Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-08
AVlATORS WILL
BEGIN FLIGHTS
TODAY AT CAMP
Arrangements for Meet OF
Aerial Contestants Are
All Completed
BIG SALE OF SEATS
Site for Balloon Field Is
Located by Committee
at Huntington Park


on the Domlnguez field for the
- great aviation tournament. The
errandstand will have been completeC'
and every aeroplane to be entered IN
tbe various contests will have reached
the grounds. a,e+
The first aeroplane flights and first
balloon ascension of 1910 will be mace
during the day. c. f. Willard, Roy
Knabenshue, Glenn Curtiss and Lincoln
Beachy will go up in their aero[iaIles. lLsst
Clifford Harmon will make an ascent
at Pasadena in his $4,000 balloon New
York in the afternoon.
Final details of the program VIII pe
worked out this afternoon when Louis
Paulhan and his party reach Los An
geIes. Practically no changes from the
program outlined yesterday IN 1ne
Herald are expected to be made
The feature of yesterdays Aviation
week progress was the surprisingly
large demand for boxes in connection
with the advance sale at Hamburger S
and the Pacific Electric building. Near
ly one-half the total number of boxes
already has been taken by out-ot-toWn
purchasers and there has been constant
calls from citizens of Los Angeles.
Southern California towns have pur-
chased almost 40 per cent of the total
number of boxes offered, while more
than 200 boxes have been secured by
persons coming from San Francisco
and elsewhere in the northern part of
the state.
Expect All Boxes to Be Sold
AS today is the last day of the ad-
vance sale of tickets, L. e. Behymer,
who has charge of the sale, expects to
see practically all the 1000 boxes sold
and paid for in advance.
letter received by Secretary Zee
handelaar from James McNab, presi-
dent of the San Francisco chamber OF
commerce, states that already one-half
the membership of that body have
agreed to take the special train for Los
Angeles leaving San Francisco the aft
ernoon of January IA, and the San
Francisco contingent will come pre-
pared to stay at least two days at TIE
meet.
The Aero club of California, acting
in conjunction with the Aero club of
America, has appointed w. Ii. Leonard
an aviation meet secretary and sta
tistician to serve during the period of
the aviation events.
Mr.. Leonard will make an official
record and compile all records made
by contestants. He will also act Of
ficially as secretary of the judges COM
mittee.
The chamber of commerce cup, do
mated by the Los Angeles chamber OF
commerce for the aviation contests,
will be presented to the winner of the
best event in the contests limited to
California, Nevada and Arizona en-
trants. The cup is now on exhibition
at the store of S. Nordlinger's Sons.
New Contributions Received
The following new contributions to
he Aviation week fund were announced
asst night:
arr1s Newmark ........... 10000
M lewelyn Iron Works .............. 10000
a cey Manufacturing Co ............ 10000
uthern California Music co........ 10000
auer & Krohn ............ lOO.OO
ghes Manufacturing Co .......... 10000
The Aviation week executive COM
tee is still in need of contributions
The fund.- said Secretary Zeehande-
+ last night "The meet has as
med proportions so much larger than
d ever been dreamed that the time
the committee has been consumed
the details of making arrangements
the time desired for soliciting has
4 cut short accordingly. In con-
Ience, the committee has been COM
ed to depend on the generosity and
bic spirit of the citizens of Los
- Ieles and on those who would come
lard of their own volition.
n his is unusual, but the aviation meet
n unusual event, particularly in
Importance and in the benefits
will accrue to this section. There
cry reason why the last day prior
e meet should see a large number
W. ntnbutors to the aviation fund
Ahis should be SO particularly as
S.ay be regarded as in the nature
~ z loan Therefore, we ask that you
3ring in your subscriptions Saturday
and bring them in early"
The site of the balloon field was
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