Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-13
PauIhan Lion Of the Day
At Los Angeles
Captures Record for Height,
Ascending Nearly a Mile.
curtiss Captures Track Record for
Speed, Several Thrilling Flights.


Jan. 12.-Louis Paulhan, French avia-
| tor, broke all official and unofficial rec
ords for altitude in Farman biplane
today by flying to a height of more
| than 1000 feet and descending safely
after so minutes, 46 1-5 seconds in the
air. AS methods of measurement were
not accurate the exact height reached
| is not known, but it is certain that he
exceeded the record of $500 feet.
| The instrument on Paulhan's ma
chine registered the greatest height at
1900 feet
The Judge recorded Paulhan's alti-
| tude, which is still to be sanctioned Of
| ficially. 1924 metres. approximately
5000 feet. The time of descent was
minutes, 80 seconds.
|, Paulhan is the idol of the crowd to-
night. He made his record shortly at
| ter losing the speed record for the
course to Glenn H. Curtiss. The
F'renchman, using an engine which had
| just arrived from Paris, had been on
the course all the afternoon. He had
circled the course again and again,
skidding and dipping and swinging
corners in daring fashion that made
| 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 machine had ever flown. The wind
| barely stirred.
AS Paulhan rose in the air he bent
| low his gray capped head and smiled
as he made a short circle over the So
| 900 spectators. Curtiss had previously
tried the higher currents and come
| down.
Paulhan pointed north, went up a
thousand feet, passed over the center
OF the field again as though to take an
| other last look at a human face, then
| turned north and up again.
The crowd grew breathlessly intent
as the Frenchman and his machine
rapidly became a speck in the gather
ing twilight. At a height Of 1900 feet
Paulfan described great circle to feel
the currents. BY this time he was a
mile and half from camp. When word
spread that he had beaten Hubert
Latham's record of 1900 feet, the
throng became frantic At 1000 feet he
was still ascending. After he was as
nearly out of sight as he could be
without disappearing. he began to des-
cend, much to the relief of the specta-
tors.
He came down easily in front of the
Srandstand after having risen to the
plane of the mountain peaks. As he
leaped from his machine, cheeks glowing
and eye flashing, he was grabbed by his
friends and carried to the grandstand,
where he barred his head amid a thunder
of cheers.
Paulhan gave the crowd another treat
earlier in the afternoon. The balloon
New York, which had assembled from
Huntington park, came drifting toward
Aviation camp. In it was Nine. Paulhan,
among other guests. When the French
man caught sight of it he sprang to his
Farman machine. snapped out instruc-
lions to his helpers and in flash darted
off.
Rising in wide circle to a height of
600 feet, he sailed for mile or 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 Beachy and
Knabenshue. whose dirgibles he passed
in descending. The third day of the in
ternat ional aviation meet was perfect
being warm and MINDLESS The specta-
tors numbered $1,000. A O'Clock Cur
tiss announced that he would try for the
speed record of the course. After a short
trial Eight he increased his speed to the
rat Of 4@a miles an hour. The time for
the course OF slightly more than a mile
and half was 2:15 3-5. No sooner had
he alighted and stroled away than Paul
hans manager announced that the
Frenchman would seek to take the speed
honor from the American. Paulhan start
ed but his engine had less power His
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