The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-05
MAKES PRETTY
TRIAL FLIGHT
BrooLins Makes 2 Preliminary
Flight as Tryout Of Bonne-
vile Field.
ALL is READY FOR CITY'S
BIG AVIATION CARNIVAL
Willard Comes and Ely and
Curtiss Are Due to Ar
rive Today.

| Walter Brookins, the daring Wright
aviator who invented the dangerous spiral
| glide, dispcl!cd any doubts that may
! have existed as to his ability TO fly in
| this altitude when he made n beautiful
exhibition fight before 100 spectators at
| Bonneville park Tuesday afternoon.
The exhibition was scheduled to take
place at o'clock, but the mechanicians
were slow in setting the machine UP and
| it was almost 1870 o'clock when the
gigantic So 35-horsepower twin screw stand :
ard Wright blpIane was wheeled onto
the field for flight. After considerable
trouble. owing TO gasoline, the motor
was got to working and following q short
run the machine gracefully took the air.
Skirts Shores of Lake.
sailed out to the edge OF the Great Salt
Lake and. after sklrting the shore for
several hundred yards, n1aiesticaly de-
soribed vide circle and came back over
OF whom waved hands and handkerchiefs
at him. Returning the salutes. Brookins
cut short figure eight and then flew
Into the northeast several hundred yards,
after which he returned TO the field and
executed several pretty figures.
Turning 10 the northeast. Brookins
again set out in Il direct line but after
he bad gone only a short distance his
motor failed and he was compelled TO
volpanc In the middle OF the adjoining
field. Brookins attempted to start his
but the crowd was satisfied and he soon
gave UP the effort and returned to the
city,
All Ready for Big Meet.
With the immense grandstand. seat
ing 10000. erected. four big biplanes i'll
their The hangers ready for flight and the
on the Los Angeles limited with three
OF the worlds most famous aviators
here and two more nearing the city.
ing OF Salt Lakes SiX-day international
aviation carnival at Bonneville field this
afternoon
The programme Will start about so
O'Clock with Brookins in an exhibition
of the spiral glide. In addition to demon
stra tionS Of accuracy In landing and ex-
gramme will include fight by Ely in
an effort to establish worlds speed
record an attempt by Willard to set
by by PHILIP % O. Parmaiee. " who % win W il'r try for for
q new record If the weather conditions are
favorable
Intrepid Curtiss Man Comes.
Willard, the daring Curtiss short dis
tance flyer came Tuesday afternoon. and
closely following him is the intrepid Eu-
o'clock this morning. Just behind Ely is
his employer. Glenn r. Curtiss. with his
hydroplane, which he will fly on the
Great Salt lake two days of the meet !
and Sunday in all probability.
and Ely's machines. the for
mer equipped with Gnome motor OF
seventy horsepower. beat them TO the
city and have been set up and are stand |
ing in the hangars ready for flight
Willard reached the city at o'clock !
Tuesday afternoon. too late to get out /
to aviation field and see Brookins make |
his trial Hight. With the little flyer was |
his bride OF few weeks.
Mrs. Willard owns the machine now; |
just run it, joculary remarked VIII |
lard
Promises Sensations.
Willard has been giving fights in
southern California since leaving here |
ests winter. Willard was at Los An
gcles when HoXsey fell TO his death. and. |
ike Broolsins Of the Wright team: he
that ioXsey attempted a too
sudden descent and gust Of wind
caught MS machine, causing him to lose
control OF the steering apparatus
II will give the public plenty OF
thrills" was Wizards brief reply TO the
1ucry as 10 what he intends to attempt
70 accomplish in the meet,