Arizona republican., 1910-01-11
PAULHAN's PERFORMANCES
Two Successful Flights Frenchman Will Try To
 day For Worlds Record
 For Height in a Heavier Than Air Machine.

Los Angeles. Jan. 10.-Louis Paul. han. the French aviator, was the star attraction at the opening day of Amer ica's first international aviation meet, conducted under the auspices of the Merchants and Manufacturers Asso- citation of Los Angeles. The daring Frenchman gave the 10000 spectators assembled at the aviation camp a demonstration of aeroplane ma noeuvering that threw the great throng into a frenzy of excitement and enthusiasm.
 Starting his machine unexpectedly, while the spectators were watching the flight of two dirigible balloons. piloted by Roy Knabenshue and Lin colH Beachey. the French aviator ap- peared suddenly out of a gully hidden from the view of the grandstand, and circled the course three times. He went out across the country, and came back over the grahdstand and alighted in the center of the field. In a second flight he gave a remarkable exhibition of control of his machine, making sharp turns as gracefully as
 the sudden veering of gull.
 Promptly at l o'clock Glenn H. CurA tiss was out on the starting stretch to open the international meet with a christening flight for a new mono
 plane he had never before used. LeaV-
 ing the ground in front of the grand
 stand, the air craft arose gracefully
 with the rise in the ground to the
 west. made a short flight up the course. returned and lighted at the starting point. The distance. estimat-
 ed by the judges at five-eighths of a
 mile. was covered in 2S:03 seconds. the
 greatest height reached being 90 feet
 Next Charles F. Willard appeared
 upon the course in Curtiss' aeroplane No. l, and after a short preliminary flight. attempted to circle the offi- cial course, a trifle more than a mile and a half in length Rising to the height of 70 feet, he maintained this altitude until one-half the distance had been traversed, when his motor gave out and the aeroplane descended He was in the air l minute and 23 seconds. the longest flight ever made by a heavier -than-air machine onl the Pacific coast up to that time.
 Curtiss. using the machine with which he had made his previous flight. cipcled the field, an estimated distance of one and e-eighth miles. in l: 51. His Maximum altitude was 200 feet the highest flight on this coast up to that time.
 Lincoln Beachey and Roy Knaben- shue appeared upon the course with dirigible balloons sailing directly over the grandstand at height of 22 feet.
 In the first flight Paulhan remained or f.l f and three-quarters miles. His high est altitude was 150 feet On his sec ond flight, he rose directly in front of the grandstand. passed over it. clapping his hands, and turned back to the official course. where he rosel to a height of 300 feet. Covering the mile and a half in 2:5S, he took an- other shoot into the country, came back went around the course sec ond time, and had started on the third lap just as Beachey. in his dirigfole. and Charles K. Hamilton. in Cur tiss' monoplane had made an ascent and got under full headway. The French aviator fell in behind Hamil- | ton and acted as rear guard for the American until the latter descended after a flight of four minutes. Then after completing his third lap. he made a series of graceful turns in the ] middle of the field and sailed low over the grandstand again and again. | This flight lasted 29 minutes and 2l seconds. |
 In the machine in which he made ' the worlds speed record of 12.42 miles in 15 minutes, 5fs seconds. at Rheims. !! Glenn H Curtiss attempted another | flight when his propeller broke, and he ! was compelled to stop his engine. He ! sailed gracefully to the ground when the engine ceased to revolve.
 The only accident that in any way marred the days program occurred I when the engine on a Gill-Dosh ma-
 chine was started before the bi-plane | had been taken from the tent, and a | flareback tore out a portion of the ! upper plane. This prevented the Gill; Dosh machine from being flown dur ing the day.
 Tonight it is announced that Louis l Paulhan will attempt to break the | worlds altitude record for a heavier han-air-machine tomTrow. The at tempt will be made in a Farman bi- plane.
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