The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-23
Birmingham Considered Lucky
To Get Engagement With
the Famous Aviator
MANY INQUIRIES ARE
COMING ABOUT TICKETS
The Dates March ii and IL Have Been
Fixed by Contract and Outsiders
Can Be Sure of Seeing Him
Mt That Time

Paulhan is still the star attraction in
Texas. He left Houston yesterday and
is in San Antonio today with his entire
outfit. A number of southern cities are
bidding for Paulhan. and Birmingham Is
lucky in having the exclusive right TO ex-
hibt him in this section of the south
The weather does not stop Paulhan
from flying. In fact he made very fine
fight in Denver with four inches of snow
on the ground. The Business Mems
league is beginning to receive inquiries
from people living some distance away,
and as soon as the low railroad rates are
announced thousands of people in differ
ent parts of Alabama will begin to ar
range to be In Birmingham to witness
the first heavier than air flying machines
ever exhibited in the state.
The work of preparing for this aviation
meet is considerable, but the Business
and Exhibit association are behind it,
and everything will be In readiness and
there will be no dsa ppointment The
dates, March IL and u, are fixed, and now
covered by contract, and all who come to
Birmingham at that time will have pos
tive assurance that they will see the
worlds champion aviator in some of the
that he has yet made.
AT previous aviation meets, both in
America and Europe, Louis Paulhan has
proved the principal feature and an idea
of how popular he is with the general
public may be gained from sums that
have been paid for his exhibitions. For
the Los Angeles meet Edward Cleary, his
manager, was paid $4,000 and all trans
portation expenses. From that point he
went to San francisco at the instance of
William r. Hearst, owner of the Exami-
ner In that city, who gave him a guaran-
tee of $4,000 for exhibitions covering
three days. Salt Lake City was the next
objective point, where he gave exhibitions
for two days under the auspices of the
chamber of commerce for $4,000. His next
flights were in Denver where a contract
for two days of flying Melted him $50, 900,
the flights being under the auspices of
the Denver Post and third day being
arranged for an additional $1,000
His fights are the most sensational of
any ever made and he has never failed to
be a record-breaking crowd gatherer
The March number of Outing has the
following to say regarding one of his
fights at the Los Angeles meet:
''The feature of the meet was the aero
plane, and the king of aviators of popular
esteem was Paulhan. To see him mount
skyward. with insouciance that moth
Ing short of a double-somersault down
ward with broken planes could daunt is
to compel ones admiration. Once, after
crcling the field and disappearing. he
suddenly emerged to view from behind a
black cloud that had crept in from the
ocean It was startling and dramatic
temperance 1t seemed as though the
daring fellow had come to earth inside the
cloud and had just stepped out of the
framework.
Another time, just before sunset, when
the western sky was dotted with fieecy
specks. Paulhan's machine was sllhouet-
ted against white cloud whose edges
were tipped with the rosy glow OF the
setting sun. He seemed to ride In the
center OF the faky mass and the effect
was almost uncanny. Of course, both
these spectacles were unintended by the
Frenchman, although he was continually
on the alert for the surprising and the
dramatic