Arizona republican., 1910-01-20

BY PAULHAN
Broke Record For Carrying
Passengers
TOOK HIS wife TO SEA
Other Passengers Carried
On Jaunts of Various Dis
tances From Aviation
Field = Achievements of
Others Seemed Tame

Los Angeles, Jan. 19.-By carrying
one passenger in his bi-plane on a 22-
mile cross-country trip from Aviation
Field to point half mile over the
ocean. and by taking another passen
ger on "a 12-miIe flight over the fields
and three other passengers. one at
time, on short flights. Louis Paulhan
today established new worlds rec
ord for heavier -than-air machines.
No other aviator has taken up so
| many passengers during one day and
no other aviator has taken a woman
for a high flight over fields and woods
and villages and the hungry surf, for
more than twenty miles. Paulhan
sailed at an altitude of from 500 to
1000 feet over Redondo Beach. Venice
by-the-Sea, and other beaches toward
Point Fermin. There were no floaters
tied to his machine to save him from
death in The waves il his machine
should fall. He made this trip and
other periious flights OF the afternoon
with the ease of run to a club with
taxicab. The passenger carrying
record is held by orville Wright. who
flew with Captain Englehardt for one
hour and thirty-five minutes at Berlin
last fall. but Wright did not leave the
course where he could = at will.
Paulhan was gone thirty three min
utes on this trip. As a passenger he
had his wife. His ten-mile trip WAS
made with Clifford b. Harmon of New
York Beside these he took up Mrs.
Cortland F. Bishop. wife of President
Bishop of the Aero Club of America:
Paul Beck of the United States signal
corps, William Randolph Hearst and
another newspaper man.
Lieutenant Beck on his trip took
dummy dynamite bombs to attempt to
throw them from a height to a meas
ured place on the ground. This was
test for the benefit Of the army
The result is that gun pits may have
to be covered to protect them from
aerial enemies in time of war. While
Lieutenant Beck was not successful in
placing his bombs within a square he
did not land far away and demonstrat-
ed that the aeroplane could be used
for such purpose and that it is a
matter of practice in placing the bombs
where they are wanted.
The other aviators did not accom-
plish much in the face of Paulhan's
feats. Charles X. Hamilton made three
starts to attempt to lower Paulhan's
altitude record of 4165 feet On the
first trial Hamilton rose ASS feet: on
the second 800 feet, and on the third
approximately 700 feet. Paulhan on
seashore exceeded this without an ef-
fort at record breaking.
The CHILDISH machine met with an
accident that eliminates it from any
work tomorrow. This is an American
machine owned by II. W. Gill of Bal
timore. 1t has been tested out several
times but each time il has met with
trouble. This time at height of from
80 to 100 feet it circled the field once,
and then came down with crash that
wrecked its left plane. Hillary Beach
ey. the driver. was not injured.
Curtiss Immediately after the meet
is over here will go to Hammondsport,
New York. to start work on new
machine. bi-plane, heavier one
than he has used here. He claims that
ne will demonstrate with this new ma
chine that he can get along without
the Wright patents.
After the meet here, Paulhan. il was
given out by his manager tonight, will
go to San Francisco and will make
several flights there if weather condi-
tions make it possible. From there he
will start on a trip around the world.
Hamilton may attempt a flight from
here to San Diego, for which SaS-
Diego business men have offered a
prize of $4,000