The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-02
NANBIRDS SOON
To THRILL ZION
Big International Aviation Meet
Will Open at Darlington
Park Wednesday.

Two more days-and then the man
birds,
With the mammoth field at Barring
ton park In readiness. nine of the lates,
type OF aeroplanes now being flown in
stalled in their hangers and partially
set up. with four OF the worlds most ia :
nous aviators already in the city or APP
proaching II. aud every train into town
bringing It's hundreds OF visitors, the
aviation meet To open Wednesday after
noon near Saltair beach VIII mark an
epoch in the exhibition OF aeroplancs
west OF the Rocky mountains. FOR never
before has so much work and money
gone into preparations for an event of Its
Kind as has been spent on salt Lake )
dying contest for the coming week.
From every nook and corner of the
intcrmountain empire have come i'm
event requesting widely varied as
sortment Of information as 10 pros
pcctivc flights. hotel accommodations,
railroad fares, train schedules and other
matters, Already eight special trains are
booked to arrive In Salt Lake by Tues
day night of this week, bringing in
themselves alone almost 10000 ut-of-
town visitors The conference OF the
Mormon church opens Wednesday and TO
the vast tbrongs viii be added the mul-
titudo OF conference people who take
advantage Of special rates granted ON
the railroads on these occasions to make
Salt Lake a semi annual visit All in
all, ii is probable that the city Will be
called upon To house = greater number
Of visitors than at any time since the
q. a. K, encampment
History for Salt Lake.
And the week will make history for
10 enter the aerial lists against each
other next Wednesday afternoon are Phil
Q. Parmalec and Walter Brookins. driv-
ing Wright biplanes. and Eugene r.. E,y
nn II Nillay I'd n,.ipo,
machines. BY reason OF the intense RI
valry that exists between the two camps
OF flyers. because of the daring per-
f0rmanceS OF each of the four mon and
through the fact That this is their first
match meeting In months. there can be
little question that some present aero
plane records VIII he broken and siX days
OF stellar flying done before the Salt
Lake meet comes to its close April 10.
a more beautiful spot than Bonneville
park from which 10 witness the flights
of these aviators could scarcely be imag-
incd The great field, with It's solid. dry
dustless surface of shalc. lies parallel
to The tracks of the SaltaIr railroad and
Is situated approximately Il half milo
this side OF that point at which the
railroad turns into the track leading to
the Saltal pavilion From every foot
of the field there is an uncNcccd view
of the lake and across the back length
OF the park has been constructed n mann
moth grand stand with capacity OF
1000 spectators.
View Facilities Good.
Facilities FOR viewing the flights are
provided al each end OF the field for
those spectators who do not care to avail
themselves OF grandsiand seats Auto
mobiles will be PARKED at the west end
OF the field and the route TO Bonneville
park lies down State To Fourteenth South
street west on Fourteenth South 10 the
Redwood roud. then on the Garfield road
to the point where the thorouShfare
turns OFF To the salt works. and from
The latter place The promoters of the
aviation meet have constructed Il new
road leading directly To .hC aviation field
so that motoring parties may reach the
park from town with II minimum amount
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