The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
Altitude Record May Be Broken During the Winter
BALTIMORE MEETING ENDS
Is Too Windy for the Bird Men and Only One Flight Is
 Attempted

New York, November 12.--(Speeial.)- George B. Harrison, the California air
 pilot, who is at the St. Regis in the 1 interest of the Pacific coast aviation,
 says that the close of the Baltimore | aviation meet, the last in the east until | next summer, signaizes a general exo- | dus of American and foreign aviators | to California. thereby demonstrating the | claims put forth that California Is the
 best winter flying section in the world. l All the aviators assure me they are extremely anxious to visit California" said MT. Harrison today, on his return | from the Baltimore meet. Hubert La | tham. the French wonder and ]. B.
 Radley, the English aviator, think they | will tour the Pacific coast with their machines If they get no engagements | because they heard so much of California
 before coming to this country | Latham Is especially desirous of sec l ing San Francisco and Los Angeles. Arch | Hoxsey leaves Baltimore Sunday night | and he has already been preceded by | Walter Brookins and Ralph Johnstone. 1 All three of these Wright men will par | ticipate in a high altitude meet at Dem
 yer and then go to the coast Hoxsey | lives in Pasadena and Brooklns for merly lived in Los Angeles, so they call
 themselves Californians. They believe | they will establish an altitude record of 1 1000 feet in California this winter, and | there will be keen rivalry to see which | achieves 1t.
 | "Roy Knabenshue, the Wrights' man. ager will reach San Francisco early to | arrange the California tour. Charles F. | Willard dean of the Curtiss corps. will | leave Baltimore tomorrow for Los An | geles and he will be followed later by | Glenn H. Curtiss and ]. c. Marsh, the
 latter an Oakland air pilot. They will
 be followed in December by Augustus | Post, the famous balloonist. who will | bring Curtiss biplane. Capt Tom
 Baldwin who Is well known in Califor- | mia, will leave Sunday for San Fran | cisco with his own make of aeroplane and probably with big racing balloon.
 Latham, Radey and the latter's man. lager, R. J. Hooten Hope of London, plan to start for San Francisco early ! In the week.
 John B. Mossant, whosf,ew from Paris Ito London with a two-passenger Bleriot; ICharles K. Hamilton and the French Iayiators associated with them, are not l settled as to their plans, but they hope | to be on the coast before December i. | Claude GrahameWhite has had many l urgent invitations from the British so- | cieties of California, but he tells them
 that he is called abroad for the next few
 weeks If a large meet Is arranged in | California early in the winter he will 1 return to this country for the trip.
 Clifford B. Harmon will be in Call | fornia In the latter part of the winter 1 but will probably not bring any of his l aeroplanes, being content with his fam ous balloon. the New York. In case a l big meet is arranged Wilbur and Or l vile Wright, and their sister. Miss Kath-
 crime. are likely to attend. Bad Weather for Aviation Baltimore, November 12.-Nothlng could have been more unpropitious for aviation
 than the weather for the afternoon of the
 closing day of the Baltimore meet. Be- I tween the times when the opening and l closing bombs went aloft the wind blew | at II to 20 miles an hour, and it was | uncomfortably puffy More than one of | the hiers had expressed themselves as
 determined to>make flights, but they were 1 not permitted to do so until nearly
 o'clock, when Hoxsey took the passenger carrying Wright aloft for brief flight. | which was the last ascent of the meet,
 and which saved the days gate receipts. 1 The official records of the meet were
 announced tonight as follows: Duration: Latham (Antoinette), hours
 53 minutes 31 1-5 seconds. | Drexel (Blerlot, hour. 5s minutes and | 23 3-5 seconds.
 De Lesseps (BlerioD, hour 55 minutes | 47 3-5 seconds.
 Hoxsey tWrighO, 1 hour 21 minutes | 4G 2-5 seconds.
 Ia Ely (Curtiss), minutes 40 1-5 seconds. Y Willard (Curtiss). minutes 30 seconds. 1 Radley (BlerioD, minutes 31 3-5 sec | onds.
 | Latham's time In the flight over this | city for the Sun prize Is not included In | the above, it having been recorded out
 side the official time of the day which
 1t was made That flight lasted 42 min | utes 10 Is seconds.
 | Cross-country, to Fort Carroll and re-
 turn, round trip about IS miles: | Drexel tBlerioD, :23:S4 4-5. | De Lesseps (Blerot). :26;l5. | Latham cAntoinette), :2s:5S. | Bomb dropping in competition for the Commodore Barry cup: | Latham (Antoinette), Is points; | Drexel tBleriot). 6 points. | Passenger Carrying;
 De I.esseps (Blerio), total time :16:4S 2-5.
 Best altitude records: 1 Hoxsey (WrighD, 5S30 feet Drexel | cBlerioD. 1855 feet; Latham (Antoi-
 nette), 2373 feet; De Lesseps 1722. The prize money was divided today
 In a manner said to have been agree able to the several aviators, though not | in accordance with the announced plan
 lowing to the many lnterferences of the weather with the meet.