Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-22
LOS ANGELES AVIATION MEET

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r Angeles again will this year set the aviation
~ pace for the world at the meet beginning
next Saturday on Dominique field. Preparations
for handling enormous throngs with maximum
of comfort are being completed and will be IN
readiness when the gates swing open Saturday.
This city and all Southern California will extend
la bigger patronage than last year. and throngs on
trains are rushing this way from every big city OF
the east. Every Angeleno who possibly can go
will be lacking in his civic pride II he does not at
tend at least once.
Interest in aviation is greater this year, and it
should be so This meet will mark a year OF
achievement in mans conquest of the air and will
have for its climax the establishing OF new world
records that will add to the glory OF Los angeles
Iall over the earth.
There is no reason to doubt that new marks
will be set because OF the very air we have here
The warmth the evenness of temperature and the
fact that we are at sea level all give assurance that
the very best that aerOplanes of the present types
can do will be brought out here The atmosphere
has greater density for supporting the lifting
planes and the same condition brings out fuller re-
suits from the engines.
Proof OF this is in the statement of a famous
driver who declares that he broke the worlds auto
road race records by more than three miles an hour
above the mark set at Savannah, Ga, mostly be-
cause OF the quality OF air at Santa Monica There
was sufficient density and Just enough moisture
to give perfect explosions in his engine. AS prac-
tiCally the same kind of engines are used on the
aerOplaneS 1t must follow that they will show
greater efficiency here That added to increased
supporting power ought to work marves here 1t
IS an established fact that an automobile engine
running altitude Of 5000 feet loses 20 per cent
LOT the efficiency it possessed at sea level At
height OF 1000 feet aerOpane has its support
ling power cut in half At Dominguez field the
IconditiOns for both engine and aeroplane are ex-
Iactly right.
One aviator already has declared his intention
LOT taking advantage of aerial conditions here to
try for new altitude record He explains that the
atmosphere in the first few thousand feet is so per
tect that he can make a quick dash for the higher
levels and be able to arrive there in good condition
to battle with the tlltn9 prOpensites an aeroplane
develops when it reaches rarhed atmospheric On
endurance runs and crosse country flights the avi-
ator will have perfect conditions all the time so
that they are bound to accomplish greater things
There also will be greater enthusiasm at this
meet because OF the types of aircraft that are new
to Los Angeles. There are the Wrights with all
their famous flyers. Latham and his Antoinette
are new and SO is the Bleriot which lanes Rad1ev
IS to fly. Curtss is here with new machines and
airmen who have been making records all wear
In all probability the flight to Catalina will be
arranged and there will be more than enouoh
thrills TO satisfy even a most eXacting public
Beyond the thrills there is the tense interest
IN seeing the wonderful progress that has been
made IN year. The aerOplane no longer is a TOW
and IS approaching the stage of being a public
utility more rapidly than the automobile did in its
first years.