Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-19
PAULHAN HERO
Of AER0NUTTY
ANGELEN0S
REMARKABLE CROSS
COUNTRY FLIGHT
Daring Frenchman Travels
Forty-Seven Miles in Little
Over ar Hour Beating to.
Windward With Ease,

tBy Morning journal Special Leased Wirel
Aviation Field, Los angeles, Jan.
1S.-Louis Paulhau in his Farman hi
plane made today what the aviation
experts h.4-s consider the most re-
markable cross-country flight in his
tory.
On the wings of a wind that other
aviators hcsitated to face, the little
Frenchman rode from Aviation field
to Lucky" Baldwin's ranch, % miles
away, eircled the old Santa Anita race
track, and bucked his way back to his
toni.
In all he covered an estimated dis
lance of Al 20 miles in one hour, two
minutes, ~ 40 seconds.
He went down with the wind it,
thirty minutes and came back against
it in thirty-three minutes. leaving Off
the odd seconds. When he climbed
out of the car he said that his motor
was as cool as when he started and
that he could do the trip over again
at once.
In sheer beauty and contempt oil
danger, the flight rivals that seen on
any of the aviation fields Of the old
world. The only test approaching it
in this country was that made by Or
Vile Wright last fan. flying With Lieu-
tenant Fuller from Washington to
Alexandria.
Dleriot, Latham, Farman and Cody
have made flights nearly as long, per-
haps. but they have not come back.
Cody flew forty miles at Aldershot in
hsixty-thrce minutes fast fan. 'Farman
Hook twenty-mile run to spend a day
shooting with a friend. but he landed
ut n END of his journey
Cortland F. Bishop. president of the
Aero Club Of America, said tonight
that he did not know of any flight
equal to Paulhans. 1t is probable that
the prize of $4,000 will go to him.
There will be a good deal of official
pondering and cabling, however. be-
fore n new world record is added to
the glory of France. Paulhan main
tanned an altitude Of from 1000 to
1000 feet on his way oven the valley
His highest point was 2,l30 feet, as
indicated by the instrument in his car.
Under him. speeding over the coun-
try roads. scattering chickens and
dogs, were automobiles and men on
horseback and motorcycles, trying to
keep near the machine in the event
that Paulhan should fan or have to
descend. Mrs. Paulhan was In an au-
tomobile. praying and crying.
When Paulhan reached the grand
stand ON his return He was mobbed.
h crowd broke through the barriers.
j aviator was lifted W and borne
over the field as a football hero would
be after a H~arvard-Yale game. His
own countrymen kissed him and wept
IN JOY.
This event was the only thing of inn
portancc in the days meet. Curtiss
did not go into the air until after
Paullan had been away half an hour.
Then he gave a pretty exhibition of
fancy starting and retired.
Tho wind came up suddenly and Tor
a time it looked as though the pro-
gram would be interrupted. AS s
o'clock came and nothing happened
but a few skids over the field, the
crowd began to howl.
Paulhan rose to the occasion. With ;
out any announcement his machine
appeared on the far west Course, beat
ing against the wind. 1t came around
n over the heads Of the crowd with
the wind ut a speed of sixty miles an
hour.
Paulhan came dow as though he
had decided against further flying.
but before the crowd had time to. for
get their first wonder. he came over
their heads again ana pointed the flat
nose Of his big white plane toward the
mountains il was 500 o'clock.
Hes off for the cr~oss-country rec
ord - "a rnta.sFHa,1 III
For ten minutes the machine flew
onward and upward. straight toward
the snowline Of the Sierra Madre
range. old Badly peak was the COM
pass point. II lay in shining white re-
lief against the greenish sky behind.
Through the glasses he could be seen
rising over the horizon and taking a
canyon trail TO the summit Soon he
disappeared from al sight of those |
on the field.
Bulletins were sent out and posted
on a blackboard as the machine pass
cd over the various small towns on
the way To the Baldwin race track.
At I O'Clock there was a great shout.
someone had seen the airship again.
Oon II came into sight. blown from
It's outward course. and on a line With
Mount Wilson. The machine became /
more and more plain and even the
experts watching j timing werc sur
prised at the speed With which il re- I
turned. AR. Bishop figured that H.
would take him tWicc as tong to re-
turn against the wind. The aviator
had struck o miidor current in the
nigh altitude and was coming home on
this.
soon he waf over the field and set
'H"e gently. The rpsh BEGAN The I