The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
Philip @. Parmalee Remains in
Air Almost Four Hours at
San Francisco Meet.
AMATEURS CONTRIBUTE TO
EXCITEMENT BY MISHAPS
AeropIanes Wrecked When
Novice COllides With Spec
tator and Upsets Machine.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.-San Fran
cIsco's aviation meet produced new
American endurance record today ~heh
Philip O. Parmalee. plotting wright n>-
pIsne, remained sloft for hours 81 MIN
utes and 49 I-5 seconds.
The best previous endurance perform
ance was that OF A. Nelch OF -, l.ouiSi
who established a record Of 3 hours, IL
minutes and 55 seconds, AT the Los An
eeles recent meet. the late Arch Hoxsey
was credited with an unofhcial record
OF s hours and IL minutes.
a crowd of over %. 600 cheered the bird
man as he pursued his monotonous
course, and when he finally descended ne
was given rousing ovatr1n. oc'yI@' fg,s.
enthusiasts, among them Eugene ELY,
hoisted Parmalee on their shoulders ana
carried him in triumph TO a stand in the
middle OF Sefridge field where General
Taskcr H. Bliss, other army officers ana
a host OF ladies crowded about the AVA
tor to congratulate him.
Too Cold UP in Air.
II should have remained up longer"
said Parmalee. but my seat grew so
hard and my hands and feet so numbed
down after cllnching the American rec,
ord Ills long flight was uneventful.
Once while sailing close TO the san Bruno
hills on the far side of the field he
dipped suddenly and sharply in order 10
force galosine into his engine.
Weather conditions were excellent to-
day though the bright sunshine did not
wholly temper the airs nippng touch.
Ely the daring Curtss aviator, who
landed on the deck of the cruiser Penn
sylvania last Thursday. was llonized by
the army and navy in full view Of the
crowd today With Major ". p. O'Ncill
in command Of the field encampment.
and Captain Pond OF the Pennsylvania.
Ely reviewed the troops of the Second
battalion Of the Thirtieth infantry and a
detachment OF bluejackets from tho war
ship Then followed the present tation TO
the aviator OF a gold medal by the army,
Immediately after the ceremony Ely
went up in his biplane TO deliver on be-
half OF the aviation committee an invita- :
ton to Nine Louisa Tetrazzin, the opera
singer. to attend the meeting.
Nine. Te,razZini, according TO q pre-
arranged plan was waiting in an auto
mobile at the Iuslcside golf links, about
five miles north Of the aviation grounds
aerial escort TO the diva for the remain :
der OF her journey 10 Salfrdge field. but
after Teascending the aviator lost her
automobile among the crush OF other
machines on the road.
Waits for Cantatrice.
rho gate. however. when she drove up,
and escorted her TO gayly- decorated
box in the center OF the grand stand,
where she was formally welcomed by the
aviation officials and army officers.
Beautiful exhibition flights and mill
tary cvolutions kept the crowd keyed UP
10 a high degree OF interest throughout
Lieutenant B. Crlssey. flying with
Walter Brookins in Wright biplane,
experimented again with bomb dropping,
and Charles + Willard conducted fur
her contests by sending messages by
wireless.
James Radlev made a flight of about
twenty miles over the lower end OF the
, peninsula In his Bleriot monoplane.
Attempts by amateurs to fly added to
The long list OF accidents that have
marked exhibitions by novices at this
meet ThadGeus s. Kerns. the youthful
Chico bird cmulator, stood his machine
on its nose in the middle of the field
The engine was Jared through the
.tanchion separating the drivers scat
and Kerns had narrow escape from
serious injury,
Another novice that came to grief was
George H. Loose. plotting biplane
1wend by Ralph j. Shiel OF Alameda
Loose negotiated the length of the field
n darts and slsps, On, reaching a knoll
near the limits OF the inclosHe, a plane
srazed the shoulder OF a spectator, the
machine swerYed and turned over on its
side completely wrccking IL, The avla-
tor was not injured.
4 throng Of excited spectators rushed
mp to the wreck and completed the demo
ltion OF the acroplsne In their scramble
or souvenirs OF the accident