The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-11
Two-Score Famous Bird-Men
Representing Seven Nations
to Compete for Record
Prizes.
ARMY men TO TAKE POINTERS
Two Dollars Per Minute During Fly
ing Hours is Minimum Prize to Be
Awarded Any of Famous
Air Navigators.

Chicago. August 11.-More than
two score of the most daring bird-men
OF two continents are assembled I'm
| Chicago and everything is I'm readiness
for the greatest aviation meet i'm the
history of aerial navigation which
| will show an increase of fully fifty
| thousand, attracted TO this city by the
meet.
The organizers of the meet, among
whom are some of the wealthlest and
| most progressive merchants OF this
city, have spared neither money nor
trouble to insure the success of the
event and have made IL sufficiently at
| tractive from financial point of view
TO attract aviators of renown from
seven great nations. France will be
represented by Roland Garros, Rene
Simon and Rene Barrier, noted
throughout Europe for their daring
feats; the English contestants will in
clude Tom Sopwith. known as "His
Majcsty's own Airman." Other noted
foreign aviators who will fly during
the nine days OF the meet, are ]. A A.
ID. McCurdy, the Canadian aviation
veteran; Abraham Ragordsky. Rus
sian. who has been flying under the
auspices of the Russian Aerial club;
John ]. Frisbie of Ireland; Edmond
Audemars, the famous Swiss aviator.
and a numb of others.
Famous American Bird Men.
The list of American aviators who
will take part i'm the contests includes
Capt. Thomas Baldwin. dean of Am
erlcan aeronauts; Charles X. Hamil-
ton, who made the first flight from
New York to Philadelphia; Eugene
Ely, who flew from the land to the
Geek Of a battleship and back again;
Hugh A. Robinson who was the man
to loop the loop on motorcycle; Har-
ry ". Atwood, who recently won re-
nown by his flight from Boston toI
New York and from New York to
Washington and his daring stunts" I'm
the cities mentioned; Lincoln Beach
ey, who made the first flight over
Niagara Falls; +. f. Post. the Mil
waukee aviator, who formerly held the
amateur altitude record; st. Croix
Johnstone. the Chicago aviator with n
long record of daring and successful
flights; Charles f. willard, James V.
Martin, Chas +. Walsh. Arthur Stone, |
Jimmy" Ward. Ladlslaus Lewllovicz, |
Lieut.. Andre Roul and Howard Lei
Van. the youngest aviator In the Unit
ed States. who Is only seventeen years
of age.
War Department Watches.
The United States Government has
taken official cognizance of this meet
and the war department has detailed
Major Samuel Reber of the signal
corps and a number of officers Of the
army to attend the meet and make
The commanders Of the
two gunboats i'm Chicago harbor, thel
Nashville and the Dubuque, have re-
ceived orders to hold themselves In
readiness. for any emergency during
the meet, eventually act as escorts
for daring aviators, attempting a
flight across Lake Michigan.
The aviation field In Grant Park Is
one of the best equipped ever seen at
any meet Of this kind. The grand
stand seats 10000 persons and judg-
ing from the advance sale of seats
there will be a few vacant seats dur
ing the week Elaborate preparationsI
have been made to provide medical
assistance I'm case Of accident or sick
ness and corps Of physicians and
surgeons, with a large number of as
sistants and nurses will be on duty in
and around the aviation field during
the entire duration Of the meet.
Record Breaking Prizes.
The events will begin each day at
$3.50 in the afternoon and will con-
tinue until seven o'clock. The pro-
gram has been so arranged that there
will be no waits. between events and
there viii be something to be seen all
the time The program for the week
includes forty-eight separate events.
including four country and
cross water flights. i'm which $4,000
is offered i'm prizes. There will be
twelve speed events with total of
s14. 900 i'm prices, with separate prizes
for monoplanes and biplanes in all
but two OF the events. In the passen-
GER carrying contests prizes amount
ing 20 $4,000 will be competed for.
not counting number Of special
prizes for various special feats. There
will be Ave altitude prizes aggregating
$4,000 and big special prizes In the
"ouick- climbing" contest. accuracy, !
starting and landing contests, etc. A
minimum OF s. a minute will he al
lowed each aviator for the time he is
in the air during flying hours. wheth-
or he wins a prize or not and $4,000
viii he distributed among the aviators
who remained I'm the air the longest
time during the official hours Of theI