Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-10-27
lWelveAeropIanes
In Air at Once
WRIGHT SHOWS WHAT CAN BE
DONE IN BAD WEATHER,
SPECIAL FLIGHT TODAY
To the Statue Of Liberty in New York
Harbor and Return for a Prize of
$4,000.

New York, Oct 26.-when dusk be-
gan to settle on the aviation field at
Belmont Park. l.. l., this afternoon.
there We're twelve aeroplanes in the
ar at once and when night shut down
two OF them were still lost in the
black void above. There was no moon
ana 1t was by the almost imperceptible
glow of the stars that they We're first
sighted wipging their way back to
earth
There he is shouted one weach-
er, right up there above the center
of the field against that brightest
star
Presently there was another blot a
little blacker than the blackness of
the background, and both Hoxsey and
tombstone al1ghted safely in midfield,
within few minutes of each other
Il don't know how high ] was" said
Johnstone, but if l was not higher
up than Hoxsey, I'll never trust a
Paragraph again. l stayed up there
until | saw him start down and then
stayed up some more to make sure
twice.
Found Upper Air Very Cold.
He was shivering as he pulled off
his sweater, his leather coat and his
CATERS, for though there had been no
frost above the clouds today, he said
he found the upper airs even colder
than they had been yesterday, when
a binding snowstorm drove him down
from plucky attempt for a new
stone was mistaken. His barograph
registered only 5,763 feet against 6,I75
for Hoxsey.
A nOrtnerly gale that took all the
warmth out of the sunshine delayed
or postponed the events today.
What May Be Done in Bad Weather.
Just to show what could be done in
bad weather. Johnstone of the Wright
team took up a steady biplane. Against
the wind he seemed to make no prog
ress, SO stiff were the upper currents
but down the wind he fairly whizzed.
His performance put heart into the
other aviatorS and doors We're soon
swinging wide open and engines were
warming up all along the line of ham
gdfS.
Cross Country Race.
Five starters were announced in q
ross-country race to a captive bal
loon ten miles east of the course and
return and four started. Latham was
the first to cross the line and fled
down the wind like dart. In the
bright sunshine he was long visible as
he rose to; spy out the land. first no
bigger than swallow, then a pin
lowed him and after Aubrun. Drexel
and Leblanc captain of the French
I team, both in Bleriots.
The Sehoolmaster of the Air.
This was the first appea rance of
Leblanc, the 'schoolmaster of the air.
Both White and many other
notable aviators are his pupils. His
airn1anship seemed splendid as he shot
low before the grandstand on an even
keel, straight for the mark; but Au-
brun beat the master.
Ten Miles in Eight Minutes.
Latham finished first in 32 minutes
14.T1 seconds, slower than the tinle
of Yesterdays winner in the same
event. but the speed down the wind
in the first leg was prodiglous. The
timer at the balloon reported that he
covered the ten miles and passed the
mark outbound in s minutes. Later
records showed that Aubrun did the
same distance in seven minutes. The
figures are unofficial altl inexact. Au
brun finished in % minutes 8.75 sec
onds. Drexel was third in slow tins
and Leblanc returned without cover
ing the entire course.
Special Distance and Altitude Flights.
The cross country race had barely
begun when competitors in a special
distance and, altitude event began to
crowd the air Eight went out for
distance and two for altitude That
made ten and two of the cross country
fliers were still to return-tweive in
the air at once-more than any Amer
lean crowd has ever seen.
Gale Blew Regular Programme t.
Pieces.
The regular programme of the day
had been literally blown to pieces by
the gale. The Gordon Bennett elimi-
nation trials scheduled for this aft
ernoon were repeatedly announced and
postponed until nobody knew wheth-
ehy We're on or off. Finally it was
said definitely that the trials would
be held tomorrow morning at nine
O'Clock Because of the confusion the
American team was in an uproar.
Charles X Hamilton was most out
spoken of all. These people don't
care whether wa smash our machines
or kill ourselves, or not he said. "All
they want to do is to get US out to
hold the crowd"
]. B. Moisant was SO angry that he
sputtered in English, French and
Spanish, all at once. The Wright
brothers and Glenn Fl. Curtiss joined
worst time in the day TO fly" they
told the aviation committee; the
wind always blows at nine O'clock"
Heedful of this determined and for
uidable protest. the committee COM
promised and agreed to call the trials
at nine tomorrow, but with a saving
clause which permits any aviator to
start when he chooses, provided only
that he shall finish before $50 in the
afternoon. This concession was sat
isfactory.
Flight to Statue of Liberty.
Moisant will enter in the e1inina-
tion trials tomorrow as also in the
special flight for 100000 to the Statue
of Liberty in New York harbor and
return. He said tonight, that hs
should lay his course straight 10 ths
mark without regard for the roof
tops and pinnacles of the greater city,
He expects to fly at q height OF at
least 1000 feet and those who watch
for him on the lower end Of Manhat-
tan island will see nothing but a black
speck in the air.
New London Baptist Minister 90 Year,
Old.
New London. Conn. OCT. aG..--Rev