New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-14
'BEACHEY STAR At CHICAGO
Wins 20-MiIe BipIane Race by
Less than a Minute.
FAST TIME MADE ON COURSE
Mile and a Third Repeatedly Gov
cred in Minute-Brinsley May
Have Won Days Records.

Chicago. AuE i5-The record for total
time spent In flying s one aviation mark
that Is bound 70 he broken during the In
1 ternations agitation meet here. The in
spiration is the 81 paid each flyer for each
minute his machine is in the air. and when
the gun doomed 10 start the programme
to-day tho success Of this plan for conduct
ing q meet was proved
Except for a half-dozen sviators who
planned 70 enter events for particular
PRICES there was general exodus from
the hangers and In less than half an hour
there were score Of machines floating
over the field and out above the city, all
planning 70 stay up until gasolene was eX-
hausted
The result was that during all the sched-
uled events there were AZ least a dozen
machines hanging over the field. several
remaining up during the greater part Of the
afternoon.
Although there We're A dozen men particl-
pating I'm the programme and as many
more out for endurance and altitude the
day was free from accidents. John J. FRS
bic being the only aviator 70 report trouble.
heavy rain during the morning and al
most total lack Of wind made the day ideal
for flying. and much fast time was made
! The trip over the course-one mile and
/ third around seven pylons-was made re-
peatedly in a minute, the average time in
/ the twenty races being less than .
minutes.
! Lincoln Beachy was the individual star
| to-day. taking the twenty biplane race
/ by less than a minute from Earle Owing
/ ton. These two with James Ward, started
/ from the ground in front Of the judges
stand together. and at no time was there
more than few seconds between the lead
ers. Beachy chose a lower level than either
/ OF hts opponents, his biplane frequently
seeming almost 20 Craze the ground. After
! winning the race he began at once the
! climbing contest, reaching 500 feet. from
which he descended IN spectacular spiral
! glides.
Oscar A. Brinsley is believed 10 have won
the days record both for altitude and dura-
ton. He remained at an altitude OF 500
/ feet for nearly three hours. Brinsley re-
NAMED in the air until after dark, and was
only able 10 alight after a fire had been
/ built to show him the location Of the park.
The duration records and the prizes for
altitude will not be awarded until the close
]
FOR both events. special prizes will be
awarded for the total time spent In the air
/ during the entire meet.
/ Lincoln Reachy, never driving more than
fifty feet from the ground, won the twenty
mile speed contest for biplanes. making the
distance IN q minutes 1l.8 seconds, and de-
feating Earl Ovington and James ward
who finished in the order named. Beachy
also made the fastest time Of the six en-
tries IN the six-mile trial heats, his record
being minutes 1905 seconds Ovington =
time in the twenty mile race was 2 minutes
4 500 seconds. Ward finished in . minutes
Ifo75 seconds.
/ James Y Martin was conceded A victory
/ I'm the allghting test. making A perfect de-
scent and stopping within a foot OF the red
flag used as a marker. Lee Hammond was
his closest competitor. also landing near the
, flag Beachv. trying for the alighting prize
at the conclusion OF series OF spirals that
/ followed his speed victory crashed into the
! flag and carried IL one hundred Yards from
it's base
! John J. Frsbie an ertrant in the speed
contest met with accident that NAV
prevent his further participation in the
meet He circled the 250-foOt tower Of a
lake front building. narrowly grazing the
bronze Diana with which II is topped, and
struck a gust Of wind that nearly set his
machine on end. In reaching down 70 right
the machine his hand caught in the wires
and was almost paralyzed. He descended
safely. but could not rise again.
| Thomas Sopwith landed the 500 cash
prize for the first flight carrying two pas
sengers