The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-19
SPIRAL GLIDE SAVES
. B|RDMAN MARS LIFE
me-White Upsets Acroplanc
and Falls Seventy Feet, but
Only Slightly Hurt.
BIG PRIZE PROBABLY WON
Sopwlth, First to Cross Channel
ID British Made Machine,
Flies 174 Miles.
BIG PRIZE PROBABLY WON

FRESNO. Cal, Dec. 1S.-EIanging 1000
teet III the air while attempting To make
an altitude record, j. e. C''Bud"O Mars
THIS afternoon found thnl his engine re-
fused To work, Despite extra precau-
lions 10 keep the carburetcr from freez-
ing the cold was too great. and Mars
was forced to make the longest .spiral
glide" of his life.
Mars started down with n long snir.l
half a mile in diameter. swinging wide
over the fnir erounos and grand stand.
He alighted safely. but was SO cold tina:
he could speak with difficulty
Glenn Curliss. in speed trial made
five miles in five minutes five seconds,
flying above the mile track.
DOVER. England, Dec. tS.-While try
ing TO win "A prize OF $50. 600. Claude Ora
hamc- White. the English aviator upset
his aeroplane and plunged downward 20
been killed or at least had sustained
conclusion of the brain. but he happened
TO tall a little to one side OF his wrecked
bruises on his face and shoulders. His
machine was wrecked.
Many aviators have been waiting here
for the last fortnight To compete for the
prize of $50. 600 offered by Baron de Forest
for the longest flight across the English
channel in 1910, the flight TO be made
by an EnGlishman in an English built
machine.
Grahamc- White. who is the winner of
the international cup al Belmont park.
ascendcd this morning for trial flight
IN strong wind. His machine began to
rock and he wss unable 20 restore its
equilibrium. II turned over and plunged
TO the ground. His escape from death
was remarkable.
He was unconscious but soon revived.
and it was found that he had received
nothing more than bad cuts about the
face. II is expected lie viii be about
within week. He has ordered another
biplane OF the Wright type from Bristol
and viii make another attempt to win
the prize.
a second competitor Scpwith fareJ
better. lie left East Church. Shippey
island, al S:15 o'clock in. the morning.
crossed from Dover 10 Calais and de-
scenGed at Beaumont, Belgium. dis
lance of ia miles.
In his trial flight Grahame-White had
descended TO within 100 feet OF the
ground when his machine began to waver.
His actual fall probably did not exceed
seventy feet.
Sopwlth completed his flight OF IA
miles within three and onc-half hours.
This is the first time British nade
aeroplane has crossed the channel. and
in addition it Is A record for distance
under the conditions provided. No tugs
or other craft followed the aviator. and
no other precautions were taken against
accident.
ETAMPES. France. Dec. ls.-Hcnry
Farman, competing for the NJ chelin cup
TO-DAY, made remarkable flight Of eight
hours and thirty minutes, Owing TO a
fierce north wind however. his progress
was slow, and ne covered only 463 ltilo-
meters (2S7 miles, against 400 kilometers
made by Maurice Tabutcau on October
2S In a similar competition.
Farnan, deceived by the applause OF
the spectators believed that he had
beaten the distance record ana descended.
lie was greatly disappointed 10 find that
he had not equaled the former record.
Tabuteau occupied six hours In his
flight for the Mchelin cup, which Is
awarded annually to the aviator making
the longest sustained flight within the
year. < premium of $4,000 goes 10 the
winner.