The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-19
Most Remarkable Flight h History Is Made By the
 Daring Flsnchman
FORTY-SEVth MILES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Accompanied By Automobiles, Men on Horseback and on Motor Cycles, the Frenohmsn Makes the
 Trip With Success.

Aviation Field, Los Angeles, January 1S.-Louis Paulhan, in his Farman bi- plane, made today what aviation ex- perts here consider the most remark able cross country flight in history. He , rode from Aviation Filed to Lucky , Baldwins ranch. 23 miles away, cir cied the old Santa Anita race track and returned.
 He covered an estimated distance of , 471s miles in 1:42:42 2-5 He went down with the wind in 30 minutes and came back against 1t i '--- than g.; minutes.
 In sheer beauty ar aa.H danger. the flight riv, fe any aviation field of The only test apprvavn..,. country was that made by one of tho Wrights last fall, on flight with an army officer from Washington to Alex 1 andria.
 | Bleriot, Latham. Farman and Cody
 have made flights nearly as long, per
 haps, but they have not come back. l Cody flew 40 miles at Aldershot in e3 minutes last fall. Farman took 2O- mile run to spend a day shooting with l a friend but he landed at one end of
 his journey.
 l Big Prize For PauIhan. ], President Cordtlandt E. Bishop of tie | Aero Club of America said tonight that l he did not know of any fight equal to Paulhans. It is probable that the prize of $10,000 will go to him. There will be much official pondering and
 cabling. however. before a new worl1 i record is added to the great glory of France.
 Paulhan maintained an altitude of
 from 1000 to 2O0o feet on his way over the valley. His highest point was 2130
 feet. as indicated by the instrument on
 his car.
 Under him, speading over country 1 roads were automobiles and men on
 horseback, and motor cycles, trying to
 be near the machine, should Paulhan
 fall or have to descend.
 Mrs. Paulhan was in an automobile,
 praying and crying. When Paulhan reached the grand
 stand on his return. he was mobbed.
 The crowd broke through the barriers.
 The aviator was lifted up and borne
 over the field. Ills countrymen kissed
 him and wept with joy.
 This event was the only one of great
 importance in the days meet Curtiss
 gave pretty exhibition of fancy start
 ing and retired.
 1 The wind came up suddenly and for a
 time it looked as though the programme would be spoiled. At 3 o'clock nothing had happened except a few skids over | the field and the crowd began to howl.
 Paulhan rose to the occa sion. Without l any announcement his machine appeared on the far west course, beating against 1 the wind It came around and over 1 the heads of the crowd with the wind at
 speed of 50 miles an hour.
 Paulhan came down though he had
 decided against further flying. but be- :, fore the crowd had time to forget their 1 first wonder he came over their heads | again and pointed the flat no ,e of his
 big white plane toward the mountains. It
 was 3:09 o'clock.
 Start of the Flight | For 10 minutes the machine flew on-
 ward and upward, straight toward the l snow line of the Sierra Madre range
 Old Baldy peak was the compass point. | 1t lay in shining white relief against ! the sky. Through the glasses Paulhan I could be seen rising above the haze and l taking trail so it seemed, to the
 summit. Soon he disappeared from sight.
 1 Bulletins were sent out and posted on a blackboard as the machine passed over small towns on the way to the Baldwin l race course.
 l At o'clock there was a great shout Some one had seen the ship. Soon it came into sight, blown from it's outward 1 course and a line with Mount Will l son.
 The machine loomed up more and more
 distinctly and even the experts who were 1 watching and timing were surprised at i the speed with which it returned Mr. | Bishop figured that 1t would take Paul. {, han twice SIS long to come back against
 the wind as it had to go with it, but 1 the aviator had struck a milder current l in the higher altitude and was coming 1 home on this.
 | Soon he was over the field and settling | gently. The rush began. The French { man stepped stiffly out of the saddle and , asked for a cigar.
 T will go twice as far some day" he promised