Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-24

Southern California's second annual
international aviation meet will open
at Dorninguez field this afternoon at
1:3O to continue until January 3, omit
ting January 2.
The final details of the meet were
arranged by the aviation committee
last evening. Every machine Wnlch
will take part has been tried out;
copy of the program, with instructions
as to rules and regulations have been
given each aviator; the police and OF
ficials of the meet have been given
their final instructions; the prize
money has been posted, and the meet
will be opened this afternoon without
the llightest difficulty, it Is believed.
Ten of the worlds most famous ava
TORS are here to participate Besides
these. five Southern California avia-
tors, all of whom have machines with
which they have made trips in the air,
have entered the meet, bringing the
total number Of aviators up to fltteen:
There will be six different types OF
man-carrying air craft in daily fught
during the ten days, representing tle
most advanced models. These machines
are the Wright planes, the Curtiss BIZ
planes. the Antoinette monoplane, the
Bleriot monoplane, the Farnum bl-
plane and the Perkins man carrying
kites.
Actual operations at the field will
begin at 1870, when tho entire party
of tirdmen will soar into the Skies IN
an effort to break some of the worlds
records. From that time on each al
ternoon for the next ten days every
sort of aerial navigation Will be at
tempted by the aviators.
PROGRAM FOR TODAY
The program committee finished its
labors Yesterday and has announced
the program for the meet. Today'S
flving will begin with an attempt on
the part of all the aviators TO break
worlds records. Following this the
daily altitude contest will be held.
Next will come the quick start con-
test, followed by a passenger carrying
exhibition. Then will come the daily
speed trials, accuracy in landing trials
and q bomb throwing contest from the
air. Perkins and lis man lifting kites
will wind up the program each day.
The prizes offered are divided into
two classes: the world record class and
the daily flight class. The prizes in
the first class consist of $4,000 for the
altitude record and $4,000 for the speed
record. In case either of these records
is broken twice, the aviator first break
ING the record will receive the prize,
ali others who better the records re-
celving $1,000 extra money, provided the
record isn't broken twice in the same
day. In such q case the best record
will get the special $1,000 prize.
To qualify for entering the worlds
specd contest each operator must fly
around the official course twice at q
speed of at least fifty miles an hour
There will be daily prizes offered for
altitude. speed. passenger carrying,
quick start, accuracy i'll landing ana
bomb throwing records. The prizes for
JpfI nj TNpOT0s First,
800; second, $50; third, $25. The prizes
for the daily speed records and daily
passenger carrying records are similar
to the altitude prizes, For quick start,
accuracy in landing and bomb throw
ing the aviator making the best daily
record will be given $50
DURATION CONTEST ARRANGED
The duration contest, with three
handsome prizes is the one special
event on the program. The prizes Tor
This event arc, respectively, $1,000, $500
and $3.50, to be given to the three aVta-
tors who remain in tho air tho longest
during the cntire meet. To qualify for
these Drizes the aViatOrS must be IN
the air during the time of the "h7riy
contests as time in the air while a
actual program is not in progress VII
not be counted.
The aviation committee has had
number of blackboards erected opposite
the grandstand ON which the records
made. the contests in progress and all
announcements will be written large
enough to be read from every part OF
the stand. BY n code of signals, the
KEY to which is given in the official
program, the spectators VIII De mace
aware of exactly what is going on. Ar
rangements are also being made to
keen track of any of the aviators in
oross-country flights so that the public
will know just where each aviator is
located.
zach machine and aviator will be
numbered and the corresponding num-
nor with the name OF tho aviator
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