The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-13
FRENCHMAN FLIES
H|CHERTHANMAN
HAD EVER FLOWN
Louis Paulharl Reaches
Dizzy Height of
4, 600 Feet.
MACHINE is MERE
SPECK I'm THE SKY
Daring Aviator Breaks All Res
cords for Altitude, and He is
Now Idol Of Crowd at
Los Angeles Meet-5o,
900 People See
Flights.

FuSHCS.
Aviation Camp, Los Angeles, Call
January 1:.-Louls Paulhnn. Frcncl,
aviator, broke all Official nnd unofIlclrI
records for altitude In Tnrman BIZ
plane to-day by flying to n height OF
more thnn 1000 feet, and descending
safely after 30 ninutcs 40 31-5 seconds
In the mir.
known, but 1t Is certain TINT he c1-
cccIcd the record OF $500 feet.
The instrument ON Pnulhnn's n,n-
chine registered the greatest hcighr
Mt 1900. The Judges record of PAUL.
hnn's altitude, which is yet to be
sanctioned officially, was 1910 metres,
approximately 5000 feet. The time Of
descent was nlinutcs 30 2cconds.
Paulhan is the idol OF the crowd to-
night. He made his record shortly
after losing the speed record of tho
course to Glenn II. Curtiss.
The Frenchman, using an engine
! that had Just arrived from Paris, had
/ been on the course all afternoon. He
| had ctrcled the course again and again,
| skidding and dipping. and swinging
corners in a daring fashion that made
his wife shiver with fright.
Ma.<es Late Stnrt.
The sun was low toward the sea and
the shadows mad begun to gather when
air than any man in a heayfer-than-
air machine ever nad flown.
Tho vino barely stirred. .Paulhan
made short circle over tho $4,000
4 spectators. curtiss had previously
tried the higher currsns and come
I down, 49, -. -
Paulhan pointed north. went up q
4 thousand feet. passed over the centre
of the field again, then turned north
and up again.
The crowd grew breathlessIy intent
\ as the Frenchman and his air ma
4 chine rapidly became a spcck in the
\ gathering twilight.
At a height of 1900 feet Pauhan
! described a great circle to feel tho
\ currents. When word spread that no
4 had beaten Herbert Latham's S record
Ilof i 800 feet the vast throng became
i frantic.
After the aviator was as near out soL
i sight as he could he without disappear
ing. Paulhan began to descend. He
came down easily in front OF the
grandstand, after having risen to the
plane of the mountain n peaks.
Paulhan gave the crowd another
treat earlier in the afternoon In his
Taran =, maehtBs = Raisng sda as.. In xs,1ea T'ea
a mile or more over the adjacent fields.
Then he swept back to the earth.
j Day Is Perfect.
j The third day OF the international
j aviation meet was perfect. The spec
tators numbered 10000. Stretched out
]. before the eyes of these Fascinated
4 Ipeople was a plateau dotted with the
newest designs in air craft. Tho biz:
|white tents ofsthe avtators were in tho
! foreground.
ment from the tents. Toward noon
Mtscarol. in a Bleriot monoplane, flew,
down the far end of the course and
paulhan shortly after noon began
preparations in earnest. His new on
gine tested to his satisfaction. He
called his mechanicians and took htss
lifted his arms .as though he &, were {, g
own daring spirit, and the skids les
roagh loa rqsnd ed ossf she yaraa saPs na
|faster wliir from the machine and a
lift that carried him into the uppcts
}l lcurrents. Es . "A. Ia3
\ curtiss, keen and silent, and Paul
4 han, boyish and daring. represent the
great contest Of the meet.
Il After his first flight ha I. =. hardy J,
,ltried another flight, taking Matssol Is
1 ainasscnger Apparently the flight was
las easy as the first, but he did not rise
thigh, tno 4, ,,oons and the
i, dirigibles, driven by knabenshue anu
J. Beachey. crowded over the GO usse. y,
ashlass nlaes Tsss Tssn dfaEEsa aEFFsa
n fools Ria seat and gave the signal:
Alter Ate a short trial flight he increased
llhis speed to the rate OF III,
for for the course Of slightly mere e tan Z z
: n'nmile@ ana d half was y ;la =: No ~,
sooner had C,urtiss ali ghted and stroiisu ~
. nMuS aM,,,scou .I'iti mat the T,renchman would
4 w ''aat., to'talse the speed honor from tflo
American.
Tno course was sisardsd aad MI Mis', enni,ie M
, !, 30 ,,a harp. The result OF the second iap.
which was the one timed. " assiour- ;ss,, ,,sl
I teen seconds slower tnah .S''' eiss
. ord. . y, III, q M, ~ \,
! si< times. but he did not eiual
Il tiss., record. though lie covered more
J than eight miles in the t!is NJ.
4 Pleased by his victory, curt tiss wen Y
I m "a fool out the air currents for e
,he he oireled twice round the course, saNd l1'i
!, came down. s. E. 49,, Is \.
n n,a,,hi ina ma a e9a ualifSins flight. but
came came down afteran erFatc fight 81 81 q q
few minutes. III 81 Il, 81 n y.
Then Curtiss half-ctrclcd the tlesd
81 with Harmon as passenEer. y MaS
,Iafter an this that Panlhan made tha
!. most spectacular ~ is-ht OF al 3yrisinsf
!, ,Imountain nigh. Z, s AZ W yss
Including tho local airshins, thels
|, are twenty six entries on the field
I These are all that apaliiicd 90 thu
] z|original tifty-seyens entrants. eAcspt 8
,lfcw designs Without angtEfest that
lGtana IN. sheds near the 5ant rSt tc U III