The San Francisco call., 1910-11-26
10 BIRDMEN TO
FLY HERE FOR
$4,000 PURSE
Committee Authorized to Sign
Contracts With Famed
AviatOrs
Lieutenant Beck Plans to Make
Meet a Military Event With
Severe Tests

OGfStS S-LO
If the tentative plans of Lieutenant
Paul W. Beck, L. s A signal corps,
who is secretary Of the citizens avis
tion meet committee. are carried out,
the meet which viii be held at Tan
foran in January viii be Of greater i'm
portance from a military standpoint
than any aviation meet ever held in
The United States. That the meet viii
he held seems now TO be assured. The
executive committee held meeting at
the Palace hotel yesterday afternoon.
presided over by F.<E. Scotford, chair
man of the committee. and the chair
man and secretary We're authorized to
close contracts with at least 10 avia-
tors Of international fame on basis
of $4,000 guaranteed for the meet
Contracts viii shortly be secured
from the Wright brothers team. in
cluding Hoxsie. Brookins and Parma
lee; the Glenn Curtiss team. including
Ely and Willard. Hubert Latham of
the French national aero club the only
man in America who flies an Antoinette
monoplane, and who is at present in
san Francisco; James Radley. the
speedy English aviator Of the Royal
British aero club. who flies a Bleriot
monoplane and Is here now; Captain
Tom : Baldwin. Bud Mars. Garros and
II possible. Grahame- White and De
1esseps and others.
20 NAY FLY HERE
It IL expected that Is or more aTia-
tors of national and international fame
viii appear. while the number Of nedg-
lngs among the birdmen viii increase
the total TO - or 80.
II has been recommended to the COM
mittee that Lieutenant Benjamin
Foulois l.. :. A. signal corps be asked
10 give his services during the meet as
Official reader of the barograph. He
is qualified for this work as he had
experience al. the Belmont and other
aviation meets. Lieutenant Foulois IS
at present the only officer in the United
states army at presen. engaged in fly
ing. He is stationed a san Antonio.
Tex whore he is conducting oxperi-
ments toward making The Wright aero
plane better adapted TO military pur-
poses.
BOMBS TO DROP ON CITY
IF the aviation meet is held here. =
said Lieutenant Beck vest erGay. and
a. present there seems little doubt
that il VIII DE held we shall endeavor
10 make il highly valuable from mill
talE aspect. Heretofore the bomb
dropping contests have been from low
attitudes. 1t is OF no military advan-
tage TO try TO drop bombs from an
altitude within the range of rife fire
There would he decided advantage In
dropping projectiles from an altitude
OF 1000 feet or mere. Nor should it
H.r !
alutude- Nut SO difficult = : artillery
practice The elements THAT would en-
Ter into such work are not such as
should make 1t difficult The speed OF
the aerOplane. its altitude and the
speed Of the target If il be a moving
target as an army on the march. could
be readily determined By instruments
and tables OF co-ordinates could be
prepared which would be placed "A the
side Of the aviator in his machine
ready for his eve. and the possibility of
missing the target would be minimized.
The element Of velocity Of the wind
and the direction OF the wind could be
determined and overcome by the avfa-
tor"
SOUTH CITY GIVES PERMIT
At the meeting Of the aviation com
l.littee yesterday Mayor W J. Martin
ot south City stated that the trustees
aviation meeting its necessary license
without charge. At his suggestion
committee was ne ned to attend the
meeting OF the board Of trustees next
Monday evening and secure the license.
Chairman Scotford named on that COM
mittee Colonel George II. Pippy. ". B.
Webster and W J. Martin
On motion of Henry T. Scott. the
chairman and secretary Were-author-
lied to secure contracts with at least
10 aNisUOrs at a total guara ntee of
S50.0o0, providing that 100000 is raised
for the meet.
NAY FLY OVER BAY SOON
Scotford stated that James Radley.
the British aviator who flies a Bleriot
and Hubert Latham, who flies the An
roinette- have considered the question
Of flying from the Presiiio, over San
Francisco. the sviators to he compen-
sated by private interest and the flights
10 be an advertisement Of the big meet
The question Of the committee sane
Tioning the flights for date in the
near future or arranging to have them
as part Of the aviation meet was laid
over for consideration at the next
meeting
Henry T. Scott. chairman Of the
finance committee. announced that he
viii have 10 leave the city shortly and
named Leopold Michels is vice chair
man of the finance committee The
executive committee indorsed the nom
ination.
1t was decided that there shall be
no advertising on the official program
for the meet. which viii be prepa red
by the committee.
The committee is in possession of
important data concerning the stand
srdization, handling and reading of the
barOgraph and has telegraphed east to
have these delicate instruments for
altitude mea surenents sent here at an
early date in order that they may be
properly calibrated and otherwise pre-
pared 50 that the records that will he
made here may be absolutely accurate.
Judges for the meet viii be ap-
pointed within few days in order that
they may properly prepare themselves
for their exceedingly technical and diff
icult duty by the time the meet takes
place.
SERIOPLANE TO COMPETE