The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-20

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sinash, his machine against th. earth
nc VIII move his trout control ever
SO siightlT. swing his acroplnnc to
climbing TO the clouds. Hamilton has
Frequently brought his landing wheels
within three feet OF the earth while
Ho'nE through this i1anoeuvre, and II
| nnscalculntion of onc-haIf an inch In
mo position OF the front control would
have canAcd q horrible accident.
70 Ely DcmOisciIc.
facing against both Moisant In his
| plnno; VIII be Roland Garros. the only
man living who has successfully flown
peinoiaollo, the smalles. flying ina
enihe ~ the world, acros5 country
mas beaten even tho highest powered
geroplanes OF other makes with his
tiny, tricky "hnmnning bird" Garros
! mas also The distinction of being the
T IN an nerpplanc. IL was he who ac
/ ooinpaned Moisar. in the now famous
1 hight from Etampcs to Tssy les Moili-
! fcuS across Paris
wo!itldert,i view spread below them
1 as ihsy flew over the Eifrel Towertat 8
!, ihglplt of 5000 feet. that he rose to
! his foot In tho dancing. wind-tossod
bat, threatening every moment to
wreck the frail craft, yet persisting
until Moisant literally pulled him
back into his seat.
Gnrros has probably the unique, but
Gertainly unenvied distinction OF be-
Ing the only man who ever stood
/ up In an aeroplane when 1t was III
The little Demoisello which he
! than sixty miles. an hour in still air.
and II can hardly stay up unless 1t
does travel that fast, because OF Its
I very small supporting surfaces. For
J the. same reason. 1t is Impossible to
glide with this machine. and landing
J the treacbcrous little bird is & most
considerable feat in itself. for tho
motor must be kept going full tilt
4 until tho wheels have safely caught
tthc ground
Flight Is Pcriious.
So. IL the motor stops for any ono
!. OF it's numberless cranky reasons
white in the air Garros's plight is in
1 VIII then fall straight Yet he fire.
duently risked heights of 200. 800
and. even 500 feet at Belmon. Park
1 during the recent International meet,
a most unsatisfactory way. Once. in
I France. with as nearly a perfect ma
chine of this type as 1t Is possible
to get. Garros flew 200 miles across
country and cities at an altitude OF
9t,5oo feet. the greatest height ever
4 attained by a Demoiselle
r Because of It's small wings surface.
the Demoiselle can turn corners at
tetrifically sharp angle and can cut
closer to the pylons than machines
OF larger type. The Demoise H,,
which Garros is bringing to Riclmetd i.
Is an fmericsn-made machine, the first
Demoiselle ever turned out IN this
country. Garros has been working on
this machine ever since. the interna-
tional meet closed, for the purpose of
showing In Richmond what remarkable
stunts can be performed with this type
of machine II the motor will only hold
out. The Demolselle which he Is bring
ing here was made from his own de-
signs in New York City and completed
only yesterday. 1t IS this machine
which he will race against all OF the
other types and sizes at the forth
coming Richmond meet.
Rene Simon, Frenchmnn.
Rene simon Is the son of million
aire banker of Paris. Flying is his
profession of law, for which he was
educated and graduated at the great
Law University OF Paris. Simon has
the remarkable record of having flown
i,229 kilometres In one week at the
recent international tournament at
Hayre. There he was pitted against
Hubert Latham, Alfred LIE Blanc and
Leon Aorane. at that time the cham
pion track tliers OF France. Simon
beat them all at Havre. with the great
est total distance ever flown by one
man in seven successive days.
! Then, to show that this record had
(, come easily to him, Simon proceeded
TO win the daily speed prize every day
defeat from five to fifteen crack hiers
every day to accomplish this wonder
full performance. 1t Is the first time
in the history OF aviation that one man
\ has captured all the speed prizes in
any meet.
4 at the recent international tourna-
Inent at Belmont Park. Simon earned
the title of "Lefol Amateur. t"The Fool
brother aviators for his daring and
reckless handling of his monoplane.
Simon is the only living aviator who
has succeeded in doing with mono
dives that the steadicr biplane in
Hamilton's hands has performed.
Hamilton and Simon will fight 1t out
next week at the State Fair Grounds
for the best exhibition flying, and with
thees two absolutely fearless and
WHOLLY reckless aviators in the air
A at the same time. the public is as
sured some thrills such as 1t has never
had before.
4 great Louis Bleriot himself and is
the Instructor of most of the great
airmen OF France to-day. He Is q
remarkably steady hter. and choose.
speed competition. He has frequentl,
flown more than three hours continu.
ously, and to-day holds the endurance
records Of Spain. Portugal, Holland
and Italy. He was at one time winner
Of the worlds famous Michelin cup
the prize for duration. Barrier uses
Bleriot monoplane in all of his work
After Endurance Record.
While in Richmond, Barrier will, 1
the weather conditions are suitable
try to hang up a worlds record fol
endurance. the record now being 8
trifie over six hours. To accomplish
this task Barrier will, of course hav,
to commence his aerial Journey In tn,
morning, SO that he will have day,
light for his long fight.
John j. Frisbie. better known az
l."Irelands Own Aviator" will use hi
Rochester biplane in a series OF exhi
bition flights and speed contests. Fris
bic is one Of the pioneer aviators O
1.-the world, as wei. as. next to Captaii
Thomas S. Baldwin, the oldest para;
chute jumper. Frisbie has had al
most thirty years experience in til
air, record unique in itself.
During the four days of the Rich
mond meet, the sped. altitude, dura
ton, distance and cross-country flight
and exhibitions viii start evcry after
noon at 2 o'clock. except on Saturday
4 when living will begin al 1 4 n,cI ocL