The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-01-15
FRENCHMAN GETS
HEIGHT RECORD
PAULHAN AscENDs 5000 FEET IN
HIS MONSTER FARMAN
BIPlANE,
STAYS IN THE AIR FIFTY MINUTES
Also Performs Marvellous Evolution
About tire course.-Loses Speed
Record for Track to Glenn
II. CurtIss.

Los Angeles, Jan. 13.-Louis Paul.
han, the French aviator, broke all off,
sial and unofficial records for altitude
IN a Farman biplane. 1t is estimated
that he rose to a height of more than
1900 feet. AS methods of measure
ments are not exact, this may be cues.
toned, but it is certain that he ex-
ceeded Hubert Latham's record, made
at Moumolon, France, Dec. 1, 1909.
which was given at between 1000
and 1900 feet.
The instrument of Paulhans ma
chine registered his greatest height
at $500 feet. The judges record of
Paulhan's altitude, which is still to
be sanctioned officially, was 1924
metres, approximately 5000 feet. The
time in the air was SO minutes Is
1-5 seconds. The time of descent was
Z minutes, 30 seconds. Paulhan made
his great record shortly after losing
the speed record of the course to
Glenn H. Curtiss.
The Frenchman, using an engine
that had just arrived from Paris, had
clrcled the course again and again,
sk1dded and dipped and swung cor
ners in daring fashion that made. his
wife SILVER - ,.r
The sun was low and there was
scarcely breeze when he made his
decision to 60 after the altitude rec
ords. Paulhan pointed north, went up
1000 feet, passed over the center of
the field again, thence turned north
and pointed up again. At the esti.
mated height of 1900 feet Paulhan, de-
scribed a great circle as If: feeling
the currents. By this time lie was a
mile and half from camp.
At o'clock Paulhan began to de-
scend. He came down easily in front
of the grandstand after being in the
air nearly 81 minutes. AS he ,leaped
from his machine he was grabbed by
his friends and carried to the grand
stand where he barred his head amid
thunder of cheers.
The third day was perfect. The
flags in the grandstand hung limp.
The: field basked in the warm sun
shine. The crowd poured in all. day
until the estimate reached $4,000 and
down the fence line, guarded by 800
| deputy sheriffs the crowd surged for
mile to the gates.
At o'clock the balloons and the
| dirigibles driven by Knabenschue and
Beachey crowded over the course Two
Curtiss machines were dragged to the
! starting point. Then Mr.. .Curtfss
stepped from his tent to try for the
speed record for the course. After
short trial fight he increased his
speel to the rate Of 43h miles an
hour. The time given for the course
of slightly more than mile and
half was 2:13 3-5. No sooner had Cur
tlss alighted than Paulhan's manager
| announced that the Frenchman would
seek to take the speed honor from
the American. IN .if:s
Fails In Speed Efforts.
The course was cleared with difi.
Guilty and Paulhan started again.
Then it was seen that his engine had
less power. His turns were not SO
sharp. The result Of the second lap
which he designated as the one he
wished timed. was IA seconds under
Curtiss' record. The Frenchman kept
on flying, however, until he had cir
| cled the course six times.
| With these events the meet is now
fairly under way. Including the local
airships there are 26 entries on the
field. These are all that qualified of
the original 81 entries, except few
| designs without engines that stand in
| sheds near the entrance.
Nearly Drop Into Sea.
Two of the three balloons that as.
cended from the aero grounds at
Huntington Park, the Dick Ferris and
the Peoria, made voyages out to sea.
The Peoria, at an altitude of sew
eral thousand et,floated three miles
beyond the shore and, descending to
find current to bring it back again.
| came down so near the ocean that the
| aeronauts, F. H. Crowell and Capt. ].
C. Marsh, came near taking a salt
| water path.
The Dick Ferris, with Charles f..
Willard, the aviator, acting as pilot
took Capt. H. w. Slotterbeck of the
California signal corps, and four other
passengers six miles on the way to
| Catalina island and returned safely.
Minister, 1o1 Years Old, Dead.
johnson City, Tenn, Jan. 13.-Rev.