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SET NEW RECORDS
At AVIATION MEET
Monoplanes Triumph Over Al
Others and Carry Off Ma
jority of Prizes.

BETHANY PLAIN. Rheims, July i.
The international aviation meeting at
which new records for height, distance
speed and time were set, came to a
close Sunday. The meeting was
triumph for the monopIanes. which
made all the records and carried off
the majority of the prizes.
The experts declare that the most
important achievement was the record
made by Leon Morane. who attained
speed Of 100 kilometers (65.93 miles)
an hour They believe that this will
be followed soon by speed of $50
TO 200 kilometers, at which speed aero
planes would be little affected by the
wind The moment is in sight, they
think, when travel by aeroplanes will
be as safe and twice as fast as by
trains
The distance and duration records es-
tablished by NJ. Labouchere Saturday,
$40 kilometers (221.l4 miles) in 4h.
37m. 45s., was broken Sunday by Olies-
layers, who made a magnificent flight of
1913 kilometers (244.44 miles, in 5h.
3m. IS. On landing NJ. Oheslagers was
handed telegram of congratulation
from the King of the Belgians.
Lowers Own Record
NJ. Morane. who covered FIVE kilo-
meters (3.10 miles) Saturday in Pm.
56s.. and 10 kilometers in On. AIS, sue
ceeded in bertering these records Sun
day, covering the five kilometers in Pm.
53s. and the 10 in 5m. 42s. He also
carried off the speed of 20 kilometers
(1244 miles) in 12m. 45s.
The cross-country prize, over a %
kilometer course, was won by NJ. LIE
Blame in a monoplane. The officers
prize for a flight of 80 kIlometers went
to Lieutenant CamermaD. He, in com
pany with Lieutenant Foquant, at the
close of the meeting left on a machine
for the camp where he is stationed. The
only American competitor, Weymann
while he did not win prize, made d
consistently good showing.
In another flight late Sunday even
ing. NJ. Morane further reduced the
time for FIVE kilometers, covering the
distance in 2m. ass. a speed of more
than 10 kilometers (6S.42 miles, al
hour.
NJ. Namet established a world 5 rec
ord for carrying two passengers at tht
aviation meet Saturday. He flew fo1
q2.75 kil0meters. $3.50 miles, at an altl
tude Of 30 meters. 164 feet. NJ. An
brun made a new distance record Will
single passenger Of s. kilOmeters
: 52.7S miles. in III. 27m. 33s. Both usee
BIeriot monoplanes.
? Two Days Records.
Height-Water T. Brookins, Wrigh
biplane. Atlantic City, July 9, 6l75 fee
by recording Paragraph on machlne)
: world record.
Duration - Labouchere, Antoinett
nonopIane. Rheims. July 9, $40 kilo
! meters (3lll4 miles,, 4h. 31m. As,
| OIiesIagers. monoplane, Rheims, Jul,
j 10. 1913 kilometers (244.4+ miles,, 5L
3m IS, world record.
; Speed-Leon Morane. monoplan5
2 Rheims. July 10. % kilometers (l2.4
: miles,, l2m. dos; Morane. Rheim:
T. monoplane. ) kiIometers, I'm. ass, q
rate Of 40 kilometers (6s42 miles, pc
: hour; world record.
Il Passengers-Two, Mamet, BIer1o
I monopiane. Rheims. July Q, 92.750 kilC
i meters l57.=o niles. altitude 30 meter
= l1G4 feet): world record. One. Auburn
Rheims. July 9. Bleriot mouoplane, :
kilometers (J27S miles,, lib. 27m. 33s.
world record.