New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
BIG AVIATION MEET ON
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without them. It's quite so with them
rs = horrible mess TO be in. 1 assure
,-ou. I think those propellers made the
-ain travel toward my face at the rate
re fo,lr hundred miles an hour-at least
.,,a+ 7 should say. And naturally, as my
rsoe was there. q great many particles OF
.be rain landed on my face They were
10 cold. I should say, and burned Ike
e-e. And then. too, 2 part Of my rear
obstruction broke
Stick in His Machine Broke.
This was characteristic OF AIr. Drexel-
-zs was forced To come down because Of
- breaking of a small but important
s-iok in his machine, bat modestly en-
-hsSized his personal inconveniences in
eirhr through The wind and rain as
.bourh they had conquered him. That
- was. .n0r conquered was proved when
she stick Was replaced. for DreXel took
+sf-d prize in the second hourly altitude
contest
Tf-sNeI' first descent was forgotten II
,51xsas-s getaway for altitude. John
stone ~ the Wright camp. intended 10
CT away. too. but the engine was bash
fr Hozsey reached 742 feet-not high
rs flyers go these days-but out Of sight
,ssre-day. Clouds hung low, the color
s,,sr-a Of all The aerial scenery was the
-sne of a slate mine. and although the
-nsn with a boil on the back Of his neck
.hs+ Permitted him To look aloft only in
-e--.i--e.rly could not see HOxsey any Of
-ta rtue the bou favored him. Others
t-sv av the brief glimpses that they
,surr- II the American that he was, in
dec. e1rrawhere above.
Eirs 5r the Curtiss group. few for
-~i-rre but did not seem TO find it and
cs-e down. saving he had first lost his
--r77as and then his way. He took
-7-z Mace for the first hour in aIti-
nd reaching +04 feet gnd landed with
bunny.
F9g- Often in Air at Same Time
Inst before Ely descended there were
e,r- machines in the air at one time
THIS sltlation repeated Itself on several
occgsl1rs during the afternoon.
u7vs4~ couldn't see without his Cog
.lsS uhre going for altitirie during the
ssr--5 hour. There was nothing for him
% do r-- keep on flying Signals suG-
resre5 -rat as his time was Up he had
- come doNl again Ru- EcNSey
,o-i5--- see the signals for al the rain
s-.a- ana mist and generally dirty
uesrr-- It became embarrassing. a
ssu rar-.e had paid 20 see the regular
--,p-e---- cs-r-ied out and Hoxsey had
-7- erauen sense OF proportion 70 back
r-- nj II. scenery in front Of The grand
E1arE.
g-- was fred. but Hoxsey didn't
se t7e man IRE Il. If the Wright avia-
-o- had -alzer field glasses II would have
.taar much simpler Something had 70
| 74 done Prize money for other events
| -e7rr5 rr- be permitted TO go over an
| r-ae- fav. and other flyers could not be
| fvrerrar -. BEGIN To dance while q stub
| fo-r ..--e-5tor waItzed all through the
| -bes- air
| w-ua-- wright ran into the inner field
| and med za=rI--al Inducements but only
wspr he head of the Wright flock waved
| s large white landkerchief did HoEsey
| unds-s-arl
r--- r- L.esseps was ia the air only
re minutes. bur ne kid behind the low
ts--g -----= many times IN that short
.-e-os and achieved an altitude Of 6-S feet,
--a-e-~ winning second in the second hour
e zlu-11a contest
Bush to Wright Camp.
r---e 7--.-sn- was looking for q balloon
~ miles e7-z- toward the Meadow Brook
E-r- CI-a So he might circle II. and by
4 -tsa-rne himself back 10 the aviation held
v-r he ---ze of $3.50 for 'cross-country ny
lrg. various ~uucrs drew the newspaper
4 sner n -Le wright camp
i was said thai NIbur Wright was
A fbel5i1g % assemble the wonderful new
A kErELr racer
Nr W-tg-- did not show any enthusiasm
4 tCg- me smallest biplane he and MS broth
"a. C-rlre. have ever built Il could be
Il seer y ne corner of tne tent furthest
gTsv 1---- he competing flyers It's gen
II ca 6.-=-z.o-s NJ. Wright mentioned
s. c-.e-i- Was r 70 b. speed surprise N
las International race
"0h i-s --s- a light roadster" said Nj
Wright
+ would not he right 10 omit that he
-1e5
gu yau --I enter it2" he was asked
II depends a good deal on the weather
b replied As a matter II fact gentle
Zen Broas-s wll use the new Wright
Machine fo- altitude"
II Ihe point l7 made that the WughIs nave
ssdsn MAD. mistakes. and that II would
- s-arr4 u -rav should construct a bi-
Pane only g feet long by 2 feet inches
Eloe win re~sr-s radical changes IN the
ea-loH NJ --= r-5lator gasoiene tank. etc,
e1iess speed was the object, and stranger
SIT If they s.0aTd enter the speed contest
uiess they were rrartIcaIy certain Of sue
cess
Mrghts Win N German Court
~ hrra- changed the subject by an
3olncl1E shat t-.a German courts had just
otciaec than tse Wright patents were oasic
t-ia- the case had been tried on its merits
He Received rre news hy cable as ne was
4'eia-lrg o. ..-re the Manhattan Hotel 70
t0lo The aviation grounds yesterday
Another unknown quantity At the heid
= NE Cl-..ss single surface racer, as YET
-fe- bur with enthusiastic supporters
Hes coming haek-" shouted the SOLDIER
11lts al -1e eastern end Of the field a 1T
e before O'Clock
me Rotor could 5e heard a perceptbly
-s lne before No.saut's Bleriot grew
% the s-.EEv heavens.
-As1t was The only one who cared 10
c-a1ces Cn "a rwenty-Tnile 'crOss-couIi-
Asr into tie teeth Of the wind. ano
tae fog so thick that he could not see
ground after he rose 10 feet above the