Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-24
BROOK|NS SCARS
IN WRIGHT RACER
45O ABOVE EARTH
Count De Lesseps Makes Trial
Trip in Passenger-carry-
ing AeropIane.
FRENCHMEN HAVE CEASED
TO GRUMBLE AT COURSE
Entries from Aero Club of France
Stand Unless Notice Is
Served.

BELMONT PARK, N. Y, Oct. "a
ise of excellent flying weather for the
afrmen on the third> day of the inter
national aviation meet here The sun
came up in an unclouded sky and
rapidly cleared away the morning mists
and the only wind was light breeze
from the northwest.
About noon Walter Brookins took out
the new Wright racer with its tenuous
planes and fine-drawn lines for two
short practise spins. He rose 450 feet
or so and then settled softly in front
of his tent. His control seemed perfect.
Frank B. Coffyn, his team mate, was
next in qualification fight for a H.
cense from the Aero Club of America.
He winged his way across the field In
Arch Hoxsey's machine for Instructions
from the judges stand, and then scared
back again to take out his own.
Meanwhile Count de Lesseps, in a
passenger Bleriot monoplane,
tried the wind in one brief tour of
reconnaissance, and landing in mid
field, bounded back over the turf to
his hangar.
No further grumbling was heard
from the French camp and no instruc-
tions had been received by lie Blanc
from the Aero Club of France Until
he serves notice on the aviation COM
mittee his. entry for the Gordon Ben
nett speed race will stand, whether
he and his team mates like the course
or not
The aviators we're slower than usual
in getting about and preparing for the
days tune-ups, the only early activity
noticed being in the Moissant camp.
There, In fact, work had been going on
all night, A. J. Moissant having, been
laboring hard to put his brothers
Bleriot monopiane in shape for use.
The Moissant machine was badly
broken up yesterday when taken out
for an attempted flight In the face
of a high wind. Grallame- Whites BIZ
plane also was damaged at the pre-
mature end of a short flight which the
aviator attempted but couple OF
hours work put the machine in trim
again.
The repairs to the Moissant mono
plane were so nearly completed early
this morning that only the wings re-
mained to oe placed They were at
tached before noon.
| The program for the day comprised
the hourly distance events, 1870 to 2:30
and 2:45 to 3:45; the hourly altitude
contests at the same hour, the daily
duration and fastest flight competi-
tions, proceeding simultaneously, the
program eliminating in the grand
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p. m.
| There was just enough air stirring
to flutter the flags on the grand stand;
the sun was comfortably warm for the
first time since the meet opened, and,
after the disappointments of two days,
there was every prospect when the
bugle screamed for the opening event
that a goods crowd would see
some real flying.
Program Unchanged.
| The program for today stood as
carded The program for yesterday,
called off because of a gale, was post
poned to a subsequent date The pre-
llminaries for the grand speed event
| "a 25 kilometer race around the inner
course, not to be confused with the
100 kilometer race around the outer
course for the Gordon Bennett inter
national cup) will be divided into two
days, the frst for biplanes. the sec
ond for monoplane5 Today's elimina-
ton heat for biplanes was scheduled
! for o'clock. Any aviator electing
to compete in a biplane was declared
thereafter barred from competing In a
monoplane.
What the enthusiasts wanted most to
see In motion were the newcomers,
The Butterfly, Demeiselles, the 100
horsepower Flying Fish, Antoinettes,
with the 100-horsepower Bleriots, fiat
ter, smaller and faster than the cross
country models: and the Wight and
Curtiss single surface" racers. None of
these had ever appeared in competition
in this country, and there was the
keenest desire to see what they could
do.