Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-19
FRENCH AVIATOR
MAKES RECORD TRIP
Louis Pnulhan Travels From Field to
Lucky" Baldwin's Ranch, 23 Miles
And Returns I'm Safety.

Aviation Field. Los Angeles. Cal. Jan.
1S-Louis Paulhan. in his Farman BIZ
plane made today what aviation ex-
ports hero consider the most remarkable
cross-country flight In history.
On the wings of wind that the other
aviators hesItated long to face the little
Frenchman rode from Aviation field to
Lucky" Ba1dwln's ranch, q miles
away. circled the old Santa Anita race
track and bucked his way back to his
tent.
In all he covered an estimated distance
of az miles In L hour. minutes and
~ 40 seconds. He went down with the
wind In % minutes and came back
against 1t In % minutes, leaving of the
odd seconds. When he climbed out OF
his car he said that his motor was as
cool as when he started and that he
could do the trip over again at once,
In sheer beauty and contempt OF dam
GER the flight rivals that seen on any
OF tho aviation fields of the old world.
The only test approaching 1t in this
country was that made by one of tho
Wrights last fall. flying with an army
officer from Washington to Alexandria.
Bleriot. Latham. Farman and Cody
have made flights nearly as long. per-
Cody flew 4U miles at Aldershot In 63
minutes last fall. Farman took a ao-mllo
run to spend day shooting with
friond. but ho landed at one end of his
journey.
President Cortland F. Bishop of the
Acro club of America said tonight that
he did not know of any flight equal to
Paulhan'S. 1t Is probable that tho prize
of $4,000 Will go to him.
There Will be n good deal of official
ponderlng and cabling, however. before
now worlds record Is added to the
glory of France
Paulhan maintained an altitude of from
100 to 1000 feet on his way over tho
valley. HIS highest point was 21S0 feet,
as indicated by the instrument.
Under him, speeding over tho country
roads, scattering chickens and dogs hel-
ter-skelter. were automobiles and men
on horseback and motorcycles, trying
TO keep near the machine. In the event
that Paulhan should fall or have to de-
scend. Mrs. Paulhan was In an auto
mobile praying and crying.
CROWD GROWS WILD.
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
as a football hero would be treated after
a Harvard-Ya game. His own country
men kissed him and wept in joy. This
event was the only thing OF great i'm
portance In the days meet, Curtiss did
not go into the air until after Paulhan
had been away for half an hour. Then
he gave pretty exhibition of fancy
starting and retired.
Despite the wind. Paulhan rose to tho
occasion. He came over the heads
of the crowd and pointed the fiat
nose OF his big plane toward the noun
tains 1t was 300 o'clock.
Hes off for the cross-country record
of the world announced the meGaphone
man.
For 10 minutes he flew onward and up
ward, straight toward the snow line OF
tho Sierra Madre range. old Bddy peak
was the compass point. 1t lay in shin
ing white relief against the greenish sky
behind 1t Through the glasses he could
be seen rising over the haze and taking
canon trail, as 1t looked, to the sum-
nit. Soon he disappeared from all sight
of those on the field.
- At 4 o'clock there was great shout.
Some one had seen the alrship again.
Soon 1t came into sight, blown from Its
outward course. and on line with
Mount Wilson. Tho aviator had struck a
milder current in the high altitude and
was coming home on this. Soon he was
over the field and settling gently. The
rush began. The Frenchman stepped
sufny out OF the saddle and asked for a
cigar.
Il will go twice as far some day" he
promised.