Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-18

! 27 20 seconds. His average rate of
speed was SO miles an hour Had he
not been forced to earth by the leaky
tube he was equipped to remain in the
air twelve hours. He even had sand
wich in his pocket to sustain him dur
| ing the long fight. Today, he says, he
| will go up at noon and remain up till
! all his fuel gives out-just to play a.
! little joke on Henri Farman, his "bon
| ami"
1t was up to Curtiss again to win the
| speed honOrs yesterday. He did it most
successfully, cutting more than min
ute off his ten-lap record. He covered
the 16. II miles in 23:43 3-5, as against
his old record of 24:54 2-5. Curtiss
! fight was the last regular event on
the program, although half a dozen
other flights were made. Mason,
pupil of Paulhan, made his first COM
plete circuit of the course in biplane.
Paulhan attempted to operate Curtiss
machine, but could not get it off the
ground.
Lincoln Beachy and Roy Knabenshue
in their dirigibles made several ascents.
Knabenshue maneuVered around cap
tive balloon in the center of the field,
to the delight of the spectators. Once
he raced against time around the
course. but failed to lower his record.
He made the !. 81 miles in 5;23 4-5.
Harmon Makes FHght
Fearless Clifford Harmon, the real
est sportsman to be found in a long
journey, jumped into the seat of his
Curtiss biplane and with pull of his
cap. said: I'm going to fly now or
| Ill make somebody a widow" He was
referring to Mrs. Clifford B. Harmon,
the social leader of New York.
And fly Harmon did. He started
his engine well down the course run
ming up grade to the west. Three or
four times he repeated the stunt
each time getting off the ground for
few feet. On the last trial he
raised his machine eight feet into the
air and scared along for 100 feet or
more That satisfied him greatly for
he said: "Thank heavens, I've done it
and there is no need of flowers and
slow music"
The CHILDISH machine of Baltimore
is the original trouble-finder. Every
time a flight in it is attempted, some
thing goes wrong. Hillery Beachy,
who is not very well experienced in
the ways of flying, took the beautiful
nickel-plated affair out of the hanger
late yesterday afternoon. He made
two short flights. AS he landed the
second time he broke the running or
ground frame of his machine. 1t Will
be in the shop for several days. EN-
perts say the CHILDISH machine has
too small a wheel base for safety in
coming to earth and that it is not
exactly balanced. Whether this be
true or not, it is a fact that the Gill
Dosh has many accidents in coming
to earth and has not made a success
full fight so far during the meet.
Harrison Is Game
George B, Harrison and Clifford B.
Harmon will be in the basket of the
New York a week from Sunday, when
the big round gas bag starts from San
Antonio, Texas to lift the Lahm tro-
ply. The trophy is now held by A.
Holland Forbes, who sailed in the New
York from ST. Louis to Richmond, a
distance of 693 miles. Harrison, who
will pilot the New York, said yesterday
he would go at least 1000 miles if gas
and vitality hold out,
Harmon has purchased a Farman BIZ
plane and is now taking lessons from
Paulhan in operation. He expects to
have his biplane in three months. If it
does not arrive he is to take Paulhan's
machine, the one with which he broke
the altitude record of the world.f
Chairman Courtlandt Field Bishop
announced yesterday that he had re-
ceived cable entries from Paris and
Berlin for the international aeronautic-
al meeting Germany and France will
compete with America in the balloon
events each of the old countries having
entered three balloons. France will en-
ten three aeroplanes as well. The con-
tests will occur next October st. Louis
Is working hard to be the meeting place. |
There are eleven countries in the fed
Grafton.
Endurance contests will be held over
a new course today. The old one will be |
for speed and preliminary tests, while :