The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-08

aid of powerful field glasses. were able
TO locate him.
over the summit of the range he re-
appeared. coming down rapidly. AS the
crowd saw him the spectators began TO
cheer, and as he sighted he was greeted
with a roar of applause, Avators and
officials were quick TO congratulate ELY
on his ascent 10 the skies. The. aviator
was blue from the cold. encountered at
the high altitude. but was as unperturbed
as though he had been on the ground all
of the time. lie was in the air forty
minutes and his harograph registered
oi26 feet above sea level. This was au
nounced 10 the audience, which checrcd
the announcement. This record is the
best ever made in the intermountain
country or anywhere else where the mi
tIal altitude is as great as it. is In Salt
Lake.
Exhibition by Parmalee.
Whlio Ely was in the skies. Parmalee
gave a pretty exhibition with his Wright
machine. He SKINNED over the ground
and made severa sensational dips and
swoops Parmalee also encroached on
Brooklns's preserves by executing sew
cral remarkable spiral gldcs Charles +
Willard, the Curilss jockey OF the winds,
Joined Parmalee and romped up and
down the field and over the grand stand
with an ease and grace that was mar
velous. He had great sport diving toward
the ground and waving his hands above
his head, noting with slec the shuddcrs
he caused.
The frs, homb-dropping was done by
| Parmalee. lie took up with him small
| sack of -four and. after CirCling around
the field bit, dropped il from an Gle
va ion OF ESQ feet above the battleship
outline. A cloud Of white dust from the
middle of the outline showed how true
| had been the aim OF the aviator. and
| tho crowd cheered its approval.
| Brookins. with a basket Of oranges.
| followed Parmalec in the attack on the
battleship He passed the battleship
halt dozen times high in the air and
/ l,.O II nod
| within The outline OF the battleship.
BroolSnss aim was perfect and in actual
warfare with real bombs he would have
wrought havoc with the enemy's navy
| Willard on the Job.
| Willard loaded up with fruit bombs
and advanced to the firing line, In a
off The craftsmanship honors by desig-
mating funnel which he wished 10 at
| tack and firing an orange into the center
| Of the twofoot circle.
| When the attacking party descended
Brookins and Parmalec lined their two
machines up side by side and ascend
! ed simultaneously. Both big. graceful
| airsbips left the ground al precisely the
same moment and promenaded about the
| field together. Willard Joined them in the
air moment later. Brookins was the
| main attraction in this flight, He took
| a position in front OF the grand stand
and gave a representation OF an aerial
| whlrling dervish. His machine became
| nearer vertical tnan norlIontal ana he
| whirled about so fast that the specta tors
| who weren't frightened out OF their
| senses became dizzy watching him. Oc-
casionaly he varied the procedure with
spiral figure eigh,s For ten minutes he
Kept the spectators electrified and then
| quietly settled 10 earth.
Stunts by Parmaiee.
| Parmalec confined hts efforts To ground
| Swimming and quick soaring. He
SKINNED over the grand stand and out
| over the fields, making the machine
! Jump higher and drop lower without ap-
| paren, effort. His control was perfect
| Willard STAYED in the air while the spec
| tators were getting on the trains. lie
| pilotcd the trains up 10 the aviation sta
| ton and entertained the spectators with
| his everchangns maneuvcrs.
| The crowd at tho aviation field ycster-
| day was more than 5000 The crowd was
quickly and comfortably handled and the
programme at the aviation field excellcd
| any hitherto given.
| The official record OF flights showed