The San Francisco call., 1910-01-27
Sails at Will in All Directions
in a Sensational Ex-
hibitiOn
Attains Speed of Seventy-five
Miles an Hour at Certain
Times
Marvellous Aerial Feats Thrill
the Great Crowd at
Tanf0ran
Paulhan Gives Wonderful DEM
onstratiOn of Biplane's
Possibilities
By ARTHUR L. PRICE

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Farman biplane, arose from the
- damp ground at the Tanforan
aviation field yesterday afternoon at
minutes to o'clock, stayed in the
air for 81 minutes and 80 seconds,
flew over the land fro mColma to the
outskirts of Redwood City, the great
er part of the time at an altitude of
1900 feet, reaching 400 meters of
| l 800 feet at one time, and landed
with grace in the midst of the field.
Immediately he was smothered by
the crowd of $4,000 people assembled
to see the greatest free show-not
excepting the Portola festival pa
genats-that San Francisco and vicin-
ity ever had
Where were you" Paulhan's friends
asked of him when he alighted
Il don't know" replied the French
man. "but it was over beautiful, a
magnificent country. wish / knew
where II was 1t was so beautiful"
Over Beautiful Country
| So the aviator is like man in
dream, who finds the promised land
but can not stop TO feel its tangibility.
He had splendid day for his flight.
There was sunshine and but little
wind and a throng of people filed
with the most explosive enthusiasm.
~,
Paulhan, flying at an elevation of
more than 1000 feet, put the instan-
taneous stamp of his broad wings fiat
across the face of the burning disk
The sun. to hide it's chagrin. went be-
hind a purple cloud. But the cloud
hastily unraveled its silver Innings and
old Sol was Obliged to come out again
and see the rest of the performance.
One Wonderful Flight
Paulhan made but. one flight. but it
was wonderful attempt. 1t is true
that he has done more marvellous
things, that he has made many longer
flights and that other aviators have
made longer flights. From the stand
point of aviation his contest with and
conquest of the perilous cross currents
Monday and Tuesday were much more
notable than his smooth soaring yester-
day But yesterdays voyage above the
earth in heavier than air machine was
the most remarkable demonstration
that San Francisco has ever had of a
new and spectacular invention.
Sheriff Chatham OF San Mateo county
and his picturesque and amusing star
of cowboy deputy sheriffs. did their
duty well yesterday in keeping the in
field at Tanforan clear of spectators.
and while the mile track was lined for
three-fourths of its length with eager.
impatient and restless people. Paulhan
was given a splendid oval in which to
start his engine and speed his machine
on the runners uptiI it could gain the
needed impetus for prolonged fight.
Crowd Gathers Early
The crawd began to gather in the
morning and waited until $40 before
it had glimpse Of the white wings of
the aeroplanc.
Then the fiimsy framework was rolled
i out on 10 the netQ Dy EdulHdn mech
anicians and trundled to the far north
end of the inelosure.
Several times Mason started the
motor revolving. but it was not until
six minutes of O'Clock that the tune
Of the engine satisfied the subtle ear
of the aviator and he spread his arms
as a signal for the mechanieians to
unleash the straining bird
The Farman spurted out on the field.
which was drier than it had been DUR
ing the meet. Paulhan. tilted back in
his seat, his fuzzy cap drawn low over
his eyes. his feet braced sensitively on
the control brake. allowed the light
machine to bound and romp over the
damp sward for several hundred yards
| He was well into the center OF the
| field before he tilted the elevator plane
and the responsive machine leaped
from the ground into the bright. invis-
ible avenues Of the air.
blue sky was above the aviator.
| although the horizon was gray with
clouds. Paulhan preferred the blue to
the gray.
He climbed upward rapidly
On the previous days of the meet his
] initial flight would be little more than