Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-14

+" HREE men rose on the frame of
Farman biplane yesterday after
- noon at Dominguez field. It was
the first time that such an event ever
has occurred in the United States anu
but twice before in the history of ayi-
alton.
1t was Paulhan who sat with his
hand on the throttle. Behind him,
clinging to the slender rods of the
framework, We're Ditmer Mason,
rnonoplane aviator and the Marquis
de Pennendreff. 1t may be possible,
but it is not probable that Curtiss
bip1ane may equal the record, for the
Curtiss machines are built little too
light and the engines are not quite
powerful enough as now built to carry
more than one passenger and one
aviator.
Speed-that's what the aviators are
after now that the altitude record of
4I65 feet has been established by Louis
Paulhan and officially recognized by
the Internationa Aeronautical feder~
alton. 1t was speed that Curtiss and
Paulhan went after yesterday with a
vengeance and Curtiss had just five
seconds the best of it in the ten-lap
race around the Dominguez course.
curtiss Wins Record
Curtiss made the distance of 1911
miles in 2454 2-5.
Paulhan in Farman biplane nego-
tiated the same distance in 24.59 2-5.
Paulhan, the idol of the spectators,
did just one little thing yesterday aft
ernoon while Curtiss was trying for q
speed record which brought much crit
icism upon him. However, it will not
be remembered long, for it was more
or less thoughtless on his part, SO he
says. He cut into the course while
Curtiss was in the air, making it nee
essary for Curtiss to go out of his
beaten path in space, up twenty-five
feet, in order to avoid a collision.
Pauhan had been waiting for some
time down by his tent, ready to make
a flight with a passenger aboard. He.
had not been notified that Curtiss was
trying for record. All at once Paul
han in his Farman biplane shot into
the air and made for the west. Cur
tiss came on with rush. Each was
travelling at a forty-mile an hour gait.
with Paulhan some 500 yards in the
lead. 1t was a race for minute or so.
Curtiss opened up his throttle as wide
as it would CO. He tilted the forward
control as he neared Paulhan and,
with a swoop, shot directly under the
Farman machine. Paulhan, in a fit of
pique, cut across the course from under
the brow of a hill at the northwest
COIn6I anu CdliiS dONh Will u Oc15
almost in front of the grandstand.
Complaint Is Lodged
1t took Jerome S. f, aciulli about
five seconds to get to Chairman
Bishop and lodge complaint A for
NAL protest probably will be made
against Paulhans actions, especially
in view of the fact that there is so
little difference between the time made
hU tho C11rtiSC nl1nhinR and that of
the Farman biplane.
For a long time Farnan End Curtiss
have been fighting for speed suprem-
acy. AS it now stands Curtiss is the
holder of the worlds record for speed.
The showing made by the Farman
proper conditions, the Farman biplane
may equal or better The great record
made by Curtiss in his racer at
Rheims, France.
IF the trials of yesterday are any
criterion something is going to happen
to the speed record today for PAUL.
han has vowed he will lower Curtiss'
time and Curtiss has declared he will
cut several seconds off the best time
the smiling little Frenchman makes.
By carrying first one and then two
messengers Paulhan electrified the Co.
600 spectators His flight, while car
rying two passengers was not official,
SO he will have to try again. But the
fact that he did carry two passengers
is an earnest of his worth and of the
great power of his Farman biplane. 1t
is the third time in the history of !
aviation that three men have ridden on
the frame of a biplane speeding
through the air at brealneck pace.
Mrs. Ferris Makes Flight
To Mrs. Dick Ferris belongs the
a ha AM
woman on the Pacific coast to make
biplane flight She was taken for
most exciting ride some 800 feet above
the earth. When she was lifted out of
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