The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-03
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,,.roNE IN A TOY FLYER CAP. 1uREs THE WORLDS
 RECORD.
WISE ONES SAID MACHINE WEAK
..,l,,r Flyers Carried of Many A',V' A','..r.--In the Speed Race an Eng. "'s,,,n - Won-Weathe Was ldeal-- "srhIne Disappeared from Sight.

,' ..."hin. Disappeared from Sight.
 ,.,r,ont Park, N. Y, Nov. 2.-Amer- erst international aviation meet " ~ssd in triumph for the American sS svsrs. John B. Moissant, the little n,,.aoosn who on Sunday beat Ora .A.sa1 ..~'white and Count DeLesseps in ,s. ss race around the Statue of Liberty ,., Ssssn the events by winning the two vs Ssrs, distance flight contest for the % mo Aero Club of Americas prize. Iatbam in his Antoinette machine, as second and Simon, in another Bleriet third.
 Early in the day Orville Wright ,,actri6ed the aviators of various na- ,;ors by sending machine to unofii- s,.Ilv hreakirg the worlds climbing Cord In exactly 5G seconds he a.oye the little Wright Roadster" to an altitude of 12,3OO feet. After drop oiug from this height he gave an m,vine exhibition of the stability by mst,pg twist around the corners at ,Ao rylons at angles that made sea l sonsd ayiators gasp.
 Speed Race to crahame-White.
 on the speed race Grahame-White win his 100 horse power Bleriot won h covering the course in IA minutes I i seconds. McCurdy finished second In S minutes 45 seconds. While landing (srahame-White dropped to the rpupd too abruptly in front of the rspdstand. The nose of his craft hit he turf first, spllntered the propeller and the monoplane capsized. The wings were crushed and the chassis utierly demolished but the aviator es- aped unlniured.
 The mild October day was ideal foi hing The gentle wind that blew vef the table land of Long Island was sa sufficient in velocity to trouble the ,rstors. Molssant. Latham and Simon Erd scarcely landed from their race Tor the s2,OOO prize when the little Erght heaven climbing machine was sUught out on the field. A knot or Interested experts who knew that lthnstone was about to attempt to ieak the worlds record openly ques- faHed the ability of the diminutive aachine to reach great heights. They nuld not understand how the small aglike planes Of the baby like flyer aud llft a man under power to nights never scaled by human be- ae in heavier than air craft.
 Lust you walt said Oryille Wright ,iO over heard the dubious ones. lAst little machine has only 173 Rlare feet of surface as against the square feet in the large machines. pt | can certainly beat Wynmalen' S snFd of s,lS6 feet for altitude. It 's built to break that record and |a wiling to bet that it can climb sN0 feet would not be surprised
 reached that height
 Alih elatter that seemed sur Fsag from a thing so ridicnlously Aal, the propellers began to w.si;irTii w.si;irTii
 0Ed Lending his ear to make
 mat everything was working
 pl Wilbur Wright signified that the
 4ness like motor was running
 '~'nly. To 1ohnstone the whirr
 Re music. He had never been
 R craft before had never handled
 aaaers nor steered it through the
 Y loosed at Wilbur and the older
 ns "Hght brothers grinned back.
 po'sf start, Ralph" he advised,
 l'e willing aviator climbed into
 pal Looking around he yodded
 Esaed S '"i' was
 'As shot 1t bounded over the turf 1 sasaefed momentum it bounced
 | ground like a rubber ball. A''ed clear and began to climb a4aalng rapidly. As the little I machine shot over the start. n II had already attained a :. v SVV feet It's career in to r ss sAs' attitudes was astounding. t sacn revolution around the
 ,s.a swung up higher and higher
 diminishing in size as it
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 T. ssd sky W p'ue sun si |rs s'sup ", stood watching the tiny t 1,n.s sS moments more. trying to 4. a ss.u II from cloud fiesks but ut a.ss, sasls obliged to give it up when all SsA. s,.He uisappeared absolutely
 tssl,s lu'ae sailed on and on. nc
 oul that it might come as crowd, on the heads
 ',' Streaming behind iair him. o' he eis cams ma ith ps s a,., headed straight for tn, te' ad sna aa'lnmed closely over tho 'anoed in the outfield. = ssIss'ss. @'s's In the Philippines.
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