The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-08
Programme for Saturday In
cludes Curtiss's Flight With
Hydroplane on Salt Lake.
IBR00KINS PROMISES TO
TRY FOR ALTITUDE MARK
ParmaIee to Garry First Pas.
senger of Meet; Hurl Real
Bombs at Raft.


ators are planning TO make today th
! Manner day Of the big aviation meet Th'
lprocramrne planned for saturday is th'
3most attractive OF the interesting anc
liver ried exhibitions that are given eacl
lfdoy
M The hoallincr on ,oday's aviation bill
.kiis Glenn II Curtiss, the famous aero
Ap'ane inventor, who VIII fly with hi:
Il latest invention, the hydroplane. WIZ
l1shis invention Mr.. Curiiss Will rise IRON
/ ihc water NJ Great Salt lake, maneuvel
III over The lake and alight on thc wafer
IF r. Curtiss planned to fly yesterday n
|Vls hyGvoplane bu his mechanicians
4 bad not quite completed the work of as
n So nalng and adjusting the parts OF lh'
-Ii ach.no, aud attunins the motor. The
Il work was completed last night and Mr.
ii t,ulss announced positively that he
4 Y uuld ny today.
MIR Curtss with his other aeroplan"s
n has demonstrated that he has made q
1, machine Ia rival tire flights Of land birds
"a and now with his hydroplane. the latest
y cev elopment Of tho science Of AVIATION
N hc will rival the water birds Mr.. Curtiss
" has successfully tried out his machine
E in San Diego bay with private expert
p meHts His flight today will be his first
81 public demonstration OF his new craft
Governor Will Attend.
81 Governor Spry who has Just returned
from California and who is intensely in
" terestcd in the progress OF aviation, has
N promised Ia attend the aviation meet,
t where he Will be the guest of the pro
roters. He has been invited TO MAKE
sn ascension. but II is understood that
q the governor Will decline 10 go up.
The flight of the hydroplane will be
4 The last event OF iodays programme II
Il will take place near the shores Of the
A Great Salt lake, some distance from the
grand stand. However. the barriers will
II he removed and the spectators VIII be
n permitted 10 go across the aviation field
n 10 the shore of the lake 10 get close
a view OF the new machine.
n The hydroplane will be launched in the
N lake and the nventor-avia taken IN
\ a boat 10 his seat He will skim along
3 the surface OF the water for iime ana
4 then rise In the mir. after maneuver-
E ing he will return 10 the water. Mr..
r Curtss promises TO make at least one
F. flight If he finds conditions favorable
n he will probably make another flight, His
3 hydroplane is the only machine Of IT'S
a kind ever built and he Is the only aVl-
\ ator who has ever flown IT,
Bookins After Altitude.
4 Another stellar attraction for today is
an altitude climb by Brookins. Brooeins
\ has demonstrated in the fights OF Thurs
4 Iay and Friday that he has perfect con
troll of his machine and il Is probable
4 that todav he will give the spectators a
glimpse Of another side OF his skill as
an aviator. Brookins's late teamma tes.
4 ,itije record and Brookins has concluded
TO see if he can attain their honors.
i .,,i II Johnstonc captured the worlds al
. ,ivde record at Belmont Park and
eek or two later was Killed in an eS-
ii'bitlon flight at Denver, i-eGagneauX
cat Johnsfones record and then at Los
angeles Arch Hoxsey brought the record
hack to the Wright team by climbing
II 414 feet into The clouds which record
stl stands. 4 few days later Hoxsey
was killed.
Brookns is not believer in hoodoos
end has said that some day he will sue
ceed TO the altitude record. IT conditions
are favorable today it Is probable that
Brookins Will go after the altitude mark.
mated by Eugene Elys magnificent fight
10 the sky Yesterday and they are eager
to see Brookins go after Ely's record, If
not after the worlds record.
Parmalee to Garry Passenger,
Phil Parmalee the other member of the
Wright team. Is also scheduled to do
I some star flying today. Arrangements
were being made last night TO have Par
malice give the first passenger carrying
exhibition ever seen In Salt Lake Par
malice has large passenger carrying
Wright machine and with this machine
il is probable that Parmalee will take up
a passenger today
A raft is being built in Great Salt lake
and IL II Is completed II Is probable tina;
it will be attacked by the aviators. who
Will hurl real bombs AT it, Arrange
ments have been made by the aviators
with the government for military tests az
this aviation meet and the explosion OF
real bombs will ne a part of these tests.
place either today or Monday
Representing the government officially
at these tests are Lieutenant T. G. Ely
son OF the United states navy. who Is on
his way to Washington. -. c., 10 estab-
lish government aviation school. and
Captain William Brackett of the United
states marine corps. Captain Brackett
keeping the crowd from The aviation field
in order 30 eliminate the possibility OF
rccident To the spectators has been en-
mana ger OF the Curtiss team, declare
""sierday that he had never seen an
sv'atinn field well policed as is this
orr. and ne coEgra tulated Captain Brack-
Ell on his success.
In nadition TO the other events sched =
ule1 for the day, there will he the sur
rr;ros by Willard and F.Iy These two
Crrtiss aviators decline to be bound by
q set programme, and they are continu-
ally thrilling the crowd with spectacular
events.
Last Train at 2:30.
Some disappointment was occasioned
Yesterday from the fact that there were
NO trains 10 the aviation field later than
a;30 o'clock in the afternoon. Nearly 100
versions who wished 10 attend the meet
mad gone and waited for a considerable
time for another train. AS the ticket
Office at the station was closed. the peo-
pie were unable TO learn that there would
te no moro trains.
The aviation management announced
last night that as the aviation programme
began promptly at 2:30 o'clock each
afternoon il would not be feasible TO on
crate trains later than 2:3o O'Clock in the
afternoon, The 2:30 train Is run for the
benefit of the late corners and those on
IL miss the first half hour of flights. II
train were run later the DAYS pro-
gramme would be half over before the
spectators reached the aviation field The
announcement is made that the trains
VIII begin running TO the beach al i
o'clock in the afternoon and will continue
at intervals OF ten minutes until e:36
O'clock No train will be run to Saltair
later than 2.30 o'clock
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