Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-25
Baldwin Up in Red Bug Tries
for Speed Flights.
MOISANT IN RECKONING
Hurries Up Repairs on His Smashed
Bleriot Passenger Machine.
BIG CRoss-CoUNTRY FLIGHT
Wind and Weather Favorable for
Contest Scheduled for 4 O'Clock
This Afternoon.

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Record-breaking flights and splendid
aerial spectacles on the third day of the
international aviation meet here in
creased popular interest in the big event
of the year in aviation. and favorable
weather prospects this morning made ii
seem probable that big crowds would be
on hand to witness the interesting pro-
gram Of the afternoon. There was
scarcely more than a suggestion OF
breeze in the early hours. and the slight
fog that hung over the field presaged a
calm day.
John B. Moisant was expected to be a
factor in the days flying. having worked
all night and completed repairs on his
passenger-carrying Bleriot, which was
badly smashed Sunday. Besides the
hourly distance and altitude. daily dura-
ton and fastest fight competitions, there
was another grand altitude flight on the
program, in which 1t was expected that
some Of the other aviators would try to
set new figures for the American altitude
record beyond those made by j. Arm
strong Drexel yesterday in his upward
flight to mark Of 7.1O5 feet Another
feature of the program was the cross
country flight set for pm.
Baldwin Out in Red Bug.
Capt. Thomas Baldwin. in his new BIZ
plane. the Red Bug. was out for a trial
spin this morning and made a halfdozen
circuits of the field at a speed that will
make him a factor in the elimination
trials
The wind was a dead calm. The avi-
ator made the first round, distance
Of 1.55 miles. in less than two minutes.
and followed it up with four flights OF
Baldwin was again in the air. This time
his machine flew faster. turning the
course several times under two minutes.
Baldwin complained that the northeast
to the danger OF drifting into the trees.
Frank B. Coffyn Of the Wright Broth
ers' camp came out to qualify for his
pilots license this morning. He made
two circuits of the field, dipping and
doing q switchback on the far turn He
misunderstood his orders and was sent
over the course q second time, landing
just across the line, then went into the
air for 800 feet, and went the qualifying
round. The committee signed his license.
Over Three Hours in Air.
DARMsTADT. Hesse. October 25.-Au-
gust Euler established q German aviation
record today by flying 3 hours. 6 minutes
and II seconds in military aeroplane Of
his own construction.
Drexel Sets New Record.
The third day OF the meet yesterday
made up for all the damp. cold and dis
appointment Of the first two days. A new
down to the credit Of J. Armstrong Drex-
Ell. and the competition in the other
events was at all times a thing Of de-
arffAn
The air fairly hummed with the buzz Of
the dipping, dancing craft, and their in
cessant evolutfons were SO swift and so IN
tricate that the spectators could not fol-
prompted from the Judges stand by the
tabulators and timekeepers, Jagged be-
hind.
Drexe1 scared for altitude on his rec
ord flight at just $40 pm. Ave minutes
before the second hourly altitude contest
into the Wild, pointing higher and higher
into the glare Of the setting sun to a
height OF 7.106 feet. Beneath him three
bus bspia9e. were scattering ring shout It
panic. racing for places in the grand
speed event. He planned above them like
q hawk searching the moors, SO high
that in perspective he seemed almost
motionless against the blue.
Descent Easily Made.
His descent was swift. but unhurried.
and he landed lightly in the middle of
the deld. There was Immediate surmise
that he had approached, II he had not
established. q new record. but no figures
were available until his paragraph had
been unssAled and the reading Of the
stylograph on the plotted sheet inside II
examined.
Drexel had made. however, what proved
to be q remarkably close estimate Of just
what he had done. eve been up more
than 7.0oe feet" he said, ''and Let me tell
you that It was cold.
6,175 feet, made by Walter Brookins al
Atlantic City. and Drexel's own best rec
ord. made last summer In Great Britain,
was 8750 feet. at the time world.
record
water Brookina also went UP for alti-
tude in a baby Wright biplane-a ma
chine precisely like the new headiess
flyers that the Wrights brought out this
summer, but with q sharper upward cant
to the planes. thereby enabling the ava.
faster. This machine was mistaken by
everybody for the new Wright single
surface machine because Of It's fne-
drawn lines and smaller planes. It was
not without a smile. admitted that the
real racer was still on It's way from Day.
ton, Ohio. and was not expected here
until tomorrow.
Mondays Results.
Following are the results of Monday,
contests:
First hourly distance-Won by Drexel
q laps. Time. "a minutes 80 SIS seconds
second. Auburn. Is laps, plus one lost fo1
fouling a pylon. Time. 1910 3-5; third
tombstone. q laps. Time. 56:43.
Second hourly distance-Won by Latham
q laps. plus one lost for fouling a pylon
Time, 4s:41 As; second. Grahame- White
n laps. Time. 57:5e 2-5: third. Auburn
20 laps, plus one void for alighting
Time. 1854 As.
First hourly altitude-Won by De Les.
seps, 5,615 feet; second. Bfookins. 5.SS:
feet; third. willard. Cos feet.
Second hourly altitude-Won by Drexel
Z 100 feet, which was an American record
Daily totahzation Of duration-Hoxsey
:O7 :l3 LIS: Grahame-White. 1:5S:17 4-5
tombstone. 1923 3-5.
Grand speed heat for biplanes-Mc.
Curdy. 10 laps: time. 1:$9 Id. Second
Mars, 10 laps; time, ASA - Frisble
2 laps, when accident occurred, s minutes
% seconds.
The distribution OF prizes was as fol
De