Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-14
AVIATION PROGRAM
WILL Be THRILLING
Spiral Dip, Contracted Circle and
Rocked in the Cradle of
the Deep to Be Seen
FLIERS To GO FOR RECORDS
CurtiSs Working on Two New
MonopIanes That He
May Use Here

All the newest thrills in aviation-the
spiral dip, contracted circle, ocean wave
and Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep
are promised those who attend the
charity aviation meet The program
committee devoted all of yesterday to
planning events for the meet. Its work
has not been completed, but enough
progress had been made last night to
indicate that the complete program
will be the most extensive and attract
i've ever planned for such a meet.
Possibly the most interesting of all
the proposed stunts will be the antics
of the Wright brothers hiers-Arch
Hoxsey and Walter Brookins. Both
have a reputation for feats of daring.
The spiral dip is the invention of
Arch Hoxsey, and he probably is the
most expert OF the worlds aviators in
executing it. 1t was while attempting
this spiral that Ralph Johnstone, one
of the Wright brothers trio of fiiers.
met his death in Denver recently.
Brookins' particular forte is the con-
tracted circle. He holds the worlds
record for short, fast turning. That
other aviators will attempt to take this
honor from him during the meet is eX-
pected, and he announced yesterday
that he would defend his title and even
try to better his record.
CURTISs AFTER SPEED RECORD
Gless Curtiss made the announcement
yesterday that he would go into the
meet expecting to wrest the speed hon
ors from the Baby Wright biplane.
Curtiss is working on two new mono
planes of a design hitherto unknown,
and with these in working order he
claims he will make the baby and La
thams Antoinette go faster than ever
before to retain their honors.
The program committee yesterday
practically decided to offer q special
prize of considerable amount to the
aviator who flies the greatest number
of hours during the entire meet. 1t is
the intention of the committee to make
this prize large enough to insure some
thing doing every minute of the meet,
as the man who is in the air, enter
tanning the crowd, the most will re-
ceive the money.
Another feature of the program will
be cross-country flying. Prizes will be
offered for flights to distant towns, and
for flights to landmarks and return.
The board of directors met yester-
day, the contract with Herbert Latham
being the principal matter considered.
This contract was finally signed. The
| services of the Wright brothers flyers.
| the Curtiss company's aViators and La
than are now assured. A contract
with Capt. T. S. Baldwin for the SER
vices of himself and Tod Schriver was
also considered. 1t way be signed to-
| day.
ACTIVITY AT AVIATION FIELD
At the aviation field at Dominguez,
force of fifty carpenters and a much
larger number of helpers was put to
work on the grandstand. The station
where the crowds will leave the cars
is Ocean View, on the San Pedro
branch, and a round trip fare of 80
cents will be made by the company to
that point. Already preparations for
handling the crowds are under way
and officials of the company announce
that the great throng which is expect
ed will be handled promptly The COM
pany is planning to carry 100000 per-
sons, that many special tickets having
been ordered yesterday by d. A. Mum
ger, general passenger agent.
At aviation headquarters in the Pa
| cific Electric building the final con-
tracts for work and concessions were
received yesterday and will be con-
sidered by the committee today
The contributions which have been
received to date follow:
William F. Hcrrin, $4,000; city of
Pasadena, $4,000; Howard e. Hunt
ington, S5000 w NJ. Garland, $1,000;
Isaac Milbank, $1,000; John B. Miller
$1,000; w. Ct Kerckhoff, $1,000; First
| National bank, $1,000; Alexandria hotel
$1,000; Van Nuys hotel, $500; Angelus
hotel, $500; Hollenbeck hotel $500;
Ianlkershim hotel, $780, Hayward ho-
tel, $780, Rossyln hotel, $500