The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-02-10

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known publisher, who is now in Cali
lornia, accepted an invitation of Louis
Paulhan last Wednesday to make a
flight with him in his Bleriot mono
plane lat the aviation meet in Los
Angeles. Mr.. Hearst's story of the
fight follows:
No one could watch an aeroplane
swimming swiftly and gracefully
through the air without wanting to fly.
No one could see M. Paulhan man
age an aeroplane easily and skillfully
without feeling complete confidence
in that gentleman's ability to fly.
had sat watching the aeroplanes
for two hours on this beautiful after
noon at the Los Angeles meet. had
seen them lift airily from the ground,
scurry swiftly around the course, rise
to great heights, depart on excursions
into the surrounding country, and
finally return and alight dramatically
in front of the grandstand.
l had seen one machine alight rather
Unexpectedly on its nose, as it we're,
but that was not the Paulhan machine.
His always did exactly as it was told.
ACCEPTED WITH PLEASURE.
Consequently when M. Paulhal's
manager presented NJ Paulhans kind
invitation to take a small excursion
with him in his airship, which was
waiting at the door | accepted with
much pleasure.
When l approached the machine l
was impressed with its APPARENT frail-
ness. NJ. Paulhan, who weights one
hundred and forty pounds, seemed to
harmonic with the mahine, but l, who
weigh two hundred, did not
Shall l not be too heavy for your
frail craft?" 1 asked.
mot at ALL said M. Paulhan
"Oh, very well,' thought 1; you are
going up too, and if you can stand it
can"
got aboard and managed to fold
myself into little space back of M.
Paulhan.
M. Paulhan handed me a heavy
wooden cap in place of my hat. You
will need that" he said. There is both
cold and wind in the upper air" And
M. Paulhan was right. | could not
more succinctly describe the physical
characteristics of the upper air.
For a few minutes NJ Paulhan
busted himself with preliminary ad-
justment of the machine Then he
gave signal, the big propeller behind
us swished through the air, the engine
gave musketry fire Of successive re-
ports like racing automobile with its
throttle wide open. We started and
skinned along the wind at constant
iy increasing speed. The men who
were running alongside the machine
let go with a shout of good-by and we
rose majestically into space
LIFTED INTO A NEW LIFE.
We left the commonplace of this
WORKOUT world behind us, beneath us,
and lifted into new life, into new
era.
The sensations of flying are difficult
to describe, for the human mind oper-
ates through analogy and is convinced
by comparisons, and there is nothing
with which to compare the sensations
of flying. l felt that great sense OF
exhilaration which all aviators des,
cribe, and in addition a deep serenity,
a calm enjoyment of what seemed to
be the perfect conditions Of new
and better state.
The little people below, growing lit
tier, too, every moment, seemed to be-
long to the past, to period when men
walked miserably upon the face OF
the earth or rolled uncomfortably in
primitive autos over the rough sur
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We, NJ. Paulhan and l, were OF the
new era; we were soaring gloriously
through space; we were flying, AS a
matter of fact, Mr.. Paulhan was doing
the flying and was merely holding
on, and quite tight, too, but l felt al
together as grand and superior as he
could possibly have felt.
SAILED FAR ABOVE FIELDS.
Rising steadily we were now several
hundred feet above the earth and our
former associates therein. We had
passed too, out of the limits of the
track Enclosure and were now sailing
far above the road to the city. Many
autos were rolling through the dust
of this road, for the day was nearly
over and the people were beginning to
go home.
Some Of the autos stopped, and the
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