Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-30
RADLEY WINS AERIAL DERBY
British Speed Champion Defeats Ely
and Parmalee.
EXHIBITION FLYING OF THE PAST
Glenn Curtiss says that Heneeforth
Racing Abilisv VIII he the Test
for Both ~HRn and
Machine.
HIBIT1oN FLYING OF THE PAST

AVIATION FIELD. LOS ANGELES
Cal. Dec 2s-England and France in a
speed coalition defeated America yesterday
in the first trial aeroplane derby ever run
James RadIey. the British speed champion
IN a French Bleriot. monoplsne,. beat Eu-
gene Ely. driving Curtiss racer, and Phil
Parmsiee in a Baby wnsnr' IN an eight
and three-fourths mile race.
lie not only demonstrated that his Bier
lot monoplane Is the speediest thing In
flying machines ever seen west Of the
Rockies but he established a new record
for the Los Angeles field. His time for
the eight and three-fourths miles was
s:13h an average Of fifty-seven miles an
hour His fastest lap was made at the
rate of almost a mile a minute.
Ely's time was iO.O2,b, or about fifty-two
miles an hour. Parmslee's time was 1875,
or about forty-nine miles an hour. Rad
ley's time by laps over the one and three
fourths mile course follows: First, 1904;
second 1904 third. 1:5OM; fourth 1:b1;
fifth, 1:5O
Ely's best lap was 1851 In all the
other laps he was uniformly ten seconds
slower than the winner.
Parmalee's best time was 2:O63s
1t was extremely gusty when the start
ing gun was fired and treacherous air cur
rents blew, but in spite Of that there was
hardly seconds variation in the elapsed
time OF any of Radleys rounds and not
more than a second in any Of Ely's.
Mere exhibition flying Is about to pass
into the realm Of the commonplace" said
Glenn Curtiss this evening. The novelty
Of that has worn off and henceforth racing
will be the thing, with manufacturers, In-
ventors builders and drivers bending every
energy for speed and still more speed.
The day is at hand when aviation meets
will consist solely of racing The mere ex'
hibltor VIII take his place with the out-of'
date attraction and there win be prizes in
the future only for the aviators who can
fly in races and win them,r
Hubert Latham made record in recov-
ering from disaster. His monoplane was
aimost completely wrecked Monday, but he
had 1t out again today, making flights with
bis mechanic as passenger. .......
MOnOpIane I-ee6ra Rroksn"
. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. a. Rene Simon.
the French aviator, this afternoon broke
the worlds record for monoplanes when
he oirced the mile track In q twenty mile
an-hour wind in flfty-ssven seconds flat
This is the fastest mile eyer made by a
under any condition on a mile
course.
The machine was a. fifty horsepower
Bleriot and Simon drove the dangerous
turns at an angle that threatened to send
him sliding off the airbanks to the ground
on one wing. He negotiated these curves
with perfect control, however The first
flight of the day was made by John B.
Moissant,. who assembled in his fifty-horse y
power Beriot.
The wind at timeS carried Moissant at
rate OK ninety miles an hour.
He remained aloft thlrty-three minutes and
twenty two seconds. Simon also made an
ascent this evening, remaining in the air
twenty-five minutes and forty-elght sec
onds. Gsrros, Hamilton and Marrier also
made flights.
wright Back from Europe.
NEW YORK, Dec 28.-After a stay of
several weeks in Paris and Berlin, where
he has been giving instructions in the art
of flying Orville Wright returned today on
the steamship Oceanic. The aviator had
heard by wireless of the success OF Hox-
sey in breaking the record for height in a
Wright machine.
. Mr.. Wright, when asked II he had
brought back any new ideas. replied:
we do not go to Europe for new ideas
in flying"
The only limit. said the aviator, that
can be placed on the height that will soon
be attained in an aeroplane is the limit
OF human endurance.
ST. LOUIS, Dec, 2s.-Albert B. Lambert
president Of the Aero club OF st. Louis, at
taches no importance to the protest of the
Swiss Aero club against the management
of the international balloon race which
started from here last October.
Members OF the Swiss team protested
before the race started" said President
Lambert today.
The Swiss teams objections were so
childish that the French team refused to
Join them in asking them.