The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-31
AEROPLANE FLIES
OVER SALT LAKE
Louis Pauhan Daring Aviator Pases of 10000 People
Sails at Height of 200 Feet For Ten Nnutes-Light
Air is Against High Flying

Louis Paulhan convinced more than
10000 aviation enthusiasts OF Salt
Lake that he can fly In this altitude
when. on Sunday afternoon. he soar.
ed over the western part of the city
for ten minutes and thirty seconds,
says the Tribune. II was a beauti
ful flight, and when the daring little
Frenchman returned 10 earth he was
given an ovation.
Louis Paulhan said;
ST am disappointed because
couldn't rise to a greater height. but
the heavy biplane could not soar high
er in this rarl0ed atmosphere. | hope
TO come back some day with lighter
machine and do some real high fly
ing. My engine benaved perfectly.
and | had no difficulty at all except
In getting away. The fairway was
too short, but the powerful engine re
sponded nicely and | cleared tho
fences and stable buildings with
plenty OF room to spare. The big
crowd was extremely orderly and help
ed me by giving me plenty OF room
In which to make my descent, II Is
my constant fear that | may injure
SDttle OUc, Dul tutIC Hdb
Sunday. The biplane | used Sunday
was of the same type | had Satur-
day, but 1t was more substantial and
had a 50-horse power engine in
stead of the 3S-horse power affair
used in my first attempts.
In his ten-minuts flight Sunday
Paulhan proved absolutely that he has
perfect control over his machine,
even In this rarifled atmosphere. His
ascension was MADE gracefully. his
turns-and there we're a dozen or
more of them. for the wizard of the
air cut a number OF figure Ss'' in the
ozone-were accomplished easily. and
the descension WAS magnificent--
Tea thousand voices roared their
admiration when the nervy son of
France sped past the grandstand over
the heads Of the spectators. and after
circling the enclosure once came down
without a peiceptible jar The fight
was completed and the vast throng
realized. perhaps for the 1rst time.
that airships will be potent factor
in the future history OF the world.
Conditions Are Perfect.
Nothing was lacking In the weather
| There was sunshine. few clouds and
practically no wind Paulhan didn't
even take time TO test the upper
air currents with his box kites. feel.
ing sure that he selected q travelling
space above convenient places to
! alight and why he remained In the
air only few seconds more than
| ten minutes.
The Farman biplane is essentially
q roadster for an aerial highway. 1t
| is built TO establish records for
endurance. its durability being accen.
tuated by a system OF braces OF ash.
network of wires md a resisting
| force beneath the superstructure
which carries the delicate apparatus
that propels the machine through the
air With Paulhan IN his seat yester-
day. the car weighed close to 1,400
,, pounds, divided as follows;
| Petrol .-....s..,.......s ,...s.,,. .49V
Castor oil ....,....,s....,. GO
| Engine .ss..........-....s. ,..2fO
| Engine trimming ....,....,......2O 900
| Paulhan ..........s.,,..... ... .l2o
| Frames wires. etc. c..,.......,... 26O
To avoid a repetition OF Saturday S
| failure, Paulhan unpacked the first
Farman machine, a two-passenger air
car that looked like business when
it was first wheeled from the tent
The engine tested perfectly, every
part seemed attuncd for the flight that
was 10 come Heavier by 400 pounds
than the second Farman. which was
used Saturday. this mechanical flyer
had the advantage OF twelve horse
power more, II looked so much more
formidable than It's little sister that
the very air was suroharged with q
feeling OF confidence that Sundays at
tempt would be a success.
Master Of situation.
Then, too, Paulhan and his mecha
nlcians proflted by Saturdays expe
rIence They had never met such ad
verse conditions. and for each one
they had an Offset When the time
came yesterday Paulhan was ready
10 fly. and he proved conqueror over
air. climate and every other condition
that operated in his downfall of the
day before He was complete mas
ter OF the situation.
At $3.50 o'clock Paulhan appeared
ready for the flight He said before
leaving the tent that he would fly He