The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
AV|ATORS ARE BUSY
IN DEMONSTRATIONS
Wilbur Wright's Pupils do
Some Very Lively Work
HOXSEY FLIES HIGH
FLIES HIGH
HoXsEY
Height Record of 675O Feet mt
the Aviation Field at
Asbury Park af,E

| Asbury Park, N. j., August 13.-(Spe-
cial.)-Immaculate Archie Hoxsey, the
| dude of the Wright avfators, and his
rival. Ralph tombstone, the former trick
bicycle rider, were again the illustrious
stars of the aviation doings at the Inter
laken aviation field today Hoxsey. clad
In his clay pipe shoes and clap pipe trous-
| ers, cut capers that made the enormous
crowd delirious, while tombstone scared
to a height variously estimated at be-
| tween 4oO0 and $500 feet.
No accurate measurement could be
| taken, as no instruments were carried
| for that purpose. The sky was covered
with a thin veil of white f1eecy clouds.
| Wilbur Wright, who arrived unexpected
| ly characterized it as the sort of day an
aviator should choose to fly 10000 feet into
the sky, but incidentally he said that none
of his aviators would attempt to fly SO
| high at this meet unless the Aero Club
| Of America appointed the proper officials
| to certify the record. If this can be ar
| ranged either Brookins or Hoxsey will
attempt to smash Drexers record of 6750
| feet before the end of the week.
| There is a strong superstition prevalent
among the aeronauts gathered here that
| one more of their number must suffer
| as a victim to the god of misfortune.
| They will tell one that three accidents
| must happen before this meet is over.
| Since poor Frinz was killed last evening
| they have been wondering who will be the
final offering. But the feeling does not
interfere with their work. They displayed
even more daring today than they have
ever shown before.
Frank Cofyn, whom everybody on
| the field has come to distinguish by
reason of his lovable little son, made
short flight a few minutes after 4
o'clock. Coffyn is still in the Wright
primary class and does not attempt to
stunt. Were he to do so he could be
disciplined. The system by which this
flock of bird men are governed reminds
one of a high school, They go up
on given signal and they fly as they
are told. When they hear their signal
they obediently come down. This was
never more apparent than when Hox-
sey the dainty, went UP on his first
flight. He was eager to fly high and
| fly long, but he was ordered to stay
near terra frma and to omit the aerial
tumbling acts. Following instructions
he ambled obedently around the course
to huge delight of the $1,000 onlook-
ers. Once he seemed inclined to break
bounds but when he passed the home
plate and observed the eagle eye of
Wilbur Wright upon him he subsidized.
|
who defy natural laws. When they
do not call him the governor they call
him the colonel. But only among them
| selves. Even the mettlesome John
stone, who blooms visibly when he gets
applause, eurbs his reckless spirit in
the presence of Wright. For IL min
flutes he swung around the course In
la nice, easy gait that made you wish
you could buy an aerial family carry
| all. To show, however, that his hama
| had not lost it's cunning he gave a
modified exhibition of aerial leap frog
as the closing flourish of his flight
Little Fred Owens, who is FL years
/ old and looks about As, went up in his
dirigib1e balloon after Hoxsey finished
and gave an aerial gavotte of IA min
utes duration.
The body of Bonnie Prinz, who was
killed yesterday in the fall from his
parachute, was shipped to Newark to-
day without an inquest. 1t will be
| buried tomorrow.
1t was said officially tonight by the
Wright officials that Wilbur Wright
anticipates flight from Asbury to Sea
Grit next week.