The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-11

machine descended In front of Paulhan's
quarters.
Paulhan Delivers Goods.
Paulhan had remained in the air eight
and a half minutes and sailed three and
quarter miles. His highest altitude
was loo feet
While the dirIelbles were preparing Tor
their second flight. the irrepressible
er journey. Covering the full course in
2.0i rs, he started around again and
neared the starting point Just as Knab-
the head OF the stretch and was coming
along at high speed. Paulhan's aero
plane shot upward and soon was abreast
and directly over tho diriglble. The two
craft raced with thd wind at their backs,
that Of the Frenchman soon distancIng
the big gas bag.
Paulhsu gave a thrilling exhibition of
his control Of the aeroplane. He darted
this way and that. assembled suddenly
and shot downward until IL seemed that
he must surely wreck his aeroplane
against the earth. Where groups OF men
had gathered on the field he scattered
them with sudden dips Of the machine.
Once he headed directly for the grand
stand, waiting until almost upon II be
fore pointing the bow Of his craft up
heads OF the crowd Throughout ii all
he gesticusted with his hands and
shouted In language understood BY his
air and seemingly is carried away by
tho cxhilaration OF his erratically daring
performances.
On this second flight he remained up
ten minutes and two seconds reaching
height OF 400 feet and travelling about
four lou, and and half miles In descending; he
tance, from the entrance,
roI,, In his Is third third n!gh,. paqlhan arose di,
over II and turned back to the official
course, where he rose to, a height, Of
In 2;5s. he took another shot Into the
! country, came back. went around the
course a second time. and bad started
a Curtlss mouoplene. had made an as
cent and Sot under fun headway The
French aviator fell I'm behind Hamilton
can until tho latter descended. after a
| flight Of four minutes. Then. after com
OF graceful turns In the middle Of the
| field and sailed low over the grandstand
again and again. The fight lasted TWEEN
| ty-nipo minutes and two seconds.
Some Special Records.
In the machine in which he made the
| L.: :05a. at Rheims. Glenn II. Curtlss at
tempted another flight,
He rose TO height Of twenty feet in
500 yards flight. when his propeller
broke and he was compelled TO stop bis
engine. He sailed gracefully to the
ground.
| The only accident that in any way
marred the days programme occurred
| when the engine NJ tho Gill-Dosch ma =
chine was started before the biplane had
| been taken from the tent and n nsre-
back tore ont n portion OF the upper
| plane. This accident prevented the Gill
Doscr machine from being flown during
| the day.
| Tonight Dick Ferris manager of the
events. announced that Louis Paulhan
Will attempt To break the worlds alti-
iude record for heavier than air ma
| chimes tomorrow, The attcmpt Will be
made In the Farmnn blplane In which
| the daring aviator today thrilled the
crowds by his flights over the new field
| While the flights by the well-known
avIators were being made to-day several
machines of local construction and un-
known design were wheeled onto the
field and paraded before the specta tors
One a graceful. bird thing. made q
noise that could hardly be distinguished
| from the noises made by the acroplanet
| that sailed after It's engine was started
hui 1t did not leave the ground. nor ever
the spot where II rested. Another. a
mutlplane. built ny Prof. j. B. Zcrbe
| OF this city. brought out great applause
| on account Of its appearance, but not
even It's engine would go.