The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-31


;s s FIFTY miles an hour was tho speed Il
spectators reckoncd he was mnkir
against the cold. biting wind, whit
was blowing at about ten mites q
hour, and " was only few nioiiien
after He HAD Fpassed. beyond 4 he Spar
enclosure Until he was lost in the dl'
lance.
Mile after mile he sped. high up
the air, crossing over Brooklyn at a
altitude OF 1000 feet Reaching II,
la liver. Aiolsaat, 4 swep I a gross: \
the New York shore and passed alr1os
above the battery Then. describing
pretty half circle, he dashed ott-acros
the bay and around the statue. Lik
T the two rivals who had preceded him
Nloisant also had the wind at Ills bacl
in his return trip, and he sped acros
Brooklyn at a mile minute clip.
once lie deyiated from the outware
course and followed the elevated rail
road structures, but finding himself go
Ing wrong ne turned again toward the
tracks OF tho Long Island Railroad asc
Nloisant did not fly at the high alti-
tudes of Grahame- White and De Les
seps. Probably 1000 feet was his
average.
When he reached the aerodrome, ne
was numb with cold, but happy ds a
school boy when his time for the
thirty-stx miles showed that he had
accomplished the feat at better time
In the aggregate than u mile minute.
Nkuis WI
Concerning his flight. Ntoisant said
Tonight:
'.I started with the wind against me.
1t was biting, icy wind Il climbed
This did nurposely. for, by climbing,
two objects were accomplished. One
was to make as much speed as possible,
OF course. BY slanting upward in go
ing against the wind 1t Is apparent that
much of its deterring force is broken.
The other reason was that had.
travel directly over the city of Brook-
iyn. l knew there was dangertini this.
Livery airman knows the strange ana
treacherous air currents crcateu by a !
er UP / was the better / could escape |
these whirling, twisting currents, and
$ the less the danger, for II anything
happened to the engine would have
the greater opportunity to glide. and
manipulate the planes. until i might +
discover some park or open place in
which to effect a safe landing, or at
least a landing OF less peril to my life
1T is hardSfo people generally, per-
baps, to understand mat with us avia-
tors the higher up we are the safer
we feel. II you start to fall near the
Yourself. But from far above You
have many chances Of Fighting your
plane"
aIoisant is Indignant at the prospect
Z Of Grahame- White and De Lesseps be-
n r.
4 row. He won day. he commended.
and even ifsthe rules leave the contest
hours Of any day Of the meet. he holds
that he has eliminated his rivals of |
to-day. .,r.ss
Protest Sustained
It was reported late tonight that
the aviation committee had decided to
sustain Motsants protest on the
Rround. tina the NEE officially closed
4 to-day. and that flights g to nlorrow. |
therefore. could consist only Of the [
deferred flights sof last Sunday and (
Whatever special events the commit e /
might be able to arrange. 1t was an
nounced that several new events viii |
be added to the program to make the
aag a lifting ending to the great meet
baltimore Ready for Meet.
Baltimore. Md. October 3o.--A small
army 10 Of busy workmen is to-day maxi
aviation meet which is to open here Il
on "Wednesday and continue a week,
and the promoters of the event believe 4
that the masters Of flight who viii I
come here will find in the Baltimore
aviation field nothing to speak Of save
with praise. Experts have declared
me course an ideal8one. It being two 4
long straightaWays, connected at the
ends IDS by wide, easy turns. s. !,
me .li =; flyers whose presence is
assured Includes Hubert Latham: Count
I hrslas De Lesseps. J, Armstrong !
lard, Eugene Ely, Clifford B. Harmon !
and Glenn H. curtiss. and others OF j,
Pro- ~ are expected. While Cur.
the events. he will make exhibition :
flights, and those made here will, 1T is r.
announced. be the last he will make in
public. u
The prize list totals nearly sso,opo
and there will BE competition for the
Michelin cup and for the Commodore
Barry trophy for bomb dropping. On =
one OF the DAYS of the meet Latham Is
TO make astwerty-mtle light over this
city for a Special prize offered by the ia
Sun. go " IS sst5iF de
,Jhe. signal service detail assigned OF
10 the meet at Belmont Park has been TT
ordered to report for duty here, under Sa
command of Lieutenant Benjamin D. TIL
Foulois. United States Army. and Cap ce
tain Irving Chambers has been ordered to
! t. g observe the. flying on behalf OF the
. Special days have been assigned to
the army and navy and to the Wash
ington diplomatic corps. Governor -,
Austin L. Crothers and his staff will be .
present at the opening. f
a special train of express cars will
cave Belmont Park, Long Island, to- =,
morrow night and bring the machines =,
# the aviators to Baltimore, arriving ny
lere on Tuesday morning. So u -
The aviation field is within a few ~
niles Of the centre of the city and ea
cached by two railroads., trolley cars =. ~
nd excellent roads for automobiles ~
Eli ~ ".