Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-11

Aviation Camp, Los Angeles, Jan. IL
AT 1890 p. m, Paulhan made q test
flight of 100 yards in a Blerlot mono
plane, starting from tent In the center
of the field. and after a sharp turn re-
turning to ground at the place OF start
ing
Los Angeles, Jan. 11.-only one bal
loon went up from Aero park In this
city today-the Peoria. manned bv
Frank and Harold Kanne. The ascent
was made soon after IL O'Clock under
ideal conditions.
Aviation Camp. Los Angeles. jim. II
Rain fell last night followed by
dense fog that settled over the aviation:
camp failed to dampen the ardor OF
the aviaters. who were at work on their
machines by dayoreak today. When
the sun arose and drove away the low
hanging clouds, the enthusiasm of ny-
ers Increased and hint of great events
was In the air.
Louis Paulhan was among the frs;
to arrive at the tent where his two
Farman and two Bleriot machines nrr
housed and was so directing the work
OF assembling tho Bleriot monoplanes
cause of the non-arrival OF some OF the
parts. Before noon the four machines
were ready for today's contests and
Paulhan was in the best OF humor
Cortlandt Field Bishop, president of
the Aero club of America and chair
man of the committee OF judges foc tao
contests. appeared at Aviation camp
almost as soon as the ayiators and
mechanicianS, and made a survey Of
the field.
A mild breeze that hardly stirred the
leaves OF the pepper trees that surround
the old DomingueZ ranch house. blew
out of. the northeast during the morII-
ing and lent Its aid to the sun in drying
of the grounds before the crowds be-
gan to assemble.
CLEAR ATMOSPHERE
The weather was perfect from every
standpoint. The atmosphere was 4.so-
clear that the snowy mountain peaks.
so miles away, seemed so near that
an aIrship flight to any one of thcm
looked possible
The Farman biplane used by Pull
man in his sensational 10-minute fight
Yesterday was brought out OF it's tent
at 10 o'clock and tuned up pre-
paratory to the expected attempt to
break the worlds altitude record for
heavier than air machines.
The two Bleriot "croSs- channel ma
.hlneS also were assembled during the
night.
Glenn H. Curtiss. Charles X. Hamil-
ton and Charles F. willard worked
he. ttrlth n
of mechanicians on the four Curtiss
machines in the mammoth tent along
side of that occupied by the French
man.
The racing machine with which he
won the worlds speed record at
Rheims last year. received the personal
attention of CurtisS, while Willard and
Hamilton worked over the Curtiss No.
l and the two new machines one OWN
ed by Clifford X Harmon OF New
York and the other by Col. Frank
Johnson OF San Francisco.
NICKEL. PLATED ARISTOCRAT.
During the night repairs were COM
pleted on the Gill-Dosch machine OF
the Curtiss type, the beauty of the
meet The injuries suffered by this
vanished and nickelplated aristocrat
of the aviation world, when Its engine
"nared back" yesterday just as it was
to be brought out Tor It's initial nlgnl
were not of q serious character.
The new Farman biplane which has
never been off of the ground but
which Paulhan says is the best aero
plane ever built, attracted great deal
of attention when II was brought from
the tent This machine Is larger than
the Farman which Paulhan uses in his
flights and Its capacity for petroleum
is greater being capable of carrying
10 gallons This makes the aviator
confident that with it he will break the
worlds endurance record.
AS the great French aviator viewed
the blue sky and broad expanse OF open
fields that surround aviation camp. lie
smiled and said:
ut Is not impossible that we shall
break records today. 1t Is magnificent
1t is perfect. the earth and the sky.
So many good things for aviation
never saw in my life before. feel
that I can do better than ever before.
At least one record was broken on
the opening day OF the meet 1t was
that of the distance at which an aero
plane leaves the ground after IL has
been put in motion. Glenn H. Curtiss
declares that he never before left the
earth so quickly as he did in his sec
ond flight yesterday when he was try
ing out machine just received from
the maker. Before the aeroplane had
Travelled so feet-40 feet was the estl-
mate of the Judges-it left the earth
and Slided away.
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