The San Francisco call., 1910-01-26
THRONGS CHEER
ACHIEVEMENT OF
AERIAL PIONEER
PauIhan Hailed as Hero on Re-
turn From His Daring BIZ
plane Trip
Aviator TO Give Free Exhibition
of Wonderful Feats This
Afternoon

-Aiiau NeS tie leNti Just Quilleo.
some persons professed to have been
disappointed in the exhibition. Their
state Of mind was as childish as that of
the boy at the menagerie. who is
Hgrieved because the double horned
rhino does not plunge his ivory into the
vitals Of the colored attendant, as the
showbius suggested. In few years
the people may rightly demand that the
aeroplanes race in the air or fly from
city TO city. Now the sheer novelty of
the sport should be great enough to
make a public tense with appreciation
of the new and daring feats of the bird
man.
Policing Force Inadequate
The exhibition could be conducted
more smoothly if the management
would provide enough policing force to
keep the field clear Of all those who did
rot have business there. Sheriff Bob
Chatham Of San Mateo county had 10
mounted deputies under him and he
and they worked as arduously as pos
sible to keep the people in the proper
bounds, bat their efforts were chaotic
when not ludicrous. Persons who had
business in the field were selected by
tho police with intuitive zeal for special
hsrassment while others were permit
ted liberties which endangered them
selves and made Paulhan's work doubly
hazardous.
one man who went into the field
merely 10 take photographs at close
range for his own amusement was
nearly run down by Paulhan and the
big machine as it was settling after the ;
second flight The man, who gave the |
name of H. Mauzierre. escaped by but I
two feet from a crushing blow from /
The tips of the Farman machine as il /
was rushing down the field under the
momentum of a swift plunge through
the air.
Today free exhibition win be given
g. mission viii be charged TO the
uds,aad only. Paulhan's manager. !
F.n Clcary. has promised that there
oe adequate policing. and that
aholia mean that the infield Of Tan
foren VIII be kept clear of all except
those who have Imperative business
near the soaring machine bird.
a stiff wind blew over the course all
% yesterday and increased rather than
diminished in velocity up to 4 o'clock.
There was something like a half lull /
for half an hour. but the air was
squally a gain before Paulhan started 1
on his long flight at 4:55 o'clock.
Tho biplane had scarcely lseen safely +
housed when the rain began TO fall.
Weather Man Puzzled
Prof. A. G. McAdie the United States I
forecast official OF the local weather I
bureau. was at Tanforan. He was as
ready as any one to criticise the condi- 4
tiOns They did not conform to the /
ia
heinOUs crime for weather to commit
that nOnconfOrmity.
Had Paulhan started his flights ear
her he might have had better success,
but il has been a rule Of aviation that
the best conditions are just before sun
down, and Paulhan could scarcely be
quarreled with for postponing his flights
in the hope that the prediction of the
weather map would be fulfilled.
Nine. Paulhan, the attractive wife of
the aviator, was at Tanforan yesterday
for the first time during the meet She
and Nine. Santellier watched together
from the aeroplane shed while her dar- !
ing husband secuted among the clouds. /
Lieutenant Paul Beck, signal corps, /
L. :. A, who made several airship I
flights at Los Angeles to test the pos /
sibiiities Of an areoplane as a war ma
chine. was a the course with his troop I
Several horses OF Beck's command /
broke from their hitcning rack about 4
the time the flights began, so the aero i
nautical lieutenant had to forego a /
study Of the machine in flight over the I
Tanforan peninsula in the prosaic pur-
suit Of three vagrant brutes which may /
soon be superseded by the machine /
which had aroused them to vagrancy.
Machine Made Ready
The first active life around the Far
man biplane came at 3:I5, when the
-4~-a TlI Tl1c ola l.
on Paulhan's machine and J. Cowan /
Hubert, the sales agent for the ma
chine. tested the parts of the engine. |
The grandstand caught its first /
glimpse OF the machine shortly after I
4 o'clock II was cautiously wheeled
out by the mechanicians and taken to /
the far north end of the field.
Then the propeller was started by the I
earnest Mason, and the engine sput-
tered and vaporized.
AZ 4:23 Paulhan spread his hands /
and away the machine started over the /
field to give the first thrill Of aero 4
mautics TO thousands Of spectator The 1
light bicycle wheels splashed through /
the bOggy field for 100 yards Then 4
Paulhan tipped the elevating plane 1
slight angle.
The heavier than air machine defied 4
the laws of gravitation. 1t rose clear
IF the ground. as high as the gloomy
which then had lulled, with the speed |
IF a racing automobile. the engine 1
ironing its chant of supremacy.
Then gracefully, volitionally, Paul /
han came back to earth. He had been
n the air S5 seconds and had covered |
third of mile.
In 20 minutes he was up again and
few back to the north end of the field |
n 19 seconds.
He was ready for another flight I'm
o minutes. At 1855 Mason gave the
9ropellers their initial twists. The
thin vapor drifted from the engines. l
The machine took a run and then
jumped into the air.
Flies Into Wind
Into the wind Paulhan was again I
flying. He cut across the field in a
sOuthwesterly direction. The wind |
struggled against the planes and the
machine quivered and rocked, but few 1
into the currents determinedly
Paulhan twisted his lever The
great white frames responded like a |
thoroughbred 10 the touch of the rein |
at five barred gate. 1t leaped into |