Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-08-19
By Morning Journal special Leased wire

Nv Morning journal SpeeiM leaseu WIN
Chicago. Aug. 1S.-Osear A. Brind-
ley set a new altitude mark for avia-
tors I'm America today by raising H.
GOO feet. He scared higher from the
ground today than an aeroplane has
ever been and set a new worlds rec
ord at 1l.726 feet.
Phillip O. Parmalee followed him
in the air. passing the former Ameri-
can record and reached l0,S37 feet
before he was forced to descend.
The worlds record at present is
10. .76l feet made by Nj. Loridan at
Mourmelon, France, July s, 1911.
Captain Felix flew TO height of H.
1852 feet at Etampas. France. recently
but his flight has not yet been made
official. Ralph Johnstone set the
American mark at Belmont Park,
New York, October 9, 1910. AT TO-
i76 feet
The Paragraphs were corrected by
! Captain Clarence Culver of the Fifth
United States cavalry and certified by
| the executive committee of the inter
national meet as correct
international rules of aviation as
stated by G. +. c. Wood, secretary
of the Aero club OF America, provides
than an aviator must fly at least 100
meters. or 32s feet higher than any
previous record before he shall have
been declared to have established a
new record. BrIndley was shown TO
have beaten Captain Felix, the holder
of the former worlds record, with
several hundred feet to spare.
While Brindley. Howard Gill and
Beachey were high among the
clouds finding safety In their altitude
| flights, James Ward and Earle 0v-
ington flying at comparatively low
levels both had narrow escapes from
death. The propeller of Wards ma
chine broke into hundred pieces as
| he flew before the grandstand, pieces
Of wood penetrated and tore the cam
vas planes, but the aviator held tight
and brought his machine wobbllng
to the ground.
| Ovlngton with his engine stopped,
not quite able N reach the shore,
found a landing place in five feet of
water. from which he escaped with a
ducking.
The altitude events, though un-
scheduled proved the most import
ant of the day. A wind that blew at
| twenty miles one hundred feet above
the earth, was less severe higher up,
and Brindley. Beachey and Gill start
ed for altitude. Beaehey was the first
to descend driven down by the cold
| He came down In hair raising spir-
al glide, shivering. hardly able to
move his hands from the steering
wheel. His barograph showed $500
! feet
Brindley was the next to descend
after having passed out of the sight
of strong field glasses. His barograph
| had swung around to a figure never
| before touched in America possibly
| in the world showing ii 600 feet. Gill
descended soon after with a mark of
| S,700 feet. All declared 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 clothes on. When the thermom-
eter got down near freezing and
was rushing through the air my
| hands were so cold that ! could not
| handle the machine safely"
Ovington's accident occurred near
| SeVenty-third street on the shore wa
ter race. He had stopped his engine
for the turn. eight miles south of the
aviation field and was unable to start
IT. lie tried to land in the golf links,
| but found his speed too great. In
stead he made "A circle over the lake
and then found his speed insufficient
to reach land. so he alighted in a la
COON, from which he could swim
ashore.