The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-01-28
CLOSING DAY OF
AVIATION MEET
GREAT SUCCESS OF FIRST FLY
ING MACHINE CONTEST IN
AMERICA.
WINS HoNORS
cURTlSS HAS FASTEST MACHINE
AND ONE MOST EASILY
HANDLED.

Los Angeles.-As dusk gathered
over the old Dominguez ranch Thurs
day night four flying machines that
had been circling in the air in rivalry
of the meadow larks that for so many
centuries have held dominion there.
settled softly to earth.
The aviators walked to their tents.
the great crowd filed down the road
way and the first International avia-
ton meet ever held in America was
over
The last day OF the meeting again
demonstrated the superiority of the
Curtiss machine. both in speed and in
the ease with which it can be started
and landed.
In a sensational Commute flight the
American dashed past Paulhan. the
Frenchman. and wild cheers went up
from the grandstand in approval of
his feat.
Paulhan has won all the cross-coun-
try. passenger-carrying and endurance
tests. having a heavier. slower ma
chine and an engine which he trusts
absolutely. He has taken more than
$4,000 in prizes. and has broken the
worlds records for altitude and for
cross-country flights alone and with a
passenger. Curtiss has broken no
worlds records and probably will take
less than $1,000 in prizes.
NoL
second and third prizes in most OF the
events.
The prizes won during the meet in
Los Angeles follow:
Height-33.o 900. Louis Paulhan. 4.165
feet. first; $4,000. Chas. X. Hamilton.
s3o.5 feet. second; $500. Curtiss. no
official height taken. third.
Endurance and time-33.000. Louis
Paulhan. 1917 miles. 1:5s:32. first;
81 900. Chas. X. Hamilton. 1914 miles.
SO: 90 2-5 seconds; $500. Glenn II. Cur.
tiss. 1911, 24:54 2-5. third.
Speed. 10 laps-33.0O0. Glenn Fl.
Curtiss. 1911 miles. 23:43 3-6. first;
$1,000. Louis Paulhan. 1911 miles.
24:5s 2-5. second; $500. Charles X.
Hamilton. 1911 miles. 80: "a 3-5. third.
Three laps with passenger-$1.O00.
Louis Paulhan. 4.s3 miles. S:16 is; no
others contested.
Slowest lap-s500. Charles X. Ham
ilton. 1.6l miles. :36 2-5.
Quickest start-$25O, Glenn II. Cur
tiss. 9S feet. won.
Starting and landing in square
$3.50, Charles F. Willard won; score
perfect.
Cross-country. $4,000. Paulhan
won.
The following are records for the
course. made during the meet:
Height. 4.165 feet. Louis Paulhan.
January IL.
Distance. 1917 miles. Louis Paul
han. Jan. II.
Endurance. 1:5s:32. Louis Paulhan,
Jan. IL.
Speed. 10 laps. 23:42 3-5. Glenn H.
Curtiss. Jan. II.
Speed, one lap. 2:12. Glenn II. Cur.
tiss. Jan. IA.
Speed. three laps with passenger.
S:16 is.
Slow speed. one lap. 1886 2-5. C. X.
hamilton, jan. ~.
Shortest distance in rising. 9s feet.
Glenn H. Curtiss. Jan. IL.
Shortest time in rising, 2-5 sec
onds. Glenn H. Curtiss. Jan. IL.
Dirigibles. one lap. 4:57 As. Lincoln
Beachy, jan 10.
Charles X. Hamilton will go to San
Diego and attempt there to secure
the worlds record for altitude. now
held by Paulhan.
Glenn Curtiss will leave for Ham.
mondsport, N. Y.
Charles F. Willard will go to Port.
land, Ore.
Louis Paulhan. with Mason and
Miscarol. will go to San Francisco. 1t
is probable that Paulhan will fly in
Salt Lake and Denver. and reach New
Orleans during the Mardi Gras cele.
bration there.
When Curtiss finishes with his ap-
pearance in court in connection with
the infringement suits instituted by
the Wrights, he will begin construct.
ing an immense flying machine Of the
bi-plane type that will definitely force
into second place the rival Farman
which has during the past ten days,
under the hands OF the spectacular
pilot Paulhan, demonstrated superior.
fly in endurance.
According to Fancuilli. the proposed |
bi-plane will have an immense spread |
of flying surface and a new fabric will
be used that will offer great resist
ance to the air. The motor. however
will be OF the same four-cylinder
twenty-five horsepower type that is
used on the machines here. These