The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-14
WEATHER AGAIN
DELAYS MEET
AviatOrs Plan, However, to Give
Programme Scheduled for
Monday This Afternoon.
ARE UNDER CONTRACT TO
BE HERE TILL THURSDAY
VIII Give Salt Lakers Two More
Days of Flying if Wind
Permits.

Because Of fifty-nnile wind Monday 8
evietiop programme was postponed until
today. Tho Curtiss birdmen are under
contract with the Salt Lake promoters
until Thursday. and If the weather per
rits. two days OF flying are still in store
for the public.
Both Ely's and Willard managers
stated Monday night that their men
They said tho snow of Monday would
no, interfere with their business to any
great extent, II the weather Is right
Doc" Raybould, said that Walker would
attempt flights today if the wind was
not too strong. Sammy Perkins said
that he would get up with his ton OF
kites today, no matter if the wind was
blowing q. hurricane, or no matter II he
had to rent electric fans 70 get started.
blrdmen eny has suss spparenty G 's set % them Wild
to ny In this altitude again. Wilard
declared at aviation hea dquarters Mon
day night that he would not be salts
record here.
May Fly to Fort.
While Willard would not announce that
he Will attempt a flight from aviation
he is in salt Lake. persons who talked
with him Monday arc led TO believe that
he is planning to make this trip. Prac-
by Ward a IN tSe aS was Of the
land between aviation field and the fort
When questioned as TO whether he would
try to make the trip. the aviator said:
az haven't said that [ was going to fly
TO the fort and | probably will not at
tempt any such flight. However, I want
TO get posted on conditions and the sort
Of q country that 7 would be travelling
over in such a. flight. You know take
some funny notions once In a while. I
guess the people were pretty well sur
prised in Sacramento q few days ago
when I went up and circed the capitol
dome They asked me 10 make that flight
apparently never dreaming that l would
try it"
The programme announced for Monday
will be given al aviation field today. the
promoters promise. with number of ad-
dittonal stunts. among which VIII he n
military programme, II the weather is at
all agreeable TO flying.
The aviation committee has been as
sured of the assistance of a company OF
infantry, besides detail of mounted Of
ficers from the fort. to help handle the
crowds at harrington park today. In
honor OF the soldiers. demonstrations in
bomb dropping and wireless telegraphy
Will be made.
That an enormous crowd will visit the
flying field today is evident from the
great interest shown in the meet Monday
and the general disappointment evinced
about. town when bulletins appeared in
the windows OF the various newspapers
announcing that the days programme had
been called off.
On the street corners, in the hotel lob
bies and In the cafes. aviation. Willard
and Ely We're the main topics of conVer-
sation- Even the aviation souvenir ven
ders did a thriving business on tho
streets when the snow was falling thick
and fast and the wind was blowing fierce
~. On every hand ii was apparent that
the city has a real attack of aviation
fever and is crying for more of the same
stuff that we saw Sunday"