Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-12

others have made longer and more
spectacular flights. Wizards attempt
was a demonstration of expert avia-
tion and extreme skill and stamped
him as worthy of the highest praise.
Frank Kanne, owner of the balloon
Peoria, made most spectacular ascent
yesterday morning from Huntington
Park. He had as passenger his brother,
Vincent Kanne, and M. L. McKeever,
the latter a real estate dealer. The as
cent was begun at II o'clock and lasted
until l o'clock. When the Peoria was
cut away from her moorings she shot
up into the air 1000 feet. The sudden
change in the atmosphere had a tend
ency to crystalline the gas and the bal
loon suddenly fell to within 200 feet of
the ground. AS the Peoria came down
it just grazed building in Huntington
Park The hasty throwing overheard
of two big bags of sand sent the balloon
up again far above the clouds to a
height of 5000 feet. For two hours it
sailed over the city, finally coming to
anchor at Florence and Compton ave-
nues. The balloon travelled one mile
above and two miles over the ground
This is considered an excellent flight.
1t was announced that Paulhan would
try to break the worlds altitude record
of $3.50 feet. now held by Hubert La
than of France. Paulhan got out a
Bleriot monoplane and scared around
through the air for time, but he never
reached a greater height than 400 feet
from the ground. The air currents were
too much for him. He will essay to
break the record today, and probably
will succeed.
Interesting Program Today
Today's program will be most inter-
esting. Besides Paulhan's special
flights, there will be numerous events
in honor Of the 5000 San Diego boosters
who will occupy a portion of the grand
stand. The boosters came down upon
Los Angeles last night like a drove of
wild men. Their cheers and songs rang
everywhere. They will make things
lively at the aviation field from the mo-
ment the first aeroplane leaves the
grounds until the last one is taken to
its tent. The san Diego trophy is one
of the prizes today. san Diego also
had offered $1,000 for the machine MAX
ing a continuous flight to the southern
port. 1t is probable that some of the
aviators will attempt to win the money,
although none has so far signified his
intention
Weather conditions yesterday were
favorable to a big crowd, but unfa-
rain had soaked the ground. making it
sticky in many places. A force of men
repaired the auto road leading to the
stand, but even then there were several
autos stuck in the mud. The Auto
Club of Southern California had five
teams along the road ready to haul
machines out of difficulty free of
charge. Portions of the walking path
We're as spongy as cake. However, no
pedestrians were mired.
About noon the sun came out bright
and the atmosphere cleared until the
weather was perfect for being out of
doors. A light wind sprang up, and
with each succeeding hour gained
greater velocity. BY 4 o'clock there
was very strong wind in several
parts of the big aviation field. This
interfered with the flights, especially
the monoplane and dirigible attempts.
At o'clock the wind had died down,
SO that if it had still been light the
best sport of the day could have been
enjoyed.
Makes Fast Flight
c. r. Willard of New York was the
first aviator to get off the ground yes
terday. In a test flight he made 300
yards in ten seconds. He left the
ground at 2:24 o'clock. Trouble with
his engine prevented a longer flight.
He worked for an hour or more over
his Curtiss biplane. which remained on
the field.
Paulhan always attempts the spec
tacular. His first flight was just that.
Suddenly he appeared in a Farman BIZ
plane from a hollow southwest of the
grandstand. His machine first appeared