Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-11
HEAD OF AERO
CLUB HAS PRAISE
FOR ANGEL CITY
PRESIDENT BISHOP EXPECTS
GREAT WEEK AHEAD
SAYS WINTER CLIMATE HERE Is
BEST IN COUNTRY
Annual Meet Next Thing on Program,
and This City viii Have Chance
in the Race for First
Place

Southern California is without ques-
tion the greatest place in the world for
holding a winter aviation meet" said
Cortlandt F. Bishop yesterday as he
puffed a cigar in the lobby of the
Hotel Alexandria.
Bishop, who is president of the Aero
Club of America. vice president of the
International Aeronautic federation
and chairman Of the board of judges
which will award the prizes during
Aviation week, reached Los Angeles
late yesterday afternoon after being
delayed several hours en- route.
II did not see today's flights" con-
tinued the head of the American ma
tional society, "but from what 1 have
learned from both Mr.. Curtiss and M.
Paulhan, the conditions -are ideal, 1t
was easy to realize that you have the
only practicable location in the United
States for holding an aviation meet at
this time of the year. Country, cH-
matte conditions and accommodations
are most favorable for such an under
taking.
Expects Great Meet
"I fully expect to view one Of the
greatest meets ever held within the
following nine days. With such stars
as Curtiss and Paulhan present world S
records should be broken.
mot only should 1910 witness
a banner meet in the history of avia-
ton. but the event should be made an
annual one. AS president of the lead
ing aeronautical organization of the
United States, I shall do everything
in my power to bring this about Next
year undoubtedly will Sc many more
foreign aviators on the ground than are
here at present.
II do not think the Wright brothers
will make any serious trouble, and
great interest has been aroused abroad.
Had the meet been advertised longer
in advance, probably a dozen of the
more prominent French aviators would
have been able to exhibit in Los An
geles.
LAS I came west I was struck with
a realization of your western enter
prise. It seems to be contagious.
Every person [ met is a hustler and
the citizens of Los Angeles are to be
congratulated on their enterprise in
having the meet held in Southern
California.
Wonderful Advance Made
what do 1 think of the practicability
of aerial craft?' replied Mr.. Bishop in
answer to a query. u cannot say at
present This is the same answer
which 1 have made hundreds of times
to the same query. Such wonderful ad-
yancement has been made during the
past few years that no one knows what
the future may bring forth. Conditions
undoubtedly favor the aeroplane. The
dirigible balloon is too costly and 1T
Is very difficult to effect a landing with
out damaging the machine. To the
aeroplane we must look for results"
Cortlandt Bishop Is one of the most
enthusiastic boosters for flyers of all
kinds who ever witnessed a flight. He
believes that the United States soon
will lead all nations in aeronautic af-
fairs.
Mr. Bishop yesterday received a tele-
gram from Paris asking the date of the
international meet which will be held
in this country during the present year.
1.-The meet which Mr.. Curtiss and
Edgar Mix won for America probably
will be held in October. The date or
location l do not know" said Mr.. Bish-
op. Half a dozen cities are more than
anxious to obtain the meet and have
guaranteed large sums of money for
prizes.
I'VE now are working to make the
sport as much an amateur one as pro-
fessionaL" concluded Bishop. "There Is
no need of confining it to the profess
sional ranks, and an amateur branch
of the Aero club probably will be or
ganized within the next few months"