The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-04
Man Who Made Aircraft Of Value
TO Navy to Take Part
in Meet.
WILL MAKE FOUR FLIGHTS
Brookins to Give Exhibition Be
fore Press This Afternoon;
Parmalee Reaches City.

Glenn II. Curtiss, the aviator who
solved the problem Of making the aero
plane of value 10 the navy by invent
Ing the hydro-aeropan will take part
| in the international aviation carnival TO
begn at harrington park, near the
shores of the great Salt Lake Wednes-
day afternoon.
Further than this, Curtiss will rise
from the surface OF the great saline in
land sea In the hydroplane OF his own
invention and. after sailing about, VIII
return to his starting point and alight.
This was the announcement made Mon
day by ]. e. Richards, publicity man
for the Curtiss people, who has been in
the city for several days In the alb
sence of X, r. Young, Curtisss man
ager, attending TO the CurtlSs interests,
Get Agreement in Twelve Minutes.
Following a conference with the pro-
moters of the carnival Curtiss's agree
ment to come TO Salt Lake City for
flights in his hydroplane was obtained
in record breaking time. telegram car
rying the terms OF the promoters OF the
meet was flashed 10 Curtiss at San Fran
cisco and twelve minutes after this wire
left the Salt Lake branch of the Western
Union Telegraph company an answer was
in the hands OF the promoters OF the
meet. In which Curtiss agreed 10 come TO
Salt Lake City and enter the meet
The telegram from Curtiss also carried
the information that another wire was
on the way to San Diego instructing
his men to crate his hydroplane and start
1t TO Salt Lake City Immediately. The
machine now is speeding to Salt Lake
City as fast as The Los Angeles limited
can carry it, 1t should reach here to-
night,
This is the same machine that Curtiss
rose from the San Diego bay in on Jam
uary % OF this year In this bydroplane
Curtiss, on February II. alighted along
in San Diego bay. and after being hoisted
on deck was dropped back into the water
and. rising from the waters. flew away
TO his hangar on North Island,
First Public Exhibition.
These trial flights were made unan-
nounced and this Will be the first public
exhibition 10 be given by Curtlss in his
hydroplane. The trials will be of es-
pecial Significance TO the aviation world
because OF the density Of the waters of
appears that the greater specific gravity
Of the water should be an aid In rising
in the hydroplane. but birdmen say that
this idea Is erroneous. The density OF
the water will hinder rather than help the
aviator 10 get into the air and will in
crease his danger from falls in alight-
Ing;
himself and he will be on the grounds
with the two stars OF the Curtiss team.
Charles F Willard and Eugene b. Ely.
each day OF the meet. Curtiss is to at
tempt two flights a, least two days OF the
meet. but the precise dates of his trials
have not been decided.
Both the army and the navy will be
represented at these trials. as well as at
all ether flights made in the meet.
Fresh from his military maneuvers in
an airship along the Mexican border
Philip Q. Parmalee. the second member
OF the Wright team. arrived Monday. go
ing directly TO aviation headquarters at
the Semloh hotel Parmalee told mod
lean border. but talked freer when asked
as to what he intends to do here,
ANY kind of flying the. programme
Il already hold the endurance record
with n flight OF three hours and thirty
nine minutes, made at san Francisco a
few months ago. but II am on the pro-
gramme for this kind of a flight will
carry out the programme. or course. my
tcammate Walter Brookins. is the best
man in the world at the spiral glide.
having invented it, but I can and will
do a few dips myself II called upon
In all Parmalee made siXty-five flights
along the border. carrying passenger,
military officer. in each of close to
fifty of these trips. on one Of these
flights Parmalcc remained in the air two
hours and ten minutes and covered 1l6
miles. This was on his trip from Ma
redo To Eagle Pass. In which he carried
Lieutenant Fourtois OF the United States
army.
With Parmalec arrived standard
Wright machine OF thirty-five horse
power.
Brookins wants TO find out what he can
do In this altitude before the meet be-
gins. and this afternoon at o'clock he
will make n trial flight from the aviation
Held. Members OF the press OF the city
and "A few others have been invited 10 at
tend and Will leave the Saltair depot for
the aviation field at o'clock 10 witness
this exhibition. II IL possible that hts
teammate, Parmalee, will attempt trial
flight. too.
Cross-Lake Flight.
In answer 10 a telegram from the avia-
ton committee To Ely. at San Bcrnardino
Cal. the hero of the first American bat
t.eshp flight slgpihed his willingness TO
attempt one OF the most hazardous and
noteworthy feats that viii crown the
programme. The suggestion that an
across -thc-lake flight will attract not only
unusual interest In the city Of Salt Lake
but stir aviation circles all over the
world, owing TO the fact that a man
| flying in aeroplanc unprotected by any
device for, sustaining rhe machine should
| II perchnr,ce slight upon the water. i'm
duccd the promoters 10 make proposlSa