The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-29
|ARM WELCOME
i FOR AV|AT0RS
& Demonstration Planned for
arrival of Famous Flyers
in Salt Lake.
NVER BOY WILL FLY
IN HIS OWN AER0PLANE
ecial Rate Railroad Tickets
Will Be Good Until
February 16.

Uheu Paulhan was i'll Salt Lake 6
n ago the aviation show was a one
b exhibition, but nevertheless enthu
srl ran high, although the Frencl
q only flew about 800 feet from
ground and only remained in the
about ten minutes. With flock OF
|ers in the air every afternoon OF
Rviation meet TO be held here Feb
|ry il, II and l3, the spectators will
doubt. go wild with excitement. Salt
<e is fond Of fetes, pageants and
b, and there will be an abundance
Everyone each day of the coming
M atmosphere of the circus is prom.
on the aviation grounds on the
res OF Great Salt lake. Toward
ecnter of the field bandstand
be erected. where musicians will
'ourse lively airs at frequent inter
; throughout the programmes. Uncle
D s soldiers from Fort Douglas will
bably be on hand each day to go
oHgh maneuvers and drills TO the
cksteps of the band. Hawkers will
all kinds of wares for the hungry
Thirsty. Lusty-Iunged young men
sell programmes. Enterprising pho
raphers will be on the grounds, Each h
moon will be a time for straight
Is and uplifted eyes.
Denver Boy Coming,
b F. Gentzier of Denver, a young
lteur who has designed and con
|eied a biplane on the Wright Cur
-Farman Bleriot principle, will
bably contest with the beginners.
has tried his machine out in Den
with marked success, it is said.
|entzIer's machine has curved
nes, upper and lower, the same as
Wright; it has large rising and
letting plane like Bleriot IS, but its
[inal feature is Il kite between the
|er and lower planes, one at each
, which gives the machine the APP
rance of great box kite. Instead
an upright radiator, the cylinders
the engine are surrounded by a
~ which is supposed to dissipate
heat.
'entzier, Mix of Evanston, Wyo.,
rence Walker and Douris Davis Of
Lake, and other amateurs Will be
led against each other IN flying
'|ans for the mammoth grand stand
be built on the aviation field have
1t been completed. Bids for the
|per will be received at aviation
4quarters at the Kenyon hotel, and
Iumbermen interested are asked to
at headquarters at o'clock Mon
morning. When the grand stand
served its purpose at the aviation
pnds,. II will be removed to the
e university to be placed on the
letic field. The grand stand will
c2refully constructed, so that there
pe no danger of accidents.
Big Welcome Demonstration,
ne Curtiss team is expected TO ar
"a Salt Lake two days before the
y opens, The coming of the avia-
Will be the occasion for a great
lonstratiou, il is planned. The
men will be welcomed at the rail
station by committee of prom
lt cltizens. At the station a motor
-ae VIII be formed, headed bv a
2 and the flyers in automobiles, and
proceed to the business section of
CITY, where the famous birdmen will
5{eeted in Fourth of-July fashion.
ne promoters Of the aviation meet
pos to give Salt Lake "ala week
VIII be long remembered,
Perial railroad rates will 90 into eff
probably two DAYS before the meet
me tickets will be good until Feb