Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
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the lower plane. the machine left the ground
at Fort Mcintosh at = O'Clock yesterday
afternoon. Reaching an altitude OF 1900
feet the aV:atOrs pointed the nose OF the
air craft to the north and darted out or
sight. At intervals the Mexican federal
telegraph line carried messages report rs
their progress. and shortly after O'Clock
a message came saying that they had ar
rived at Eagle Pass at 4:lo O'Clock
Army officers are greatly pleased with
the performance of the aeroplane, ana
say that II is a factor to he reckoned wit
in future aggressive military maneuvers.
Beats Previous Records.
EAGLE PASS. Tex. March 4.-Lieut.
B. d. Foulo's and Philip c. Parmalee,
aviator representing the Wright brothers.
landed at Fort Duncan at 4:1O O'Clock
yesterday afternoon after a continuous
voyage in an army biplane from Fort Nc
Intosh at Laredo. The time required TO
travel the intervening 106 miles. hours
and 10 minutes. betters all previous rec
ords for a continuous cross-country flight
in biplane with passenger.
OF the flight Lieut.. Foulo!s said:
and came in as near a bee-line as posi-.
BILE, following the Rio Grande river all
he way an average height OF LOCO
feet We travelled exactly Jos miles in
two hours and ten minutes. thus breaking
the worlds record for continuous Hight
in a biplane with a passenger.
THE country was exceedingly rough all
the way and We saw only one spot where
landing would have been possible, even
if one was necessary.
Lieut.. Foulois sad on the return TO
Laredo he expected to make seyera!
stops on the way. Lieut.. Foulois saw
no one resembling an insurgent on either
side. of the river,
Aviator Seriously Hurt.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. March frank
Paine, local aviator. received injuries
vent his making further ascensions for
month While trying to land one OF the
planes OF his machine struck Tree.
turning il completely over and ran ng
fifty feet to the ground, pinning him nn.
deraeeth. A splinter penetrated his left
cheek and his head was cut In seVeraA
places Examination revealed no internal
INJURIES.
Fatal Accident in Madrid.
MADRID, March IN Mauvais.
French aviator. while giving a demon
stratiop here yesterday drove MS ma
hine into q crowd of spectators whicn
ran into his path in the aerodrome.
killing one woman and seriously intur-
ing four other persons. includlns 20,
Eilfar Eillate. prOtnef VI ioi me-
Minister of War Gen. Nillar. Mauvais
himself was uninjured.
The accident was due to the spectators
breaking through the barriers and rush.
ng out On the field before the French
nan got the areoplane well into the air
The woman who was killed was decapi-
tated by the propeller.
Experiment With Dummy Bombs.
MEXICO CITY, March 4.-Flying from
fifty to sixty miles an hour. Rene Simon
and Roland Garros yesterday dropped
dummy bombs from monopIanes at an I'M
,ginary man-of-war. They made three
successful drops out of four. Simon and
Garros flew about $50 feet above ground
over the ''battieship."
Record Height for South America.
LIMA Peru March 4.-Jean Bielovucci,
he Peruvian aviator, made a flight over
Lima Thursday at an average height OF
about 3.ecO feet, which is record
,eiRht for South America. Yesterday he
made four sensational fights thrice around
he race course at a height of sixty
meters. each time having woman as a