The Detroit times., 1910-10-22
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milton MEETING.
100 and Grahams- White Make
~ n Wind and Rain
famous Birdmen Present.


oonnon announced the beginning
- me aviation tournament, rain
Uoo falling, but despits this han
GDoep, =. Armstrong prexsl, MIL
j1onolro Of philadelphia; John 3.
NJ .n1oloant, the daring Chicago cross
SCANNED flyer, and Claude Ora
y homo-v White, the English flyer,
" vDoro In The air. The fiiohts which
a ooomed the meet were for partIcl-
a ootlon In the hourly distant con-
test.
~ the conclusion Of the first
hour crahame-Whlte had flown
NJ tVHonty iaps on the short course
lone mile and one-half In length.
moIoant had made ~ laps. AZ
2:2o there were four aeroplanes In
N tbo air-Hoxsey, Ely, Moisant and
0rshams- White.
Il BELMONT AVIATION FIELD. l..
"A Il, Oct 22.-The first accident OF the
& International aviation tournament oc-
Gurred this morning when Tod
Y D0hreiver, In q Dietz biplane. fell a
|3 1Iotance Of fifty feet, wrecking his
y Uachine and injuring himself. His
" wounds were dressed ut Mineola hos
& nftal and he returned to the field.
" At 1880 q. m, heavy rain began
{laIling.
Despite the rain p. o. Parmalee, In
40 hoodless biplane, went into the air.
Il Ho n q new man In the flying game
Xnnd made his ascent to qualify as q
t1ot.
The first view OF the new Curtiss
'{mDood machine was had this after
~ - lu
'{now design. The machine has the
VI Arman stabilizers, with the unique
Z Gietinction that both the steering rud-
\ &e9 and the elevating plane are In
|51ho rear. II carries an eight-cylinder
'<G1xty horsepower engine. In this
y machine. which will probably be
make IS miles an hour.
Parmalee remained In the air about
4 Ave minutes, making careful and
fGosy descent. After tinkering with
IL machine for few moments only.
\ ~ re-Rscended.
ne made three flights Of about Ave
minutes each, qualifying as pilot un-
\ 10x license from the Aero Club or
America. This grants him the right
80 participate In the meeting as
OF the Wrights. Parm-
En1eo'6 Nights were eminently success
~. despite the rain and wind. He
landed each time directly In front
'uf the judges stand. once bringing
hls machine to q stop exactly on the
1nish line
At 1870 Claude Grahame-White went
into the air in his big Farnam biplane.
He made two complete circles Of the
0eId at an altitude OF about nifty
'1oet. At 1925 the officials announced
that II the weather conditions did not
.GroW worse today's program would
~ carried out. At that time, however.
rain was falling steadily and there
we're few people In the grandstand.
With twenty-seven Of the worlds
'IxDUt fhmous airmen on hand. the
.&roat second international aviation
xn6et opened here today. II will con-
11nue nine days, including two Sun
Startling coups are expected, for
me Americans-the Wrights and Cur
<los--have guarded their new racing
lo6roplane with the utmost secrecy
md have declared that aerial honors
1n1e to remain In America. The
Wrench, chagrined over their defeat
4 Inst year At Rheims have announced
tAelr intention of breaking every
Uorld's record to win.
The Coup de International de avia-
h Non n the chief trophy offered, while
I1y3 800 In cash prices, together with
1oyenty per cent of the first 500. 900
! DsU(Ets and forty per cent OF the Sec
cnld 100000 profits. will be awarded
~ the airmen. One special prize Of
110,o00 has been offered by Thomas F..
kyan for . flight from the aviation
1c1d, over Brooklyn. around the
Dtntue Of Liberty, and return, within
80 hour. Another Of $1,000 has been
(o&ored by tho Aero Club of America
~ the aviator who reaches an alti-
<1n4e exceeding 10000 feet. Numerous
& xnnd prizes are offered for speed,
Unrati0n. distance. cross country and
4 Doo1enger-carrying flights.
The entrants include Brookins.
A 3ohnstone, Hoxsey and Turpin, pupils
{&f the Wright brothers; Willard,
Mars, McCurdy and Ely, pupils of
Il 0lenn Curtiss: J. Armstrong Drexel.
ne Philadelphian, who won fame
Y 6broad; John r. Moissant, the Chi
onsoan. who few from Paris to Lon
1on: Hardness, Schreiver, Hamilton
4nnd Frisbee. also representing Ameri
lea: Count DeLesseps, Latham. Le-
y Blanc, Auburn, Barrier. Garros. Au-
0emars and Simong, from France;
md White, Olgilive, Nc
<kxdle and Radley. sent over by the
leyaI Aero club of the United King