Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-01
American Aviator in Baby
Wright Machine Climbs to
Heighth Of 9,714 Feet and
Wins Purse of $4,000,
MOISANT WINNER OF
LIBERTY STATUTE FLIGHT
International Meet at Belmont
Park Ends With Thrilling
Contests Next viii Be Held
in England During 1911
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New York, oct. S1.-A baby
wright roadster. with Ralph john
stone at the wheel glided gracefully
to earth in the twilight at the close
If tho International aviation meet at
Belmost park this evening with the
barograph registering new worlds
altitude record The little machine of
only s5 horse power had been up
g.7l4 feet. exceeding by 52S feet the
height attained in France on Octo-
ber by Henry w Winnmalon of
Holland.
Johnstones sky climbing feat was
not the only notable incident OF the
closing day. Claude Grahame-White,
the athletic Britlsher who carries away
the Gordon Bennett trophy which
takes the next international tourna-
ment to England. sharpened the sport
ing appetite with a challenge to John
B. Moisant Of Chicago, for another
race from the park around the sta
Tue Of liberty and return. Moisant'
si l.s4s Sfp,0G9 ion IT'S 4asl nlsht
around the statue Yesterday refused
to consider the challenge unless White
agreed to fly in a so horse power
Blerlot, a machine equal in power to
his own White, who made the sta
tue flight in 400 horse power Bier
io declined to entertain this counter
offer so that the chance for another
thrilling flight over Brooklyn is off.
Then Grahame-White denied an
other chance for a visit to Miss Li5er-
W sent a thrill through the spectators
when at the close of speed race with
]. A. McCurdy. of the Curtiss team,
his propeller snapped, his monoplane
dug into the ground in front of the
grand stand turned turtle, and bur-
led the aviator underneath. lie was
uninjured and won the race,
Moisant's winning Of the $4,000
distance prize offered by the Aero
Club of America, was the other big
event of the daS.4 He Travelled ap-
proxlmately 81 1-2 miles in two hours
IN landing after winning the event, he
smashed his propeller and broke a
running wheel but escaped unscratch-
ed
The Wright brothers We're jubilani
at Johnson's success. 1t was the first
time he had ever flown their tiny
roadster and he had set new worlds
mark for aviators of the world. Arch
HoXseyt his friends and rival climber
was one Of the first to congratulate
Johnstone.
As the crowds about the iudge''
stand cheered the announcement q
Johnstone's wonderful air feat ]
Armstrong DreNel, swoopcd down Il
the earth. He had been battling II
NE air with the Wright pupil, "bu
mad attained only $50 feet"
Johnstone had easily won the al
titude event with its $4,000 prize.
The first event of the day was thu
Two hour distance race for "A purse o
$500, donated by members of th'
Aero Club of America.
The report of the bomb had hardly
uaed away when far across the field th'
lhe white wings of q monoplane sho
UP from the ground and swept toWarC
me starting line. It was Moisant an'
Ne was flying the same machine witt
winch he won the statue of libert'
ilsht. Bud" Mars of the Curtis
team, and Simon and Latham of tn
french team followed quickly ans
soon were chasing Moisant about tn
course, at almost . mile minut
clip
Mars was soon down with "a broker
engine and after few laps Latham
engine became balky and he was fore
ed to descend in front of his hangers
Moisant and Simon We're alone in tn
@'r flying close to each other Whel
he passed the grand stand Moisant le
out his speed a notch and shot ahead
N'ihon came To earth before the la
was finished and Moisant was flag
beu. Then il was announced that 81
mon had protested that Moisant ha
i"uled him by passing too close {
"'h IN the air The judges penalize
ul" Chicagoan three laps but in "a FEY
minutes he was up again whizzin
round only "A few feet in the air. In
mann and Simon were once more i
tne contest and Moisant appeared I
d" Keeping out of their way.
~ Was queer race. When the fin
.sn Rag was put up. two hours afte
Dir start Moisaut WAS declared tn
"'nAer He had been around tn
'uise iity-six times. % distance ,
""'ut Sd l-2 miles As ne came I
'i'n victorious. The accident Occur
'- Ills machine swerycd. bumpe