The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-19
PAUlHAN MADE
ANOTHER RECORD
Flew to Lucky Baldwin s
Ranch in Strong Wind and
Retm ned

4so4G1 III 0tI04S WluQ ana
Retr& ned
Aviation Field, Los Angeles. Jan.
! 19.-Louis Paulhan, in his Farman BIZ
plane, made late yesterday what avia-
tion experts here consider the most
remarkable cross-country flight in his
tory. :;
On the wings Of a wind that other
aviators hesitated to face, the little
Frenchman rode from Aviation Field
to Lucky" Baldwin's ranch twenty
three miles away, circled the old San
ia Anita race track and bucked his
way to his tent. 80.
In all he covered an estimated dis
tance of forty-seven and one-miles in
one hour, minutes etaoishrdluuuu
! l:O2:424-5. He went down with the
wind In thirty minutes and came back
again in thirty-three minutes. When
he climbed out of his car he said that
his motor was as cool as when he
started and that he could do the trick
over again at once. In sheer beauty
and contempt of danger, the flight
rivals that seen on any aviation field
Of the old world.
The only test approaching it in this
country was that made by one of the
Wrights last fall, on a flight with an
army officer from Washington to Alex
andria. i,
Blerior. Latham, F$rman and Cody
have made flights nearly as long, per-
haps, but they have not come back.
Cody flew forty miles at. .Aldershot in
sixty-thiee minutes last fall. Farman
took q tWenty-mile ErunN 70 spend q
day shooting with "a friend, but, he
landed at one end of his Journey.
President Cortlandt F. Bishop of the
Aero Club ofsAmerica said last night
that he did not know of any flight to
equal Paulhan's:' 1t is probable that
the prize of $4,000 will GO to him.
There will be much official p~ ~ndering
and cabling. however, before a new
worlds record is added to the glory of
France.
| Paulhan' maintained an ar'.ude of
from 1000 to 1000 feet on his way
over the valley. His highest point
was 2.130 feet, as indicated by the
instrument in his car.
| Under him, speeding over country
roads, were automobiles and me u,
horseback ani motor cycles. -ing to
be near the machine should Paulhan
fall or have to descend. Mrs. Paul
han was in an automobile praying and
crying. When Paulhan reached the
grandstand on his return, he was
mobbed. The crowd broke through
the barriers. The aviator was lifted
up and borne over the field. His
countrymen> kissed him and wept in
joy. ....
This event was the only one of
great Importance in the days meet
Curtiss did not go into the air until
after Paulhan had been away for halt
an hour. Then he gave a pretty ex-
hibition of f.nc ystarting and retired.
The wind came up suddenly and for
a time it looked as though the pro-
gram would be spoiled. At 3. O'Clock
nothing had happened except few
] skids over the field. The crowd be-
gan, to howl. Paulhan rose to tie oc-
casion. Without any announcement
his machine appeared on the Ear west
course. beating against the wind. 1t
came around and over the heads of
the crowd with the wind, at speed
OF sixty miles an hour.
Paulhan came down as though he
had decided against further flying. ! t
before the crowd had time to forget
its first wonder, he came over their
heads again and pointed the fiat nose
of his big white plane toward the
mountains. 1t was 6:O9 o'clock.
Hes of for the cross-country rec
ord of the world" announced the meg
aphone man.
| For ten minutes the machine flew
onward and upward. straight toward
the snow line of the. Sierra Madre
range. Old Badly Peak was the COM
pass psint. 1t lay in shining white
relief against the sky Through the
glasses PauIhan could be seen rising
above the haze and taking trail, so
1t seemed, to the summit. Soon he
disappeared from sight.
| Bulletins were sent out and posted
on a blackboard. as the machine pass
cd over small towns on the way to
the Baldwin race track. At 4 O'Clock
there was great shout. Some one
had seen the airship. Soon it came
into sight. blown from its outward
course and OH q line with Mount Will
son.
The machine loomed up more and
more distinctly and even the expe. Is
watching and timing were surprised
at the speed with which it returned.
Mr.. Bishop figured that 1t would take
Paulhan twice as long to come back
against the wind as it had to go with
1t. but the aviator had struck milder
current in the high altitude and was
coming home on this.
Soon he was over the field and set
tling gently. The rush began. The
Frenchman stepped stiffly out of the
! saddle and asked for cigar.