Arizona republican., 1910-12-07
AVIATION AT
 FAIR GROUNDS Mars May Fly Here Friday
 and Saturday IN X CURT|SS AEROPLANE

Provided proper arrangements cal ! be made with the board of trade J.
 Mars. one of the nerviest aviators wh' ever lived. will fly in a Curtiss biplan'
 at the fair grounds next Friday anC | Saturday afternoons.
 Whipple Hall, himself an aviator O. l considerable reputation, arrived 1T Phoenix yesterday morning. Hall l:
 not flying at present. having smashed
 his machine, but is acting as advance
 agent for Captain Tom Baldwin ana
 Mars.
 A proposition which Hall made tC
 the directors of the board of trade
 whom he sought out immediately after ' his arrival, was quickly accepted. This
 proposition was that Baldwin and Mars
 fly at the fair grounds two afternoons
 and receive a percentage of the gate receipts No guarantee was asked. All
 that Hall asked was that the board give | its sanction, secure the fair grounds and attend to other minor details, for
 which it should receive a percentage. l A contract was signed on these terms
 but late in the afternoon Hall received
 a telegram saving that Baldwin had
 suffered an accident in Los Angeles His machine was badly disabled. his | engine out of commission and Baldwin | himself was slightly hurt.
 This changed all plans. Hall made an-
 other proposition to the board to bring Mars alone Last night MT. Hall stated | that he had succeeded in securing a
 new contract with the board of trade, but four directors who were seen said | they had heard nothing of it. The oth-
 CT directors could not be reached. T understand that Hamilton and ] Willard flew here early this year in two Curtiss machines" said Hall. One
 who has not attended all the aviator
 meets that have been held throughout the country since that time can scarce ly realieze the Improvements that have been made in the aeroplanes and the tremendous advance that has been made in the science of flying. The bi- plane that Mars will bring cannot be compared with those that Hamilton and Willard had And Mars can do things that Hamilton and Willard nev- CT thought Of"
 X message was received by Hall stat ing that Mars machine was shipped from san Francisco last night on the owl Mars is in Los Angeles and will be here Thursday.
 The engine that Mars uses weighs 230 pounds and generates 75-horse- power. Hamilton had a 51-hOrsepOwer motor and Willard only a 25-hOrse- power engine.
 "One of the principal changes made in the Curtiss biplane during the last year has been in the ailerOns. or flexi- ble wing tips" said Hall. ''The ailerons are now hinged on tO the back of the main plane instead of being between the two planes, at the end. They are controlled by the shoulders of the avi- ator Different material Is used in the construction of the aeroplane. The engines used now are Of solid steel in stead of being part steel and part ma cadamite And the frames are also of steel instead of galvanized iron. The Curtiss biplane of today is as safe as it can possibly be made, so far as ma terial and construction go. What i'm provements will be added in the future to make it more stable and more easily controlled. I cannot say.
 Mars is without doubt one of the foremost aviators of the day. He was pupil of Captain Baldwin years ago, when the captain was doing parachute drops from a hot-air ballon. Even in those days Mars displayed unusual daring and nerve. Later he assisted Captain Baldwin in experiments with gas balloons and when dirigibles came in he worked with Stroebel
 "A year ago Mars was official pilot for the Aero Club of Oakland, during it's meet in Los Angeles. Glenn Cur tiss was there and was struck by Mars coolness while undertaking the most daring feats. In the young pilot he thought he saw a great aviator, so he persuaded Mars to go to Hammonds- port New York. There Curtiss taught Mars to fly.
 About six weeks after Mars received his first lesson he flew at Memphis, Tennessee. He excelled Curtiss and all the other aviators who were there, but met with an accident. At a height of 800 feet he lost control of his machine and dropped onto an auto, breaking one leg. A week later he flew at Kansas City. with the leg encased in plaster of Paris. Since then he .has flown in various parts of the country. At the recent aviation meet in New York he was one of the stars"
 Mars and Baldwin are in Los Angeles to take part in the aviation meet to be held there during Christmas week A week ago Mars flew at Stock ton and he is highly recommended by the Merchants association of that place. The Phoenix board yesterday | sent the association a telegram asking about Mars flying and received a re- ply to the effect that he did better than anyone had expected
 Arrangements are now being made to | run excursions from the south side | both Friday and Saturday. Saturday | the Indian school pupils and teachers | will be invited to attend in body.
 Several special events are being | planned. One of these will be a race | between the aeroplane and an auto. | There will also be a motorcycle race | between local machines.
 Mars will make an attempt to excel | the high record made by the late John 1 stone, who was killed few weeks ago. | He has little hope of breaking John | stones record in this light air. however. ] But there is no doubt that he will at tain a height Of several thousand feet | All the instruments necessary to meas | ure his height will be brought along | with the aerOplane. On both days |