Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-15
AVIATION HT ms OPENED
LEADING AERoPLANlsTs. ARE
coNTENpINo At CHICAGO.

LEADING AERoPLANisTs.. Arr
coNTENpINo At CHICAGO.
Immense Throno Witnesses FRS
Events Of NIns Days Tourney
Handsome Prizes Arr Offered.
Chicago, Aug. 12.-what promise!
to be the biggest and best aviation
meet ever held in America opened this
afternoon in Graat Park. on the lake
front. with speed contest for mono
planes, = type of aer0plane not be
fore seen in Chicago. Every one Of
the $4,000 seats alongside the course
was occupied. and the entire lake
front and the roofs Of an the build
ing near by were black with spec
tators, who cheered wildly as the
graceful monoplanes scared sSoft and
raced swiftly along the course.
Among other events On the pro
gram for this afternoon are . speed
contest for passenger carrying BIZ
planes, altitude contest, duration con.
test and flights across country or over
the water.
The meet - . civic proposition
Popular subscription was resorted to
for the funds to carry on the meet.
and the Internatlonal Aviation Meet
association was organised to conduct
It, with Harold +. Mccormick at its
head. While tho prizes are approx.
mately 100000, It is estimated that
the total cost q the meet will ex.
coed $225.0oO. Any profits that may
be earned win b turned over to char
ity.
For nine days, ending August 20.
event will follow event Altitude
flights, speed contests for monoplanes
and biplanes. open events embracing
both. passenger carrying events for
each and both quick starting. quick
climbing, alight1ng In q given space.
bomb throwing and Cross water races
will alternate in quick successioa. All
the Tying will be done tn the after
noons. ~ the weather hzuean has de-
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French aarssels g. 0Iulz 1ohnseone.
the Chicago AvAluH Sbln ). Fisbie.
Abram Ravgoeodsky, foremost Of the
Russian flyers. J. A. D. McCurdy and
Charles F. Willard, the Curtiss flyers;
Earl L. Ovington and Tom Sopwith Of
England. who hew to an ocean liner
and dropped . package Of mail on its
deck; Arthur Stone and james v.
Martin. Capt. Thomas BALDWIN. the
veteran: J. C. (Bud) Mars. who re-
Gently had a narro@ escape from
death in the fall Of his biplane; Lee
Hammond, Eugene 8. Ely. Miss Har.
riet Quimby. William r. Badger, An.
Dire Ruel, e. E. Post and several 9th.
er flyers from the camp Of the Wright
brothers.
With aviators Of this caliber as the
competitors, 1t 10 certainty that sew.
eral worlds records will be shattered.
stretching from Randolph to Twelfth
street, more than q mile in length. the
grounds In Grant park form the finest
course for flying ever selected. espe.
cially in view Of the fact that beyond
the grounds stretches the whole Of
Lake Michigan
The Chicago Athletic association
has offered $500 cup to the aviar
tor breaking the worlds altitude rec
ord, to become his personal property.
II the record is not broken. the cup
shall 90 to the aviator scoring the
highest mark during the meet. and
eventually 60 to the birdman who sue
ceeds In breaking the record. Under
the same conditions Manager w. 8.
shafer Of the Auditorium hotel has
offered a cup to the aviator breaking
the worlds record for 20 miles. and
additional cups and trophies will be
presented by many Of the numerous
country clubs in the vicinity Of Chi
cago for flights OF theiY grounds.