Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-14
CURT|sS GETS 8
WORLDS RECORDS
AMERICAN FLIES So MILES AN
HOUR, ACCOMPANIED BY
PASSENGER.
BIG DAY AT LOS ANGELES MEET
Also Makes Two Marks In Launch.
ing His Graft Into AIr.-Faulhan
Scars Gracefully, but Falls
to Keep UP Peace.

Los Angeles, Jan. 12.-Glenn H. Cur.
tiss, the American aviator, who was
completely eclipsed by Louis Paulhan
with his spectacular feats on the first
day of the aviation meet, defeated
his French rival in the race for the
honors of the second day.
Paulhan again won the plaudits of
the immense through with daring and
spectacular flights, while the less the
atrical American reaped more substan-
tial honors. Curtiss established new
worlds record for speed for aero
planes, of SIS miles an hour with his
manager. jerome S. Fancuilli. beside
him, and he set two other less import
ant records in aviation.
Not to be outdone, Paulhan. took up
one of the mechanicians and few three
miles, but failed to equal the speed set
by Curtiss in his biplane.
The breaking of three records.
flights with passengers, the injury of
an amateur aviator and four aero.
planes in the air at the same time
breasting stiff wind that sported
dangerously with the delicate craft
furnished 10000 spectators at Aviation
Field an exciting finale to an after
noon that promised to be rather tame
Californian Hurt.
Edgar Smith, Californian, who con
structed an aeroplane something or
the order of the late Professor Lang
ley's model, was the victim Of the
first serious accident Of the meet
Smith was tuning up his machine for
his first attempt at flight and was
struck down by the metal blades OF
the propeller. His head was severely
gashed and his left arm was broken
At the beginning Of the program
Paulhan seemed again to have mon
opolized all the honors of the day. Ii
tiny Bleriot monoplane that looked
like a gigantic horsefly he gave thu
immense throng in the stands ant
boxes the first thrill of the day by re
peatedly sweeping over the grand
stand and daringly naneuvering in ,
wind that threatened every momen
to wreck his craft.
Apparently secure in his renewed
role of star of the meeting, Paulhan
frankly delighted by the tremendou
applause his performance evoked
brought out his Farman and quickl,
disappeared from the view of the spec
tators far to the northward, reapear
ing twenty seconds later over thu
trees of nearby ranch. He flew
back directly over the grand stand.
Several times Paulhan flew "acros
lots or charged directly upon tn
crowd in the grand stands, only t
turn sharply when within few fee
of it and sweep gracefully along be
fore the thousand of spectators. Hi
flight of 834 miles last 81 minutes an
IL seconds.
Curtiss Comes to Front
Curtiss all the while remained silen
and at work
Climbing in behind his manager
Curtiss gave the word to one of hi
assistants. A pop and rattle like auto
matte artillery and the flight that es
tablished the passenger speed recor
began. Describing wide circle i
front of the grand stand Curtiss fle'
with Fancuilli at all angles to the win
and landed almost at the same spc
from which he started.
Lieut.. Paul Beck of the army signs
corps, and one of the judges, al
nounced that he figured the speed 6
55 miles an hour When the recor
breaking figures were announced tn
crowd went wild. Shouts and scream
rose from the boxes and the tiers {
seats, auto sirens shrieked and hat
were thrown into the air to be blow
away by the wind.
In quick succession Curtiss tried fc
starting record and record fc
landing. He succeeded in establishin
both. But Willard coming next to th
trial at landing, beat the best his chic
could do. Curtiss, however, set a ne,
record for getting away to make IL
for the landing honor he lost H
started from a marked square of /
feet, flew about the field for two nun
utes and returning landed exactly i
the same spot.
To conclude the days events, Ro
Knabenschue and Lincoln Beachey. il
dirigible balloons, rose from tn
ground both at the same time an
gaining n HEIGHT of about 300 fec