The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-19
BR|ND[EY SETS NEW
MARK FOR AV|ATORS
Rises 11,726 Feet in Wright BIZ
plane, Which Is Record for
the World.
PARMALEE rs GOOD SECOND
Ward and Ovington Have Narrow
Escapes From Death at
Chicago Meet.
PARMALEE Is GOOD SECOND

CHICAGO, Aug. 1s.-oscar A. Brind-
Icy SCARED higher from the ground TODAY
than aeroplane has ever been and set a
new worlds record at 1l,726 feet
Phillip O. Parmalee followed him In
the air. passing the former American
record and reached 1887 feet before he
was forced TO descend.
The Paragraphs were corrected by Cap
tain Clarence Culver OF the Fifth United
States cavalry and certified by the cX-
ecutivc committee OF the international
meet as correct.
International rules OF aviation. as
stated by G. r, c. Wood. secretary OF
the Aero Club of America, provide that
an aviator must fly at least 100 meters.
or 32s feet. higher than any previous
record before he shall have been de-
clared TO have established a new rec
ord, Rrindley was shown To have beaten
Captain Felix. the holder OF the worlds
record. with several hundred feet 10
spare.
The worlds record at present. is 10, 76i
feet. made by NJ. Jordan, al Mour-
melon. France. July s. 1911. Captain
Felix flew TO height OF l1.l52 feet at
Etampes. France, recently, but, his
flight has not yer been made official
Ralph Johnstone set The American mark
at Belmont park New York. October 3,
1910. at l0,+76 feet.
Narrow Escape From Death.
While Brindley. Howard GIN and
,eS;y 6,eSG;hey Were high among the the clouds
Ward and Earle ovinstcn. flying at
comparatively low levels, both had mar
row escapes from death. The propeller Of
rs he ew be1g ih me
but the aviator held tight and brought
his machine wobbllng to the ground.
ovington, with his engine stopped, not
| quite able TO reach shore found lana
| ing place in five feet OF water from
which he escaped with duclsing
The altitude events: though not OF
the day. a wind that blew at twenty
miles one hundred feet above the. earth
was less severe higher up and Brlndiey,
Beachey and GIL started for altitude.
Beachey was first to descend. driven
down by the cold. He came down in a
hair-raisins spiral glide; shsvering' 9s bard a
graph showed $500 feet
Cold Unbearable.
BrIndlcy was the next 10 descend after
! having passed out of sight. OF strong field
glasses His barograph had swung
around to u figure never before touched
ing 1000 feet Gil came down soon
after. with mark of $500 feet, All de-
clared they could have made even better
marks but for the cold.
''The air was fine for flying. and ]
could have stayed up longer, and gone
higher" said Brindley, but had light
down near freezing and ] was rushing
| through the mir my hands were so cold !
could not handle the machine safely"
| Ovlngton's accident occurred near Sew
enty third street. In the shore water
races. He had stopped his engine for the
turn, eight miles south Of the aviation
| field and was unable to start II. He
tried to land in the golf links, but found
his speed too great Instead he made a
circle over the lake and then found his
speed insufficient 10 reach land so ne
aiighted In lagoon, from which he could
| swim ashore.
New Record.
Altitude, Q. A. Brlndley, 1l,726 feet
| Eighteen cross water-Sopwith
won, 1851 Ely second, l7:7.S; Beochey
third II 5S.4
Monoplanes, l7-mile. overland-Sopwlth
won, I3.525; Ovlngton second. l5;02. ST.
mon third. 17:I.4