The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-03
BALI LT|MORE HAS BIG
 AVIATION ME TING
Leading Aviators Will Take
 Part in the Flights
PLIERS ON EXHIBITION
Preliminary Tests Are Made By the Experts in Very High Flights. Prizes Will Amount TO $50,-
 900 for All Events

Baltimore. November 2.-Baltimore's
 aviation meet was officially opened to-
 day before a large throng of spectators
 When the bomb announced the opening
 of the contest every one was absorbed in
 watching Charles F. Willard, the Amer
 ican, and James Radley of England cir
 cling about overhead. The bomb was l three-quarters of an hour late in an-
 nouncing the opening, but meantime Will l lard had taken up his Curtiss hiplane and was shortly joined in the air by Rad l ley. who brought his Bleriot monoplane
 from the railroad station by the air route. 1 The temperature was mild below, but
 above the aviators said it was intensely
 cold. There was practically no wind. Count J. de Lesseps assembled his
 monoplane at Halethorpe station and
 flew to the grounds late this afternoon. All the flight today were in the nature 1 of exhibitions Willard made five cir
 cults Of the mile course in minutes g seconds. Drexei, in try for altitude,
 made 5000 feet, and Willard, in a similar
 attempt. took his Curtiss bipane to height of 450O feet, remaining in the air l 20 minutes.
 Drexel, shortly afterward in his Bleriot regained the altitude honors of the day with a record of 4S00 feet. Eugene Ely made some pretty flights
 and Willard won applause by marvel
 GUS exhibition of fancy flying. | All the aeroplanes regularly entered for
 the meet are now here and tomorrow the regular programem will be contested. In addition to Lather. de Lesseps, Drexel, Radley Willard, Ely, Harmon and Cur tiss, who are now on the ground, 1t ap- pears not unlikely that several other famous flyers will put in an appear ance before the end of the meeting.
 They will compete for purses totalling
 600. divided as follows:
 Hourly distance, $4SO0; hourly altitude,
 s4S00 greatest daily total duration of flight for any day of the meet, S595Q
 greatest speed for 10 klometers, $3O00
 grand altitude prize, $375O: added If
 worlds record is broken, s1OO0; Aero club
 of Baltimore for greatest altitude), s5000; grand speed contest distance not count irg), s450o; cross country passenger carry Ing, 5000: passenger carrying over course $1600; duration prize (total time in
 air during the meet, $600O; total distance price total distance travelled during
 meeD, $3000; Michelin trophy (for best general record made at all meets in 1910), 9fVVi aiidteuI topiiN Ncupl, Naue, SlV'o, Commodore Perry cup for bomb throw ing given by John Berry Ryan. In addition Hubert Latham will fly over Baltimore for a special prize of
 s5c00, offered by the Baltimore Sun. Los Angeles Wants Pliers Los Angeles. Cal. November 2--At a meeting of the Aero club of California, held here last night, 1t was announcel that plans were under way for an avia- ton meet which is expected to rival in magnitude the international meet held in this city last January. The Merchants
 and Manufacturers association has been
 requested to take charge of the financial
 arrangements, but if 1t does not do so funds will be furnished by local capi- talists.