The Washington herald., 1910-10-24
FRENCH AYIATORS
MAY Ql''F MEET
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shooting the fers is mentioned IN the
letters that came 10 the hangers to-day
The writer's content themselves with
saying that the property owners are
amply supplied with means If these OBJ
strueuons tthe canvas fenCas) are not
az once removed to block your flights II
attempted at any but a very considerable
elevation" The means OF preventing the
flights, says the writer, Will be .legiti-
mate and scientific" Allan Ryan and
other officials seemed 10 treat the threats
as a joke
Aviators Show Concern.
Not so the ayiators. which includes the
Americans as Well as the foreigners. Tho
letter. which each OF the avlators re-
oeived, signed with Ensons name. is
as follows:
As you are probably aware. the pro-
motors Of ihH aviation meet at RelrlOut
Park are provoking the antagonism Of
owners OF adjoining properties land prop
critics over which they have laid out the
course over Which on are invited 20 fy)
bN erecting high canvas screens da-
signed 10 block the view Of your fights
by said pwaers az lessees from said
properties
Now, this IS 10 notify you that they
are amply supplied with means. if these
distractions So not at once removed. 10
block your fights if attempted at any
but very considerable elevation over
these properties, and that ] will be re-
gfeuully compelled BY legitimate and
scientific means 10 DO so unless YOU can
prevail upon your friends 20 abandon the
preparations 10 block our view of vour
aerial gyratiOns.
As there IS no time for argument 7
trust that prompt action may be taken
by YOU and those Of YOUR conferees
aeronautic (whose risks of life and limb
are surely sufticienD 10 have removed
every veStige of these unsightlv screens
and al the same time every unnecessary
proyocation Of friction and fiasco. VERY
obediently,
WILLIAM ELLISON.
Ready for the Screens.
Childish" was the expressed opinion Of
Allan Ryan. chairman Of the committee
ca arrangements, when he read the letter
He mad no information to add as 10
whether the canvas fence viii or will not
be completed, The poles are all Up. and
the canvas is stretched along the grass
but has not yet been raised
And while the air Of the hangers was
growing hot and hotter this afternoon
many of the aviators. aeropiane builders
and mechanicians let loose to the chilly
winds their kicks about the lack of
decent courtesies to us on the part Of the
management OF this meet as nj. Walther
de Mumm, the French aviator. who ac-
companied lie Blanc on the recent bal
loon trip from St Louis, expressed n
The kick against the International course
Instructions, however. overshadowed the
minor troubles.
We want 10 fly for the cup" NJ lie
Blanc said to-day. but we do not want
TO fly over this course We are willing
to fly for the speed cup on any course
ten, hf.y-any number Of miles from here.
so long as II is free from foOlhardv risk.
dead Mans Turn,
See that clump of trees at the north
east turn?" the Frenchmen continued. as
he indicated a grove that the aviators
already have dubbed Dead mans turn i"
TO round the pylon ut those trees you
have TO take the wash of the man YOU
are racing with. There is a pathway only
about twenty yards wide between the
trees and the pylon. and few yards
farther out Is q string of third-rail loco
motive tracks"
j. Armstrong Drexel. NJ Garros. and
Charles X. Hamilton were among the
ether aviators who disapproved of the
course, although NJ. Cares, who flies one
of the tiny Demoiselle monOplanes. does
not frown so hard upon the course as
lie Blanc and Latham Hamilton. whose
machine is equipped With an engine of
10 horsepower. fears not only the OBJ
structions that are likely 10 prevent safe
landings If anything goes wrong on high.
but also the sharpness of the western
turn in fEont OF the grand stand.
I'm afraid" said Hamilton" thar II
lie Blanc, with his 100 horsepower engine.
tried 10 make that turn at the acute
angle marked by the pyIons the fore and
aft ends of his aeroplane would come to-
gether like a jackknife while the engine
broke through the center"
Aviator Falls to His Death.
Paris, Oct 23-Capt. Madht a military
aviator. fell seventy yards to-day in
Breguet biplane near Doual and was
killed. The cause of his fall is unknown
He had been flying splendidly and had
begun TO volplane when the onlookers
saw the machine suddenly COLLAPSE and
drop. Capt. Madlot invented a man-lift-
ing kite. the performances of which were
a notable feature at the Rheims aviation
meeting.