Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-15
WEATHER MAY
DETER PILOTS
BALLOON FLIGHTS DEPEND ON
SKIES
FOUR AScENSIoNS PLANNED
FOR SUNDAY
Delicate Recording instruments viii
Be Used and Authentic Records
May Me Established at
Huntington Park

The program for the balloon grounds
today at Huntington Park will depend
on the weather. If it is clear enough
toward noon at least two balloons Will
be sent up, the Peoria and the DICK
Ferris Frank Kanne, owner OF the
Peoria, will pilot his balloon and j. c.
Mars, the Oakland pilot, will handle
the Dick Ferris. Should the weather
prove clear enough to warrant large
crowd the City of Los Angeles will also
be sent into the air.
On Sunday, with clear weather. the
New York, controlled by Clifford B.
Harmon, will lead procession OF fout
balloons into the upper currents ana
will be followed by the City OF Los
Angeles, the Dick Ferris and the Peoria.
If the weather is right and there Is
little wind an effort will be made TO
have four balloons ascend at the Same
time, making a novel spectacle.
with the beginning of next week
contests for superiority will alternate
with the pleasure flights which are be-
ing taken at Huntington Park with tle
big balloons. AscensionS for altitude
and other records will be made. and on
the final day the different pilots VIII
endeavor to outdo each other in uls-
tance contest The balloons will each
be manned by a pilot and an aid, but
no others, and will be equipped for
two or three days journey The bai-
looms have been equipped with instru-
ments by the Aviation week committee
so that records made will be definitely
known and stand as Pacific coast rec
ords unless both American and worlds s
records are also broken.
Complete Set of Instruments
A complete set of balloon records for
the Pacific coast will be made at Hunt
ing Park field before the end OF the
meet. The instrumnts used ON bal
loon trip include a paragraph, an ana
roid barometer and statoscope. The
statoscope, which is the most delicate
instrument, is used to show whether
the balloon is rising or falling, ana 1t
will indicate instantly the uplift or
drop of the arostat. This is of great
assistance to the pilot, for if he can
check a descent at the start he will use
comparatively little ballast, While II he
allows it to go he may be compelled to
lose an entire sack.
The aneroid shows the altitude
reached and tells the balloonist at what
height above sea level the balloon is
travelling. The paragraph records auto
matically on a sheet of paper the altl-
tude attained throughout the course.
When the pilots now participating in
the ascensions at Huntington Park en-
deaVor to make a record for altitude
the exact height attained to 10000 feet
will be accurately recorded by the bara-
graph. As the instruments will be
sealed by the judges before the ascen-
sion the record will be entirely au-
thentic.
All the contests and trials for records
at the balloon grounds at Huntington
Park will be entirly free to the public.
No admission fee is set for any event
in connection with the balloon ascen-
sions. The aerial committee of the
Huntington Park citizens met last
night and arranged details in connec-
ton with the official trials at the bal
loon grounds which will begin next
week. \ large crowd is expected at
the grounds tomorrow and specia!
features will be added to the present
program.