The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
AVIATORS GATHER
FOR AERIAL MEET
Noted Flying Machine Experts
Assemble in Los Angeles to
Take Part ia Contest

Los ANGELES. Jan. with work
OF the great grandstand that VIII seat
5000 people and on The aviation course
at Aviation camp at Dominguez. well
under way. and with several Of the
aer0nauts and aviators who are 10
take part in the contests OF the Los
Angeles aviation meet already In this
city dnai plans fer the event are rap
idly being made and the program for
the lo-days Of dving may be expected
10 be given ont early next week
Estimates made by the committees
toGar from data Sent b5- railroad Off
cials In dlGerent cen1eIs OF the coun-
trv place the number II visitors VINO
VIII come 10 Los Angeles 10 witness
the fights at from 10000 10 -ee,epo-
aupfe accommodation for the nan
ding Of crowds even larger tnan TINS
ere being pr0videi al AVIATION camp
Tl1e aeroplaue which viii be entered
b- Glenn E. Clrtiss. tlle American AT
1f1-ed yesterday iu charge Ht q me-
.rsufr and is now being assembled
Charles r. Willard ~ NeEv York Wie
las made mlnT flights in 'urVsS
machine. is now p this CITY IVIth the
Curtiss machine No. j, which has al
ready been set Ip-
AERIAL EXPERTS ASSEMBLE
Roy Knabensaue and Lincoln
Reachev are here with two dirigible
balloous which Viii ba seen in fights
during The meeting au6 viii be entered
il the competitions 1or altitude ana
distance.
= II. Clsssen has senFtwo seroplanes
10 this cry SD charge OF George Dues
Ter. which VIII be entered in several
F'T2 x
johnson Of san Francisco, who has
INST brought. from the cast a Curtiss
- liactfre. is on the way here with this
sarorlsno clifford y. Harmon, the
Ne~- York aerouaut. Is held on the
santa lfe trsin ~ Seligman. Al-iz-, h,-
vashouts. His machine arrived yes
terdav- lie also has sent here the
monster balloon New York holder Of
ibe United states duration record.
made - TIC - Louis meet OF IS hours
rs minutes and also holder Of tie al
rffufc record for the United states,
e4e0e feel. and winner Of the Lahm
balloon cUp for distance flight OF 697
miles.
aeroplane built in Baltimore by H. y
Gill
syndicate, headed By Louis Paulhan.
and containing also Nine Paulhan,
Mason. Msscsrol, and half dozen
mechanics. will leave New York to-
morrow morning on a special train,
according 10 information sent to Dick
Ferris. chairman OF the aviation COM
rnfttee. tonight -Four machines, two
Fsrmans and two Bleriots, are being
Brought By this party.
COAST INVENTORS COMPETE
A. P. Lambert Of Beloit, Wis. is ex-
Dected TO arrive during the week with
Curfiss biplane. Lo1is Bergdol cf
Philadelphia viii bring BleriOt
n-onopiane Prom Ssn Fire ac.sco two
r,onoDlanes and Aipiau@. manafac-
tered b- iclai inventors. are 10 arrive
during the week. an6 from san Diego
are coming two hinlaaes. Grant Fow-
Ter of PnoeniN Ariz.. wili arrive TO-
morrow with his new bip.ane.
Captain A Z. Mueller has ssse1cb bied
his .ramcnse monoplane, rhic.a has Z
spread OF * feet, Fl Venice. and wlll
sail ii 20 the Aviation camp fror2
Venice. a distance Of "a miles, on the
onerfnz day OF the meet.
Los Angeles Inventors have entered
ak -Y,,onoplanes in the competitions.
Total entries in The three divisions
have now reached the number Of so,
and the committee expects that by the
end Of the week all OF the machines
and avistors viii be in Los Angeles,
ready for the 10 days meet.