The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
FRENCH AVIATOR
UNABLE TO SOAR
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was not available, but will be had to-
day, as promised. Also there will be a
more powerful motor and care will be
taken to warm the rods and to see that
the lubricants are fluid, as they were not
yesterday.
Mr.. Clcary, who was the guest of the
governors of the Commercial club last
evening, was confident that adverse
conditions would be overcome today,
and that good flight would be seen,
The experts have been diligently at
work since their arrival to put the ma
chinery IN first class order, and assure
expect success today,
Mr.. Paulhan is much chagrined at
not doing better in his efforts yester.
day, and feels that his deservedly high
repute may suffer unless he can re.
trieve himself, though the conditions
are different from any heretofore en-
countered by him, in the altitude and
the cold. with ground covered with
snow. His fame is so high that he
must be exonerated from any suspicion
of failing to do his best; and that this
best Will bring him the success that
he confidently expects and that the
public looks for, is the anticipation for
today.
The Long Wait.
Fifteen thousand persons lourneyed
to the Fair grounds Saturday afternoon
to see Louis Paulhan fly in his Farman
biplane.
The same fifteen thousand shivcred
for several hours, and then were forced
TO leave the aviation field without hav'
ing seen the man. bird do anything more
serious in the flying line than hurdle
two four-foot fences on either side of
the race course, 1t was a dlsappoint-
after the tedious wait, and the expires,
sions of dissatisfaction were many.
Paulhan did a pretty cross-country
dash and skinned the low fences easily
and grac efully just as il seemed that
the Frenchman was about to tilt his
forward plane and shoot skyward, he
came quickly to the ground, and fur.
ther attempts TO fly were abandoned for
the day.
appointed, but he had no advantage in
this respect over the big crowd that
was on hand to watch his evolut,ons.
Here are the reasons why Paulhan
was unable to make q successful flight:
Through his manager, Evan Cleary, the
foreigner stated Saturday night that
thu starting course was far too short.
Then again, he was in an entirely diff
ferent altitude, and the atmospheric
f1 rha coll
air caused the oil in his lubricating
tubes to CONCEAL and prevented n free
flow. These things were principally
responsible for the days disappoint-
ment.
But about that tedious delay. Paul.
han was advertised to make his first
attempt at 3 O'Clock. but a few min
utes after some observing person dis
covered that there was no gasoline for
the engine, and a mad dash was made
for 1t uptown,
The Aviator Appears.
Following the arrival of the gasoline,
sturdy Frenchmen held the quivering
biplane fast, while the propeller did
about thousand revolutions a minute.
The engine seemed to be In d happy
mood and everything looked propitious.
Paulhan and his mechanics made a num-
Der of inspections, and then the 1.-THE
little Frenchman climbed up into the
rigging and took his place alongside a
puzzling collection of levers. Above
the aviator was q sort of canopy of
oiled fabric, and beneath him was
plane of similar construction. The gas.
oline tank, engine and propeller were
behind the man.eagle; in fact, he was
the most forward part of the machine,
with the exception Of the single plant
chine proper nearly twenty feet
A roar Of applause went up from the
vast crowd when the mud -bespawled
auto bearing the gasoline skidded into
the enclosure and made for the avia.
ton tent. Another mighty shout went