Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-25
Celebrated Members of the
CurtiSS Exhibition Company
Will Be Seen at Atlanta
Speedway Dec. Is, 10, II
WORLDS RECORDS
MAY BE BROKEN
Plan of the Atlanta Journal to
Stage the South'S Greatest
Aviation Meet at Popular
Prices Meets Approval

Three weeks from today the air men
will fiy.
In just p days. on December 15 the
great aviation meet of The Atlanta
Journal will open for three-day session
at the Atlanta speedway.
For three days the famous members of
the Curtiss Exhibition company will
demonstrate to the assembled thousands
the skill that has made their names
celebrated throughout the entire world.
Eugene Ely, Augustus Post and ]. V.
d. McCurdy, all three of whom are on
the top round of fame's ladder as bird
men Of Incompatible skill, temerity and
sensational daring, will show the people
of Georgia why it. is that they have
won such a high place in the hall or
fame.
There will be three days of marvellous,
dazzling flights, during which time the
famous triumvirate of air kings will hold
spirited contests in eevry style of avia-
ton yet known to man.
1t will be a glorious occasion, and one
long to be remembered by those who are
fortunate enough to attend. Each day
the program will be varied, and each
day six entirely separate and distinct
events will be staged for the instruction
and amusement of the attending throngs
SOUTHS FIRST MEET.
This meet that is to be conducted I'M
der the direction of The Atlanta Journal,
will be the first event of similar char
acter and gigantic proportions that the
south has seen. 1t will not be one
man, one-hight affair.
At enormous expense-fOr the air men
come high in more senses than one
The Atlanta Journal has been fortunate
enough to secure the men who fly IN the
bi-planes that have won fame for Glenn
Curtiss and his associates.
Ely, McCurdy and Post are known
throughout the entire world as the fore
most opponents of the art of flying. They
have proven their prowess and won their
spurs. Wherever the air men are known,
these three are accorded all praise, honor
and distinction. The Atlanta Journal, in
presenting an aviation meet to the people
of this state and city, would be satisfied
with nothing short of the best. And the
best will be provided.
THE PRICES POPULAR.
Popular prices will prevail at the avia-
ton meet of The Atlanta Journal.
This, in itself, makes the coming gath
ering of the bird men at the Atlanta'
speedway distinctive. Popular prices
which means prices that are popular
with the people-have never prevailed at
any aviation meet ever held. The enor-
nous expense attached to staging such
gigantic undertakings has never justified
the lowering of admission charges so that
they weres within reach of everybody.
The Atlanta Journal, in planning its
aviation meet, not only counted upon Civ
ing the people the best that could be
secured, but eliminated all idea of max
ing the gathering a commercial venture.
In Consequence, the general admission
charge to the great speedway grand
stands will be a paltry 80 cents. This is,
Of course, unheard of in the past history
of like occasions, but Atlanta has been
ever a pioneer In progressiveness, and
The Atlanta Journal has not hesitated to
take this step.
KEEN COMPETITION.
Despite the fact that the three air men
who will fly for The Atlanta Journal are
companions, and that they all work in en-
tire harmony, the competition between
them is keen. There will be all sorts of
contests in every kind and style of flying
during The Atlanta Journals meet, and
some worlds records will probably be
broken.