The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-18
AEROPLANES BUZZ AROUND THE
COURSE PASSING ABOVE AND
BELOW EACH OTHER.
CURT|SS BREAKS RECORD
pauIhan Remains in Sky Nearly Two
Hours and Declares He Will Break
Farman's Record Time For 1a4 Miles
Today-A Perfect Day Brings Un-
usually Large Crowd to Course.

Los Angeles. Jan. I..-lf You were
placed in the center of whooping big
merry-go- -round--aboye you and around
you a canvas panorama and plain and
river and mountain. all painted in the
vivid blue and green and white of the
peripatic artist-airships buzzing
around you instead of the ancient
hobby horse and the wobbly swan
then you would realize the sight at
aviation field today. That wonderful
ride that you took was not more en-
trancing than the sight that the blue
sky gave in the main part OF the pro-
gram as Paulhan and Hamilton and
Curtiss rode round and round.
Paulhan kept 1t up for nearly two
house hour So minutes and >. 80
seconds, to be exact-covering in that
time IS els miles. Had he kept up
the speed for two hours more he would
have beaten Henry Farman's Michelin
cup record time for IA miles. feat
which the Frenchman promised to do
tomorrow. Paulhan descended on ac-
count of a leak in his fuel tank.
Hamilton came down after his 1lth
lap of the mile and half course. He
was called from the air by one of his
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part of the machine was out of place.
Breaks Record.
In their air Marathon the biplanes
passed under and over each other
many times without mishap. Paulhan
kept the high course-20O feet-while
Hamilton rode the lower. Curtiss went
out to beat his own record for 10 laps
round the course. His fastest lap
was made in 2:i5. Paulhan tried to
beat Curtiss I'm this l0-lap race. but
his time was registered as a5:05 Is.
1t was day of clearest atmosphere
and great crowds came out. Curtiss
was the first into the air. After a
short flight to test the wind which
had sunk to slight breeze he took
Lieutenant Paul w. Beck. L. :. \.
signal corps, as passenger and made
short low flight. Then he took up
Frank johnson of san Francisco. The
fat. wormlike dirgible was luggcd
out by soldiers and soon was twisting
around the safe middle of the course.
Lincoln Beachey made one lap i'm 5:3i
after the air had been cleared of the
racers. The GIll-Dosch aeroplane, a
Baltimore entry. which has met with
a series of trifling accidents that has
kept ii off the course. was brought
out. 1t made two feeble attempts to
start, but could not rise. Later in
the afternoon il new start was made
The machine hoped along for a few
yards. rose to IA fiye-foot height and
then settled down with bump that
broke the wheel carriage
Fly at Dusk.
Mason and curtiss came out and
flew at dusk. Clifford b. Harmon of
New York. all enthusiastic amateur.
made short flight alone In his new
curtiss machine. President Cortland
II. Bishop of the Aero Club of Amer
lea, received cablegram during the
afternoon announcing that both Ger
many and France had sent challenges
for a balloon flight for duration and
altitude during 1910. France also an
nounced that an attempt would be
made to lift the Gordon Bennett cup,
won by curtlss at Reims, for speed
curtiss covered ia. miles in Is min
utes. 50 - secords.
Eeaeh country will enter three bai- !
looms. There are IL countries in the
federation 4 "a heard from. Mr.
Bishop will leave for New York at
the end of this meet and the time and |
place for the contests will be an
nouneed there.