Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-10
AERIAL SPEED
RECORDS IN
JEOPARDY
AVlATORS AT LOS ANGELES
EXPECT TO SMASH THEM
PauIhan Present Holder Of
Title Reaches California City
Ready to Exceed All Previous
Accomplishments,


ll}y Morning journal Special leased Nirel
; Los Angeles, Jan. 9Lous PAUL
han. the French aviator and holder o.
the aerip sLecd record for one mile
and two menGers CT his syndicate OF
flgrs Miscarol and Maisson arrived
here today ready 70 enter tomorrow
the first Gcroplane contest Of the in
tcrnatlonal meet
They brought with them two Bloriot
monoplanes-gre black things that
look like gigantic casting flies and
two Farman biplanes in which, tomor-
row, Maisson and Miscarol viii soar
in competition with willard. Hamil-
ton ana Curtiss in the speed and
height tests
The addition Of the foreign ma
chimes brings the total OF heavier than
air craft to nine. Paulhan said that
the crew of tiVn mechamcians he
brought with him, could set all four
up in less than haf day They Will
work throughout the night ANA be
ready for the flights tomorrow
Besides the aeroncts. there are three
dirigibics on the ficld--Roy knabon-
shue's Lincoln BeacheNs And that be-
longing to the United states govern
mcnt.
Standing beside the five Curtiss type
machines in the great shelter tent, the
foreign aerODlaues looked gigantic.
The Curtiss machines are the small
est successful aeroplancs vet dcvel-
oped, but the inventor declared today
that he fully expected Ia see the speed
records lowered while he hoped him
self to surpass the high flights of his
chief French competitor during the
coming ten days.
Charles *. Hamilton who IS here
fresh from his recent flights in Kan
sus CITY Is being groomed BY Curtiss
to beat Paulhans official speed rec
ord of a mile in two minutes and l-6
second He viii also so after the rec
ord made by the luckless De La
Grange. who flew IL mile and $50
Yards IA minute A. seconds
Curtiss was in working clothes when
the Frcnchmen appeared ~ the shel-
ter tent.
Curtiss speaks no Freneh ana PAUL
han no English. SO they shook hands
in solemn silence.
Clifford Harmon. the New York av-
iator who Is more than six feet tail
was standing near and noting the size
of the two aViatOrs he shook his head
and remarked.
This is the first time | ever want
ted to be small"
Like Curtss Paulhan found the
course not quite to his liking. because
the nViutors must either breast an in
cline or go down it in starting lie
also voted for hcxagonal course aud
at once a score of road making ma
chimes and scrapers We're set at work
smoothing out II get-d-aWNy Whlcn 4
viii permit starts level with a prairie
Ike plateau that continues almost up
TO the base OF the mountains which /
shadow the valley on the east.
Curtiss and Paulhan were soon sur
rounded by a crowd Of thousands oi
people who had gone to the camp 10 /
iee the grooming OF the aerial racers. !
Deputy sheriffs detailed TO guard the I
and shelters drove away all /
except a dozen or SO private Interview I
RS and reporters.
with Clcary, who Is his manager |
acting as intcrpi cter they catechised /
Paulhan as TO his plans and prospects
Of outdOing those who have been es- /
.nblishing new records abroad while I
he was travelling though the snow
swept midland of this country
You canot speak English?' asked +
)nc by way of an opening
NO but ! can fly, said the niue (
smiling.
Can YOU do better than Latham
"Oh but yes. that rs why } came.
Did you know thnt he flew higher
.han 5000 feet, The other day can
you beat than here
yes" Paulhan answered
Then pointing toward the snow cad
Sierra Madrcs. cleaning IN the sun
ibovo a curtain Of clouds that hlu
heir bases, he asked
"How high is that ??
"More than 1000 feet be WIS told
wen il you don't mind TIL ily
over that
Curtiss had tho Harmon biplano an
,roomed and ready today II hhu
levcr been put together before ana
hone with Varnish and bright metal
ittings
BESIDES the veteran machines OF
hamilton and Willard, il looked gar
ghlv new Hamltons machine has
,ren in the air more than twenty
imrs and Wizards $50 times
Harmon was announced to make his
rial flight today. but "a trade wind
weeping in from the sea caused
lalt in the plans as Curtiss did NOT
arc TO try ont 81 nee machine Ia the
lrrczc.
Harmon was eating heartily of 20 !
hot dog" at iunchstuud when the
.ord camo that he could not fly to-
BAY.
"This b. something like condemn
al mans breakfast. il might Dee my
lst." he was saying when Cnrtiss
umc up and told him the wind was
1o strong.
"Got repricVc." he added.
AN OF the American bipianes in-
luding one built by Captain Muller,
Dee bsiloouist. which is modiiied ,
wright. have four cylinder motors
hat is an except that in which cur j
Iss hopes To- make records and take Z
large portion of the prize money
mis- is ana eight cylinder bipiane ana
le ono iu which hn made Tho remark
bile flights a Rheims AZ that meet
le ha said ht could not use The FUN
over of The motor for fear of wreck g
ie the machine and killing himself.
ut ho has made some notifications
.hiCh viii enable him not only 60 fif
great deal faster but g. remain in q
b. air a. great deal longer.
Thc weather lurecaster rfediels n