Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-30
AUTO is TO RACE AEROPLANE
TivsDayS Of Fast Sport Planned for
Next Month.
FIVE WILL FLY ON EACH DAY
CorlEscrew fright and 'sShoot the
Chutes" TO Ne Demonstrated
Each Afternoon During
the Week.

Avia4ors representing five Of the great
nations Of the world will be present in
Omaha ten days from today for a stay of
one week, May 9 TO IA. England. France,
Ireland, Switzerland and America will
each have a contestant present. striving
for honors IN rivaling the flights OF the
birds. The aeronauts have named their
party the International Aviators.
The course Of the Omaha Speedway has
been chosen as the place for the flights
and the Speedway officials are the pro
motors of the coming Omaha meet. Joe
Seymour, once one Of the most famous
/ auto drivers Of the world and who has
IN recent years taken to aviation. will be
the Engishman to ny In Omaha, driving
big Moisant blplane through the air
Seymour Is bringing with him on the trip
TO this city his bs-horse power auto. with
which he won the Vanderbilt cup and the
grand prfx at Paris He also took
premier honors ~ Savannah Brisr Cliff
and Atlanta with this racer In Omaha
he proposes to drive his big machine over
the Speedway, II the east end Of the track
IL in shape to be driven over by that
time, and IN the air above him one OF his
brother aeronauts will race against the
speed of the auto with a swift bird ma
chine.
Rene Simon, that fearless Swiss. who
has been termed the fool flyer" because
Of his many reckless stunts with his
Bleriot monoplane, will be here TO startle
the Omaha crowds with his feats OF dar-
ing. Simon added another laurel to his
crown when he flew above Juarez. Mexico,
and discovered the insurrecto camp after
all hope OF finding It had been given up
by the land scouts
shoots the Chutea.
Simon has a program of his own which
makes his turn in the air ever popular. He
does the corkscrew flight and does the
shoot the chutes." In this he starts at
a great height far UP in the clouds and
descends with great speed in a long
sweep, rising again when he has reached
to within a few feet of the ground by
merely elevating the slope of his steering
plane. He can descend to the ground and
start off in the air with no assistance
and without leaving his seat, and he is
the only aviator who ever made a turn
on the ground unaided. Rene Simon Is q
years OF age and a graduate of a big uni
versity In France
Americas representative in the world
of flights il noted only for being the
steadiest and surest man Of them all when
in the air. Staples keeps his head no
matter what happens, and II is reported
would be the man Of the world to try the
record for q long distance. He will race
with one of the other bird men while in
Omaha.
Rene Barrier, the Frenchman, has, up 70
date, captured the highest honors of any
of the party. He was knignted by the
king Of Spain for his great performances
at Madrid and he is the owner of the
famous Castle Moro trophy obtained al
Havana by outlying McCurdy by one and
one-fifth seconds.
Warfare Machines.
The fifth one of the party, Captain JohT
J. Frisbie, Is by no means the least inter
estlng He is a member OF the United
States Aeronautical reserve force and car
lecture by the hour on the many uses on
OF the air machines has in warfare Frisbi'
is the only true Irishman who can fly, anC
has been dubbed "Ireland's own"
Captain Frisbie also operates the man
carrying kites used in warfare and will
bring one here with him. The Irisl
aviator operates q biplane with wonderful
skill. and the 'auld sod" will be gloriousl!
upheld.
The complete list OF machines that VII
be brought to Omaha for use here vii
include three Bleriot monoplanes, said I
fly the prettiest Of any OF the aeroplanes
one Moisant. all steel aeroplane; on
demosille model and two of the more com
mon biplanes. In the party will be NOR
than fifty people. as the Moisant brother
carry their own men