bleriot mono
plane, failed in an attempt at the
worlds height record, making but 400
feet.
Louis Paulhan. in a Bleriot mono
plane, carried a passenger twice
around the field. a distance OF three
and a quarter miles.
Edgar S. Smith. aviator. was struck
on the head by the propeller of his
Langley machine and seriously in
jured.
Los Angeles. Jan. 1f.-Gienn II.
Curtiss, the American aviator, who
was completely eclipsed by Louis
Paulhan with his spectacular feats on
the first day of the aviation meet yes
terday, today defeated the French.
aviator in the race for the honors Of
the day. Paulhan again won the
plaudits OF the immense throng with a
daring and spectacular flight while
the less tlleatric American reaped
more substantial honors, established a
new worlds record for speed in aero
planes, carrying a passenger, FIXING at
the rate Of 50 miles an hour with his
manager NJ. Fancuilli, beside him on
the seat and set two other less i'm
portant records.
Not to be outdone Paulhan took
up one of his ~mechanicians and flew
three miles. but failed to equal the
speed set by Curtiss in his biplane. /
The breaking Of three records.
flights With passengers. the injury of
an amateur aviator and four aero
planes in the air at the same time, !
breasting a stiff wind, that sported
dangerously with the delicate contriv-
ances of the aerial craft, furnished
$4,000 spectators an exciting finale to
an afternoon that promised to be
rather tame.
Edgar Smith, a Californian, who
constructed an aeroplane something
on the order Of the late Professor
Isangley's model, was the victim OF
the first serious accident OF the meet
this afternoon. Smith was tuning upl
his machine for his first attempt at
flight was struck down by the,
metal blades of the propeller. His
head was severely gashed and his left
arm broken.
At the beginning OF today's program
the intrepid little Frenchman seemed
again TO have monopolized all the
honors of the day. Thrice he drove
one of his big Farman biplanes around
the course in the stiff wind. blowing i
in from the sea. Then in a tiny Bier
lot m%onoplane. that looked like a gi-
gantic horsefly. he gave the immense
throng the first thrill OF the day by
repeatedly sweeping over the grand
stand and daringly maneuvering in a
wind hat threatened every moment to
wreck his craft.
The flight OF Paulhan in his Bleriot
was the first of the lightweight mono
plane in this country. Besides even
the Curtiss %biplanes, which are them
selves mere pigmies beside the great
Farman machine. the monoplane
looked puny and unable to raise a
man in a calm, much less Withstand
the assaults of a Is to 20-mile wind.
After an abortive attempt by Mis-
carol, one OF the French aviators.
Paulhan tool il and sped vice around
the field, although he never rose high
er than so feet from the ground. Sev-
cral times great signs Of apprehension
mingled with the shrieks of frightened
women. rose from the crowd as tho
tiny machine. tossed by fierce gusts
Of wind rolled and careened in the air.
Every moment seemed to be fraught
with such danger that when the flighti
was safely over and the m~onOplane
had landed Ear across the field. an
immense sigh OF relief Wen up from
the vast crowd. Apparently secur in
his renwed roll OF star Of the air,
Paulhan frankly delighted lay the tre-
mendous applause his performance
evoked, brought ont his Farman and
quickly disappeared from the view OF
the spectators Gar TO the northward.
reappearing 80 seconds later at an alti-
tude Of over 500 feet and flow back
directly over the grand stand
Several times Paulhan flew across
lots" or charged directly upon the
crowd in tho grand stand only to turn
sharply when within q few feet of IL
and sweeping clear along before tho
thousands Of spectators. His flight off
Sa miles. lasted 81 minutes and Il.
seconds.
Curtiss all the while remained silent
and at work. clad in oil protectors
and old cap and shoes that had seen
heavy duty. he spent his time turning
up the eight cylinder motor On me