Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-16
Birdmen Are Arriving.

The flying men are rapidly arriving
Alfred Leblanc, hero of the recent 1855
mile cross-country race in France and
John b. MOissant, who electrified the world
by his flight with a passenger from Paris
10 London. are here. The British team
which will compete for the international
speed trophy is now in this country One
of its members. James RadIey was the
nrst foreign aviator to move into his
hangar and assemble his racing Bleriot
He was followed by the greatest of Amer
lean aviatOrs, Charles X. Hamilton with
his 1lO-hOrsepOwer biplane In a few
days Alec Ogilvie of the British team
who is testing the new Wright al Dayton
ONO. will reach the flying arena Ora
name mite is finishing other American
engagements Other members of the
French flying squadron are Hubert La
than, Emile Auorun. Count JACQUES de
Lesseps and Rene Simon. On the steamer
with them will come Henry Wemann, the
crack American flyer. who recently flew
go miles across country in one day i
Armstrong Drexel. the American aviator
VINO has stirred England by his feats. is
coming ON the Lusitania Saturday. The
powerful machines to be used by the for
elSn aviators in their contest fill the en-
uIe mold OF the Niagara, which is now
In mlcocean and will arrive at New
YORK Tuesday or Wednesday, in time to
take part In the preliminary flying sea-
son.
on the flying field. with its two miles
OF grassy level, fourteen gayly colored
pylons trace the aerial course. Starting
IN front or the grandstand the flying
adiators Will give a near view of their
a4EH4arshlp Each aviator has his dis
u-4OINe style OF launching and aIighting
Feats TO Thrill Crowd.
Inc french flyers are roted for their
tnr1llinS spiraiS and vol planes from
tAe sky These swift dives from 1000 10
o.Uto feet will eiectrify the crowd at B,l-
mont The machines. after turning the
last pylon. Will approach the grandstand
at speed of mile a minute. increasir-
TINS as they sweep past the crowds
americans who have witnessed the his
torlc flying at Rheims and elsewhere in
Europe all speak of the flight OF the
'Gragon-winged monoplane as being per-
lectly typical of real flying. The big
AEtoinette is the most difficult of ali
machines. bur when flown by such Won
oerful airmen as Latham and Labourchere
becomes impressive. The BIeriot
driven by Leblanc. moves like a meteor
under the terrific impulse OF whrlins
Gnome.
Leblanc Is regarded as the most for
Unstable foreign antagonist in the strug-
Sie Tor me international speed trophy.
When Leon Mo-ane was barred from tire
french team Leblanc became the favor
tie His teammate, Hubert Latham
Gives 1an an Anio'nette monoplane, with
I.E
blanc Is the chief lieutenant OF Louis
Bieriot. the designer. who is known TO
nave put the last bit of his ingenuity into
the machine that Leblanc will drive Tn
less LabOuchere has sufficiently recovered
from injuries that disqualified him from
Ho!clnS place on the team Leblanc will
remain tne hyer on whom France de-
ponds TO lift the trophy. The latest in
formation is that Emile Auburn NAV he
given the vacant place caused by recent
injuries 70 NJ. Themas. Auburn recently
broke records for lS6 miles by flying ttat
distance in hours. rs minutes and !
seconds, at Bordeaux This Was ar .
rate OF 5Ji2 miles AN hour
Where Biplane Loses.
Opposed to the French machines
which have driven at d speed of nearly
siXty-s1x miles an hour those America,
wizards, the Wrishts. and the ingenious
Curttss have trimmed the wings az
their homlier biplanes and secretly de-
Veioped engines of the greatest bower
ever carried by such machines Experts
believe that il history is made at Bel
Dlpiane dark horse" driven either nv
Hamilton. Weymann. Brookins or Cur
tSS, whose speedy biplane defeated
b4erlot himself on his own machine
al ItheimS- critic of flight who has
cooked his eye up and down the sharp
turns OF the international speed course
predicts that the monoplane can never get
around these dizzy corners without los
ing speed Their single spread of
planes upsets easier than the more
stable biplane
This country is now fairly assured of
keeping the coveted trophy on this side
The American team 10 be selected by
elimination trials for the defense of the
trophy viii most likely include Henry
Weymann or John b.. Moissant, the
American aviatOrs who have internal
tiOnal recotds. Both OF Them will ny