The San Francisco call., 1910-01-17
WIND AND RAIN
FAIL TO DAUNT
KNIGHTS OF AIR
euTtlSS and PauIhan Make Dar=
Ing Flights in Stormy
Weather
Largest Crowd of Season Gath
erS TO Watch AyiatOrs'
PeriIOus Flights

Los ANGELES. Jan. ls.-The wind
and the rain conspired today to test
tae mette OF the sirships flying on
aviation heid. The result was victory
taF Glenn r. Curtiss and Louis Paul
Lam
Ia half gale Of wind Curtiss rose
to a height Of more than 100 feet and
there performed as pretty a piece of
aeror-ane ioekeying as the world has
ever seen. lie described circles in dar-
ms don. lifting and dipping and
teatir- against the wind. and winding
up ar cutting the letter s
Paulhan strove to outdo this. going
! 5l2 feet and circling about ike a
1ar-s over barnTard. But his eXhi-
nft.ou az Fancy air skating lacked some
tHD- of the briIisncy shown by the
Aalkee.
Another wonder picture was painted.
tarriss and Paulhan and Charles X.
Hamilton. each driving his own ma
e-ine. swung round in an aerial Mara
on at times they raced together
EaadlouE against the wind. Again they
aTed raE with each other. flew under
Hct.. 'L-ltl- ana aANAlL4 ee1t.-l
other. guiding their trembling steeds
ritl sure fingers
crowds ARE ~AERONUTTY-
That there were no accidents
one ~ the uarvels Of the day
le asiators did not want 10 fly in the
Ind They know that the wind strains
delicate silk planes and pulls at
fas-erLuEs with cruel fingers A
sudden blast and The planes might
rumble and dash tie driver down.
.u- -.e crowd was there and some
i-E had ID be- done 10 amuse them.
a new word has been coined at the
stiation neld- u is "aeronutty." The
population of Los Angeles gave an ex-
ultlpn of This peculiar form Of in
sanity Through the rain Of the morn
n- rley went I'D drOVes TO the field.
standing in mud along the fence line
.r -olalus dripping seats in the grand
- ld- They started out In WagOnlOads
-au The nearby towns and farms, and
artol-e euiles from the city The mud
stopped many u them and the road 10
-le grounds Was strewu with many an
ppE hand OF stranded pilgrims.
la time The events We're sched-
.el 10 begin the biggest crowd OF the
meet had gathered and was stamping
lo Wlist-lng and sending up toy bal
runs 10 pass the time Even the nearby
bills were black with spectators.
The rain ceased and The sun peaked
lr 70 see what was going on. The
riators waited as long as possible. but
Iually Hamilton awakened the echoes
rising iu short fight TO test the
wi-d- Pau-han was not long ia follow
e. tle came Up with a rush and sailed
-- the grandstand in two qualifying
"ruls He Teered and shot out of the
rse back of the grandstand. 200 feet
a-gn. going over 1he field again after a
short run. When he came down he said
-1ar he had Intended 10 try 10 laps for
speed but found the wind too strong on
the westward course.
WIND BUCKING CONTEST
Then Curtiss came out ia prelim-
mary flight. Hamilton and Paulhan
started together i'm wind bucking con-
test bur were sent out Of the course
ard landed back Of the grandstand-
J'alllan. after finding that his machine
--as standing the strain well. made an
other Try for speed. In four rounds his
aest lap was 2-3S So. CUrtiss' record
- 2-l2
Finding he could not win in this
1'aullan tried To lower Curtiss starting
Eerord- He made il on the soft turf in
, So feet CurlIss record for this is IS
Roy nabenshue and Lincoln Beachy
brought 0ut their dirigibles. They went
Uu and struggled hard against the wind
for half q mile then gave il up, whirl-
ilg back over the grandstsnd at high
rate of speed.
Charles T. Willard i'm a Curtiss ma
chine came out for q brief fight but
2 fter feeling the force Of the wind gave
Up. CUrtiss, who had announced that he
would try for a mile speed record, also
quit. Tie crowd was sent home.
PAULHAN TAKES PASSENGERS
Paulhan. the irrepressible was not
content. AS the crowds We're fling out
he appeared on the horizon with two
pa ssengers behind him a difficult and
dangerous feat in sUciy a wind. The
passengers were mechanicians- After a
short run with them he took up Clifford
=. Ha rmon. the New York balloonist.
who is ambitious 10 wear the badge Of
aviator on his coat sleeve.
The greatest interest centers in Paul
: ans scheduled attempt to win tire
olichelin cup for long distance flight to-
morrow. III the weather permits ne viii
START earIv- IT VIII be necessary for
m 10 go over the new triangular
curse more than - times 10 beat the
record Of Henry Farman Of IA miles.
Paulhan thinks il viii be a great joke
10 take this prize from Farman in a
7 l.alt- aa.'AI ltA AAN4ll 7 a. ailr To-
Three balloons ascended from Aero
park todav and an landed on the same
ranch east Of the city within a mile
Of each other.
The Peoria. piloted by }. c. Msrr of
Oak kland. and with l. J. Wilde OF san
Diego and Charles K Field Of San
Francisco as passengers. ascended at
noon. an hour later the New York |
with George Harrison as pilot and Reg
iuald Balmer and Joseph Maston Of Los
IN the basket went up The
Dick Ferris followed half IN hour later. /
with Chester Keel Of Portland. r. W.
Vincent. George Carse and George 4
Duessfer aboard.
Erratic air currents nQated the big
gas bags ia circles over the city and
finally bore them 10 points over the
aguna rancho. where they came TO 1
earth.
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