The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30

up" and when the Partisan pilot
climbed into his seat tho applause wac
deafening.
Paulhan is careful man, After as
suming the pilots seat he carefully
tested every lever, examined the net
work of fine wires, shifted the different
planes to see that they were in perfect
working order, and-mnrk thls-care
fully buttoned his kid gloves before
making his initial start.
The six mechanics raced along with
the frail thing of the air for q short
distance while Paulhan headed due
track. The biplane was rolling swiftly
and easily, now and then moving a
few inches from the ground as it was
getting under way.
The dash across the track enclosure,
a distance of less than one-fourth of a
mile, occupied less than ten seconds.
! For moment it seemed that the thing
would rise, but Paulhan did not deem
it wise to attempt to clear the first
fence, and brought the aeroplane to a
rather sudden stop. The roar of ap,
plause that started when Paulhan be-
gan his dash subsidized into disap-
pointed murmur when it was seen that
the first flight was a failure, The car
| was quickly turned around and with
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starting point under its own power.
Although the crowd did not know it,
| the Frenchman hoped to make an as
cent on his return trip, but found that
he could not attain a sufficient height
| to enable him to clear the trees directly
in his path on the outside of the
grounds.
Nine. Paulhan was perhaps the most
interested spectator on the grounds.
Sitting in q position of vantage in the
| aviation camp, the wife Of the doughty
| Frenchman watched intently every
! move of the biplane with its passenger,
Nine. Paulhan has flown herself, and
understands thoroughly tho dangers of
aviation, and she smiled in relieved
way when her husband did not attempt
to clear the stables and trees that
| fringed the western extremity of the
course. She hugged her pet collie n
trifle closer and smiled in a happy way
when Pauhan drew up at his starting
point with a pretty whirl. There was
q tense expression on the black-eyed
| Parisienne's face when Paulhan made
up for a moment when Paulhan cleared
the first two fences, but the light faded
into a shadow Of disappointment when
he came to earth moment later.
The Limited Flight.
Several hundred persons left the
grounds after the Frenchman first
| failure. 1t was shortly before 5 clock
when the initial effort was made and
exactly nine minutes after the hour
when the biplane was started across
the field second time.
"He's up. He's off, was the cry
from thousands of throats as Paulhan
tilted his forward plane and the ma
chine rose. perhaps fifteen feet above
the ground. Gracefully it cleared the
tiny fences, heading in porthwesterly
direction, and it seemed for timo
that the man"biTd would soar over the
buildings and trees ahead Of him and
circle back over the course.
| But the hope was short.lived. Paul
han quickly decided that it would be
folly for him to attempt further aerial
navigation in view of the distinctions
and tho winged skeleton came down
in hurry in response to an application
on one of the levers. The days efforts
were ended so far as the Frenchman
was concerned, and he hastened on foot
to the aviation tent, where his wife was
waiting,
| Within q few minutes n suTging mob
had surrounded the biplane, and while
| swarthy mechanics gave vent to i'm
precautions in foreign tongue, an eager
throng craned its neck in an effort to
get closer view of the machine.
Finally the .aeroplane was lugged back
to the starting point second time, es'
corted by a platoon Of police, with
Chief Barlow at the head, and followed
by more than 1000 persons. Paulhan
waited until he saw the biplane safely
stored away, and then, in company with
Nine. Paulhan. hurried to their apart
ments at the Kputsford in an automo-
bile.
The Frenchman's face was clouded
when he left the grounds, and on the
way to the hotel he stolidly refused
to talk He announced last evening
that he would make an attempt to fly
Sunday afternoon between 2:30 and 3
o clock in n high-power machine, the
largest of the four he has with him.
1t was an ideal day for flying, and
it wouldn't have been half bad for the
spectators except for the eXasperating
delays, AS il, was. the big crowd in
the main grandstand stamped and shiy-
cred, now and then giving vent to ex
pressions of disapproval of the delay.
The "hot dog man and the other re-
freshment vendors did plenty Of bust
grandstand, and small sections of
"wurst" were thankfully received and
paid for at holiday prices,
The machine in which Paulhan at
tempted his flights Saturday was hi
plane built by Henry Farman and equip
pea Win Lhlrty-elGnt- morse power en-
gine. The attempts Sunday will be
made in a Farman biplane of similar
pattern. but equipped with ffty-horse.
power engine. Paulhan believes with
the additional power he will be able
to get away successfully
A od-Natured Crowd.
The crowd was study in itself. 1t
was g. good-natured .throng, that gather
| ing of $4,000 men, women and children,