The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-12
BROKE 8 RECORDS
Glenn Curtiss Carried Off Hon.
Ors OF Aviation Field
On the Second Day Of the Los
Angeles Meet.
HE SET A NEW MAXI
When He Flew 55 Miles an Hour
With Passenger.
PauIhan Tried Hard to Regain
His Lost Prestige.
HE SET A NEW MARK

of three records. flights with Pae9
gers. the injury of an amateur DIV
and four aeroplanes in the ar a.
same time. breasting a stiH Wlnu ina
snorted dangerously with the denca'o
contrivances of the aerial craft lul
nished 10000 spectators an eAci,ine
finale to an afternoon that pronllseu ~
be rather tame. ,....,oo
Glenn II. Curtiss. in a Curtlss plplahe
es+ab1isbed a worlds record for speed
with passenger-55 miles an hour'
c.Iann II Curtiss, in Curtiss ma
chine broke the worlds record Ior
time consumed in getting into the al
6 2-5 seconds. C,,r+iss ma
chine broke the worlds record 1or
short distance covered in run peIore
leaving ground"-98 feet
Louis Paulhan, in a Blerlot ma niao
chine failed in an attempt dl 100
worlds height record, making but 4Oo
feet. o,,o-
Louis Paulhan. in a Bleriot mono,
pI9ne carried a passenger twice arounu
the field, a distance of three anu
quarter miles. -4.,,ol,
on the head by the propeller OF MS
Langley machine and seriously injured
At the beginning of the days pro-
gram Paulhan the Frenchman seeIle"
again to have monopolized all the hoH- Oh:
ors of the day. Thrice he drove MS Dig
Irar1nan biplane around the course III
the stiff wind blowing in from the & SEQ,
Then in tiny Bleriot monoplane tnal
looked like a gigantic horsety ne save
the immense throng in the stahds alA
boxes the first thrill OF the oay Dy !
peateJly sweeping over the granostai d
and daringly maneuvering in a Wlno
that threate1 ned every moment to wreck
lis craft.
PauIhan's Flight.
The fight of Paulhan in his Blerlot
machine was the first of the nght
weight 1nonoplane in this country. Be
sides even the Curtiss biplanes, which
are themselves mere pigm1eS Desioe the
tereat Farlnan machine, the monoplane
looked puny and unable TO raise a man
in calm. much less withstand the as
saults of a Is to 20 mile wind After an
abortive attempt by Miscarol, one OF
the French aviators, Paulhan took II
and sped twice around the field, al
though he did not rise higher than 5U
feet. Sighs of apprehension. mingled
with the shrieks of frightened women,
rose from the crowd as the tiny ma
chine. tossed by fierce gusts of wind,
rolled in the air. Every moment SEEM
ed fraught with danger and when the
monoplane had landed an immense sigh
of relief went up.
Paulhan, delighted by the tremendous
applause, brought out his Farman and
quickly disappeared from the view of
the spectators far to the northward
Reappearing 20 seconds later, he flew
back directly over the grandStand. Sew
eral times Paulhan flew across LOTS or
charged directly upon the crowd only
to turn sharply within few feet of 1t
and sweep gracefully along before the
thousands of spectators. His flight of
SA miles lasted 81 minutes and II sec
onds.
Curtiss all the while remained silent
and at work tuning up the eight
cylinder motor on the biplane with
which he won the International cup
at Rheims. When the fourth fight of
Paulhan had ended. he notioned to
Fancuilli to get into the machine and
gave the word to an assistant. With
a pop and rattle like artillery the
fight that established the. passenger
speed record began. Describing a wide
circle in front of the grand stand.
Curtiss flew at all angles TO the wind
and landed almost at the same spot
from which he started. Lieutenant
Paul Beck, of the army signal corps.
and one of the judges, announced the
speed at So miles an hour. When
the record breaking figures were an
nOuneed the tremendous crowd went
wild. Shouts and screams rose from
the boxes and tiers of seats, auto
sirens shrieked and hats were thrown
into the air to be blown away by the
wind
Four in Air at One Time.
Paulhan, standing by his biplane on
the other side of the field. saw the
performance through binoculars.
These he dropped and gesticulating
as he ratified off instructions to his
crew of mechanicians made them
race to get his motor started imme-
diately. Then he mounted his seat
and rose majestically. At the same
time Willard and Hamilton brought
I,Af4 obi 70
Directly after they got into the air
Curtiss took Clifford Harmon. the
New York sportsman and baIloonist.
into the seat beside him and rose
again on another fight with a pas
senger. All four aeroplanes in the
air at once presented sight that sent
the crowd into renewed frenzy PauI-
han landed in a few minutes and. de-
termined to regain some of his lost
1aure1s, ordered one of his assista n+s
into the seat with him. Then he arose
and twice circled the course his
great biplane soaring as gracefully
with the extra man as it had done
with Paulhan alone.
In quick succession Curtiss tried for
a starting record and a record for
landing. He succeeded in establish
ing both. But Willard coming newt
TO the trial at landing, beat the hest
his chief could do. Curtiss. however.
set a new record for getting awav to
make up for the landing honor he lost
He started from a marked square. of
ten feet. flew about the field for two
minutes and returning landed exactly
in the same spot.
Paulhan tried to best both marks.
but the best he could do was to rise
in 12H seconds from the time his
engine started and his machine ran
more than 100 feet along the ground
before it rose.
Prizes Officially Sanctioned.
It was announced that Cortlandt F.
Bishop. president of the Aero Club of
america. had sanctioned. as official