Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-30
FLYERS TO CHOOSE CHAMPION
Someone Must Represent America in
Cup Contest.
AMERICAN MACHINES NOT FAST
European AviRJOrs Have Hitherto
Excelled in Speed Except for
Wright Brothers' Baby
BipInne.

NEW YORK, April 2e.-Now that the
idea OF holding elimination trials for the
election OF an American team for the inter-
national cup contest in London in July has
been abandoned, those avlators who would
be willing to mako the trip to England for
a race in which there is glory but no
money are wondering who will be picked
by the Aero club of America to represent
this country in the classic contest
We have a number OF good flyers in this
country, but we have not an aeropane
than can in any way compare with the
French machines in speed. The Wrights
are understood to be still experimenting
with the baby Diplane" that nearly
dropped Brookins to death at Belmont
park, but Glenn H. Curtlss has decided
finally to have nothing to do with the big
race. Beyond the wrights and Curtiss
there are no constructors in this country
who have ever made any pretense of being
builders of fast flyers.
In the event of the Dayton inventors be-
ing satisfied with their reconstructed
baby biplane," Phil o. Parmalee will
probably be chosen 20 pilot the machine.
Brookins, 1t is said, has never fully re-
covered from his smashups at Asbury park
and Belmont park, and 1t is not likely that
he will ever been seen in an important race
again. In the future he will act as the
Wright brothers star instructor. I
Two more Richmonds are in the field for
the honor Of trying to wrest the Coup In
ternational d'Avadon from England and
bring 1t back to America. They are st.
Croix tombstone and Earle A. ovington,
both Of whom won their licenses at the
Beriot school In France.
IA a..
Europe representing the Aero club OF
America, has been closely investigating the
flying records OF Henry Weymann and
James v. Martin. Weymann is an Ameri-
can with big record in France. He made
his reputation on a Farman machine, but
lately has been plotting Newport mono
plane. On this machine a few weeks ago
NJ. Newport performed the wonderful feat
of flying fifty miles In A;b2, speed of
over sixty-six miles IAN hour, with only a
thirty-horsepower engine. The Newport
at the present time Is by far the fastest
thing with wings in proportion to its
power. and except for the 100-horsepower
Gnome- Beriot II Is actually faster than
any machine that has flown. Henry Wey-
mann with Newport monoplane. fitted
with say a 1O0-horsepower motor, would be
great combination for a place on the
American team.
As for Johnny Martin, the exploit of
Harvards Groundhog, he has been con-
founding the most optimistic of his friends.
! AS the right hand man, so far as the work
OF instruction goes, to Claude Grahame-
White In London, he has been doing some
remarkably fine flying abroad. He has
shown great proficiency in handling Ora
hame- Whites baby biplane." which. by
the way, was built by the Burgess COM
pany and Curtiss of Marblehead, Mass.
This diminutive aeroplane has not so far
exhibited as good a turn of speed as did
the little Wright affair last October, but
there is no reason why It should not be
developed into something really fast. But
Martin is now an all-around man and can
handle the swift Bleriot monoplane as
easily as he can biplane.
Both Martin and Weymann are favorites
for places on Americas team.