The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-25
Evolutions Of Aielr o..
planes Too Swift for
Eye to Follow.
EVERY EVENT
FULL o i Al CTIO ON
New American Record for A1ti-
tude Goes to Credit Of ]. Arm
strong Drexel, Who Rises
7,1o5 Feet in AirD ebu-
tantes duced to
Flying World.
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Flying World.
New York, October THE third
day of the internationals aviation meet,
at Belmont Park. T.. i &, made up for;
al. the damp. cold and sdisap ppointment
of the first Stwo o days. ~ new American
record for altitude was set down to f
the credit Of ~. Armstrong DreSel, and
the competition In the other events
was at all times thing of delight.
Isfull OF zest. action and beauty. n The
air fairly hummed with the buzz Of
the dipping, dancing craft, and thefo
}incessant Eevolutions were 80 swift and
so intricate that the spectators could
lnot follow them. and even the otficial
scorer, prompted from the judges
stand by the stabulators and tIrle-
/ Keepers, Jagged behind. Il! q
Drexe1 scared for latitude In his rec q
ord FL ght at 81 a P. NJ. 81 In great, lazy
ctrcless he crept into the wind, pointing
4 higher and higher into the glare Of
1 tho setting. sun to "a height of T,1gs f
feet. Beneath him three busy biplanes
We're sputtering about the track like
4; SO many sparrows in a panic, racing
for places in the grand speed event.
He, planed above them like d hawk
searching the moors, so high that in
4 perspective hesseemed almost immobile Il
ltosdtuSt Allle III uet
Descent Is swlft.
His descent was swift but unhurried,
and he landed lightly In the middle
sof the field. There was immediate sur
mise that he had approached If he had
| not established new record. hut no I
1 figures were available until his baro
I graph had been unsealad and the 1
reading of the stylograph on the
plotted sheet inside 1t examined.
4 DreSel had made. however what:
/ i5proyed to he close sessi5
mat OF Just W Hattie had done.
I've been up more than "a 600 feat
4 ishe said \; and let me tell you that It.
5lSwas cold, si sf's Al s4t
4 The barograph is arl ar eroid ,I,arp s.
lmeter to (which Is alta ched a revolving
| drum Of plotted papers driven by ci k-
l5tached. The instrument shows both
the height and the time at which 1T
was made Drexel's reading showed
|sclearlS that he had risen 7,1o5 feet.
The bestsprevious American record was
f6,175 feet. made by Walter Brookins
IatsAtlantic City and Drexel's own best
record. made last summer in GreatS
time a worlds record It.is probable
thatMthe oft1cial records, as they will
finally be- compiled. will allow him
only Z. 4 90 feet to-day, as 4 t Is held
tha an aneroid barome ter is an iil-F
strument not of sufficient accuracy tc
be relieds upon for measurements own
to the Ultimate foot. The worlds alti-
tude cord is S9,l Sc feet, held by Henry
WYnmal len. a Hollander. s4ss
8 Walter Brookins a lso ven up for ST.
titude in a ..ba by Wright biplanea
machine precisely like the new head
less fliers that the Wrights brought
out this summer,. b,ltt with q sharper
upward cant TO the planes. thereby
enabling the nviat t or to point up more
sharply and climb faster. S$ sSi
Wins Second Ionors.
Brookins went up 4,ss2s feet, accord "a
ling to the Paragraph. and Won second
apex OF his climb his engine. which
had given him some trouble y before.
|'stopped dead, with both the spropellers
pointing straight upg6into& the air. so
that IN gliding to earth with5no power
on they afforded him the least assist
ance in break ding the rush Of his a -
scent. II O came down swhizzing g, about
Estrucls3 With q bump, which broke his.
I forward landing skid. rlle damage
was insigniflcan t,s however. and he was
mot hurt in the least.
NeXt4Nto the performance of DreNal
the crowd 35t o o llsS most enjoyment in
the appearance 2Ota SueESrtSeeIlxt
lin America be fore. The 5debutnntes OF n
1.-THE airScourtsied tothe grandstand be-
fore crossing the starting line and h
waltzed offaon their first course. They
We're the e3new,s5Wri gh climber used hXSg
TBrookins In his altitude flight,la tiny
IDemofsselle, called the Humming Bird
of aeroplanes, but 1t look more like
a a9{hutterfly: and 3 a Flylng- Els Ans -
|toinette. In all there We're ten ma AZ
chimes aloft. and all in spirit 81 rtva lrs,.si
Americans had never r5S seen anything ~
like ftt. and the eXclama tions OF ads ssa
|Smiration and bewil ldermen tswere heard
on every hand sss
Latham Pilots Craft.
isa Latham. whose name has heen q So
sociated so closely witt 81 the develo op-
ment Sof the Antoinette, piloted the
Iticklish craft. II e sat well n bac k 81
the sharp stem, 8sha ped like he stem
of aSspeed launch, With which II GU tsss
1.-The air. The two 5,whee Is wi tn NV htch8SS
he controls the long, slender wi s.
could he seen cessantly ly turning 8 g
|Bbackward9 and forward und ers Is
hands The craft was fast,. nd was X
Isnarticularly notable that he III banked
the turns with a precision and da artn s RI
THAT the Bleriot 5nlonoplane nes, moro 9ha t-3
L 4 40 and hlunter, could no z "a In IN ~
1.-The stra ightnWays, toNseyer, 81 4 w a.
Inot so fast Il. ", .Ra dley,5 an En- 81 lsll'-N
BY him MS II he had been chained te
a stump. But Radley had frequent ~
engine trouble, and never "a CURED sesg
ErionslS IN any OF he con tests Of ths #a$ #
day ssi8 8S5S al 5sisi
The Antoinette's motor IN m Ills e
sewins machine and lien l-a tha N ISL
seemed to he making less spe eatls "A har III
HE thought he W onl IA command, 4, wat "
isupphs cd that he WAS thrat Hi ngs dayys IS
his i 90 horsepower. Agatn 4 the csoySts s4
was In error. Ha was & ID 50, 6sS
horse Ell. el ght -c5sl Ind IN 81 ma china s
His sixtaan- -evl In dar 3s u IN .hnrSe SenovAf