The San Francisco call., 1910-07-11
MONOPLANES SHOW
UP WELL IN MEET
Type Made Famous by Bleriot
Captured Most Prizes at
Bethany Plains
Increase of Speed Makes for
Greater Safety, Is Startling
Statement of Experts

BETHANY PLAINS, Rheims, France,
July 10.-The international aviation
meeting, at which new records for
height, distance. speed and time were
set, closed today. The meeting was a
triumph for monoplanes. which made
all the records and carried off the ma
jority of the prizes.
The experts declare that the most
important achievement was the record
made by Leon Morane, who yesterday
attained a speed of los kilometers
(6593 mfles) an hour. They believe
that this will be followed soon by a
speed of $50 to 200 kilometers.
At such a speed aeroplanes would be
little affected by the wind. The time
is in sight, they think, when travel
by aereplane will be as safe and twice
as fast as by train.
The distance and duration records
established by M. la Bouchere yester-
day, $40 kflometers (211.14 miles) in
four hours 81 minutes and 45 seconds
were broken today by Olieslagers, who
made magnificent flight of 393 kilo-
meters (244.44 miles) in five hours, 8
minutes and five seconds. On landing
Olieslagers was handed a telegram of
congratulation from the king of the
Belgians
Morane, who covered five kilometers
(3.10 miles) yesterday in two minutes
and Sc seconds, and 10 kilometers In
five minutes and AZ seconds. succeeded
in lettering these records today, cover
ing the five kilometers in two minutes
and So seconds and the 10 in five min
utes and AZ seconds. He also carried
off the speed prize for 20 ki1bmeters
(1244 miles, in II minutes and 45 sec
onds.
The cross country prize, over %
kilometer course, was won by lie Blanc
in a monoplane. The officers prize for
a flight of so kilometers went to Lieu
tenant Camerman. He, in company
with Lieutenant Fiequant, at the close
of the meeting left on a machine for
the camp where he is stationed. The
only American competitor, Weymann,
while he did not win a prize, made a
good showing.
In another flight late this evening
Morane further reduced the time for
five kilometers, covering the distance
in minutes and 4S seconds, speed of
more than 10 kilometers (6S.42 miles,
an hour.
Meet for Novices
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, July 1o.-The
first annual aeroplane meet for novices
will open tomorrow afternoon in Wash
ington park, under the auspices of the
Aero club of st. Louis. The last three
of the 10 entries arrived this afternoon.
No trial flights were made today. as
the aviators did not wish to run any
chances of accidents before the meet.
The damage to Howard w. Gill's ma
chine Friday did not prove serious.
The complete list of entries and the
type of machine used are:
w T. Thomas Hamondsport n. Y, BIZ
plane: William c. Robinson. Grinnel, Ia,
nonopane: Eric Bergstron, Chicago, mono
plane; Howard W. Gill; Baltimore, Md, BIZ
plane; c. W. Curzon, Hawthorne, ILL.,, Fsrmsn
biplane; Hugh A. Robinson, st. Louis. mono
plane; J. w. Sparkling, Grafton ILL.,, monopane
and biplane; Claude W. Harris, Overland Park,
Mo-. bplane; Charles Khuno, st. Louis. mono
plane William F. Zeihler st. Louis, mono
plane.
Cash prizes are offered varying from
500 to $1,000. The meet will continue
six DAYS