Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-27
Il ~ Linn In NAUO w ~
He and Mars Execute Several Pretty
Flights at the
Meet.
FEATs COME AT LATE HOUR
BreeEes Balk All Efforts for Several
Hours.
PLANES CIRCLE THE BALLOON
Boys Come in for Honor with Toy
Aeroplanes.
THREE LADS GET PRIZE EACH
Day Concludes successfully with
ManeuVers of AViRtOrs Round Cap
tive Balloon which IL Towed
20 Field from Fort.

At the Omaha aviation meet yesterday
Glenn Curtis again came to the front with
a beautiful circling flight. and Mars Like
wise showed up well late In the evening.
disappointment marked repeated efforts
during the early part Of the exhibition.
Other diversions Of the day were a COM
petition by eighteen boys with seroplane
models and an ascension Of the No. . army
balloon, a captive.
1t was after o'clock when curtiss
trotted out his plane and succeeded Mr..
aMrs as the center OF interest. The mod
crate crowd. which had patiently watched
through the futile efforts took up new
heart and became expectant OF seeing what
they had come to see. when Mr.. Curtiss
ordered his machine cranked up. 1t is
pretty well understood by the hundreds
who have LOGGED upon the flying planes
I'm the past few days. that Curtiss uses
a vastly more powerful plane than either
Mars or Ely, and that he is by far more
likely TO get above the earth when he
starts than the Others for that reason.
Curtiss made flying start for about
100 feet westward and gracefully rose. He
struck course directly down the field
for distance Of several hundred feet.
mounting higher in succession of steps
to an altitude of 100 feet. He then made
splendid turn and retraced his course
to gliding stop directly in front of the
grandstand.
This was the beginning OF the real avi-
alton OF the day. Mars followed It with
couple OF flights to a point behind the
nihs az the northwest corner OF the field,
getting freseh start and flying baol,
each time. -
! Then, while the captive balloon. which
: had been laboriously towed 10 the T,aId
from Fort Omaha rocked peacefullv N
tho center of the field, curtiss four st,rev
circied it This flight was the tinsunr
sensation OF the day, IT was complete
: iuiritiiment Of the aviators word thstahA
would surely do some real flying.
s ~uluss' incidentally, came near disaster
4 "a "is attempts to please. After conciud-
e ing the nrst flight the aviator declared
f ne had three times nearly collided with ~,
q OBSTACLE He explained he had narrowly
n missed telephone pole, then Erazed a
j. .ee .,se, ana hnaliy saved himself. with great
. untlculty' from striking a fence
Curtiss enacted the role of ildga IN ~.
: the least important event of the dav IN
- certain respects, when he inspected the
= wonderful models OF silk and bamboo tbs,
the ambitious youngsters had devised for
a honors.
II While the lads stood in line and watches
e their treasures a chosen boy launched tbero
IL from the tonneau OF an automobile son,a
% OK the little planes fell dismally 10 earth
a lke shapeless paper, and several cut
IT through the air for noticeable few feet
1t so as to be judged really, truly soarers.
~ me prizes OF S20 $40 and $5 were awarded
ID to the following boys Fridolph Enxa-
% from, Wayne Moore OF Geneva, Neb.. ana
D. Kenneth Norton
~ The captive balloon hove in view NJ 6,sn
Or being towed from the fort. 1t was permit
10 ted to tug at its rope several hundred feet
1t with clarke Powell In the basket, while the
IN principal aeroplane flights were made.
ie Double Flight In Made.
CT Inc close of the day was marked by n
double flight Of the sort with which Curtisa
ey and Mars enlivened the climax of SUNDAYS
at flying. AS before Curtiss kept the uppe,
c. level while Mars flew beneath him. II was
pit glorious spectacle to watch. Both rider,
ID. had their craft under perfect control and
d. coming into the curve near the stand,
en- would dip ana scar simultaneously
he On the whole the flights of yestarda,
IL were the best yet, and It was the bes,
of pleased crowd of the meet The public
he mas been pretty well educated by this tim,
,s ana stayed well until o. clock when Curtis,
IL 1leW over the grandstand scattering card,
y. bearing numbers The winner of No isl
- was to get ring given by jeweiry store
- youth appeared after the flight bearin,
y. the winning card. He gave first one nam,
and then another and newspaper men ant
Others became somewhat skeptical abou
him ad the "glft."
'V ]. C. Mars made yesterday bis nrs..t..
no flight of the whole meet He got hiEhe
10 elevation and therefore made the turns viii
ier ease on his longest flight, which was fou
&c times around the field. He made perfec
- landing and was warmly applauded by tn
crowd
Mrs. Mars Makes Ascension.
Meantime Mrs. Mars was making an as
cension In the government captive balloon
She was accompanied by II. w. Sutton
Curtiss' business manager
e The ride up in the balloon did not thrill
l. Mrs. Mars vastly. although she enjoyed II
for she has ridden man a time In oaptiy
and free balloons. Her husband was
ho famous balloonist before he took to aero
an, plane riding.
md Clarke Powell, the first passenger IN IN
the captive balloon, stayed up a long time, be
the cause the engine on the government wine
an wagon bucked and could not haul In tn
ore steel cable, which held the baIloo
Az, prisoner.
he large number Of friends viewed hir
IId up aloft and shouted sarcastic and encouI
aging remarks.
he The big crowd-there were again 5000 0
te- 1900 people on the grounds, took some IN
he terest in the captive balloon. but far NOR
me In the aeroplane flights OF which the
,tb saw more than any previous crowd.
M Curtiss DIspIeases Himself.
err Curtiss' first big flight was forced raths
aw than Intentional. He had started for
jump down the field because the wind wa
his sun faithly stiff. But he drfted To on
ard side 80 far that he was unable to make
for landing within the limits Of the park an
IT'S had TO sail on. The air was none to
dense He could not climb high, SlthOus