Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-30
NO
BARRIERS To
BIPLANES
HOXSEY CROSSES MOUNT
WILSON WITH EASE
Army Officer, Witness of Feat,
Says Ten Thousand Soldiers
Could Do Something in Day
With Thousand Machines,

fBy Morning journal hDecini LsaAro Ntrci
Aviation Field, Las Angeles. Dec
29.-Arch Hoxsey OF Pasadena, cal,
holder of the present worlds altitude
record of il.a1A feet today flew ever
Mount Wilson, the highest peak Of
the mountain range which rims the
valley in which Los Angeles, Pasa-
dena. and the towns OF the orange
belt lie. Under ideal weather con
ditions he scared 100000 feet into
the sky and cleared the crest Of
Mount Wilson with 1900 feet TO
spare.
lieutenant Vernon Boiler and sew
eraI other army officers, who We're
here to see the sights, We're quick to
observe in Hoxsey's performance
new way of transporting armies
across mountain ranges.
Lieutenant Boiler, who came here
from Fort Whipple, Ariza said that
a thousand hiplanes could transport
an army OF 10000 men across noun
tains as high as the Alps in day.
Hoxsey used a heavy stock Wright
biplane equipped for passenger serv
ice. and he made the journey from
the iltlu t0 ~ PUNK bN}ViAN Wv ffANN+'
'tains in one hour and twenty-eight
minutes. The distance Is estimated
at thlrty-four miles. He was out OF
sight af- the crowd before he made
the attempt at topping the peak.
The news OF his success was flash
ed Go aviation field by telephone
from the Carnegie solar observatory
on Mount Wilson, and directly above
which the aviator scared. Hoxsey
said:
1T was fearfully cold. and when
cot to a point just above the summit
/ found that the haze which obEcur-
ed the mountains from the aVlaiion
field. was q heavy pall Of .vapor filled
with fine ice ppitieples that stung my.
face am certain that II J had had
a recording thermometer with me II
would have shown the upper altitude
Ia be Iar below zero. However,
hurdling mountains Is much easier
than climbing 1900 feet over a val
lev OF the sea. The earth does not
seem so far away.
Hoxseys performance Was the only
interesting feat accomplished today
hut Just before the close OF the day .
events. the crowd got a thrill by an
accident which nearly resulted In the
death of Hubert Latham, the French
monoplane expert, who made q va
liant attempt 70 save Glenn Martin,
the California novice, when the lat
Ter lost control of his machine and
was blown into q fence by a twenty
mile wind. After successfully nego-
tiating the course once, Martin was
blown far to the south oil the field,
where he narrowly escaped disaster
several times among the high wires
and tree tops. by skilful maneuVer
ing of his machine he finally taekea
back to the course and the crash
came as he was trying TO make
landing.
Two or three thousand men and
women were within a few feet OF
him when he dashed into the wire
fence lust in front Of the grnndstand
I.atham was in front of the Judge
box when Martin brought his ma
chine To earth. The Frenchman inn
realized the danger ana
rushing out, caught hold Of the ma
chine and desperately tried TO turn
II away from the fence, but ne mis-.
calculated its speed and the force OF
the momentum and was dashed 70
the ground. The running gear OF the
machine. which weighs 900 pounds
missed Iathams face by only few
inches and Martin and his biplane
sped into the fence with such force
that II broke the iron stanchions upon
which the wire fencing vas stretch !
ed. Martin was hurled over the fence |
and he fell upon the sawdust road |
way rolling almost under the grand |
stand. He got up unnurt.