New-York tribune., 1910-01-13
PAULHAN SETS
A NEW RECORD
REACHES A HEIGHT
OF 4,I46 FEET.
Crozcd Cheers Daring French
man Madly after Dramatic
Flight at Los angeles.

Los Angeles. Jan. 12.-Louis Pauihan,
the French aviator. broke all official and
unofficial records for altitude in a Far
man biplane to-day by flying to height
of 4.146 feet and descending safely. He
remained so minutes 4Ss seconds In
the air.
CortIandt Field Bishop announced late
tonight that the Judges of the aviation
events had calculated the height of
Paulhan's flight at 4.14S feet. These
figures stand officially as the record
PauIhan's barometer showed his high
est altitude as 4,6O0 feet and the judges
at first figured close to 5000 feet. but
after extensive calculations from trian-
gulations made and observations taken
this was reduced to 4.146 feet The pre-
vious record was $500 feet
Paulhan consumed minutes and 30
seconds in making his descent from the
perilous height.
Paulhan is the idol of the crowd to-
night He made his record shortly after
losing the speed record of the course to
Glenn III. Curtiss-
The Frenchman, using an engine that
had just arrived from Paris. had been
on the course all the afternoon He had
circled the course again and again. skid
ding and dipping and swinging corners
in that daring fashion that makes his
wife shiver with fright.
The sun was low toward the sea and
the shadows had begun to gather when
Paulhan decided to go higher in the air
than any man In a heavier than air ma
chine had ever flown.
The wind barely stirred Cortlandt
Field Bishop. president of the Aero Club
of America, stood in front of the judges
stand. enthusiastic over the scene.
OFF ON RECORD FLIGHT
AS Paulhan rose in the air he bent low
his gray capped head and smiled as he
made a short circle over the fifty thou
sand spectators Curtiss had previously
tried the higher currents and come
down
Paulhan pointed north. went up a
thousand feet passed over the centre of
the field again. as though TO take an
other last look at human face. then
turned north and up again
The crowd grew breathlessly intent as
the Frenchman and his machine rapidly
became speck in the gathering tvi-
light
At height of 800 feet Paulhan de-
scribed a great circle 10 feel the cur
rents. BY this time he was a mile and
half from camp When word spread
that he had beaten Hubert Latham's
record of / 500 feet the vast throng be-
came frantic.
Two thousand feet and still climbing.
No one would have been surprised if the
man and his little wings had been swal-
lowed up in the void. After the aviator
was as near out of sight as he could be
without disappearing Paulhan began TO
descend. much to the relief of the spec
tators
He came down easily in front of the
grandstand after having risen to the
plane of the mountain peaks. As he
leaped from his machine. cheeks glowing
and eyes flashing. he was grasped BY
his friends and carried to the grand
stand, where he barred his head amid
thunder of cheers.
Paulhan gave the crowd another treat
earlier in the afternoon The balloon
New York, which had ascended from
Huntington Park. came drifting toward
Aviation Camp In it was Mime. Paul
han, among other guests. When the
Frenchman caught sight of it he sprang
10 his Farman machine, snapped out in
structions TO his helpers and in a fash
darted off.
Halls WIFE IN BALLOON.
Rising in a wide circle TO a height OF
500 feet. Paulhan sailed a mile OF more
over the adjacent fields and approached
close enough to the New York TO hail his
wife. Then he swept back TO earth.
paying his respects TO Beachey and
Knabenshue. whose dirigibles he passed
in descending.
The third day of the meet was per-
feet. The flags in the grandstand hung
limp in the warm sun. The spectators
numbered fifty thousand. The morning
passed with no movement from the tents
Toward noon MiscarOl. in a Bleriot mon
oplane. flew down the far end OF the
course and whetted the appetite OF the
crowd.
Paulhan. whose name was on the lips
in the air all the morning, and shortly
after noon he began preparations in
earnest His new engine was tested TO
his satisfaction. He called his mechan-
icians and took his seat. PauIhan waved
his hand gayly and the skids left the
ground. over the bumps and rough
field for few yards. then faster whirr
from the machine and a lift that carried
him into the upper currents.
After his first flight Paulhan hardly
gave his engine time to cool before he
tried another flight. taking Haisson as
passenger. Apparently the fight was as
easy as the first. but he did not rise so
high.
At o'clock the balloons and the dirt
gibles driven by Knabenshue and
Beachey crowded over the course Two
Curtiss machines were dragged to the
starting place. A band played waitz
music and the official starters and mark
ers took their places.
CURTISS AFTER SPEED RECORD.
Then Curtiss stepped from his tent.
and the megaphone announced that he
would try for the speed record OF the
course. Clad Immediately. with a golf