The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
.CURT|SS SAILS
ON GREAT LAKE
Gives Remarkable Demonstra-
tion With Hydroplane Re-
sembling Monster Fowl.
POSITIVELY PROVES THAT
INVENTION Is SUCCESS
All of Other Birdmen Give
Beautiful Exhibitions of
Maneuvering in Air.

Ten thousand persons yesterday wit
messed Glenn II. Curtiss make a wonder
full demonstration OF his new hydro
aeroplape on the waters OF tho Great
Salt lake, This is the first public dem
onstration ever made OF the hydro plane
and 1t was in every way successful.
The combination air. and water craft
sailed about the lake for ten or fif-
teen minutes and then rose Prettily 10
an altitude of several hundred feet. 1t
mar, mnaneuyered In The air for time al and
II sailed around over the lake again and
once more scared gracefully into the
air, again 1t settled settled to ,t the lake. as
turned toward shore and the aero
boat came 10 land
The flight OF Glenn Curtiss on. Great
Salt lake marks an epoch in the history
Of aviation. Experimental flights on the
surface Of San Diego bay were made be-
fore Mr.. Curtiss was ready To announce
to the world the success of his new In
vention, but yesterdays tests constituted
the first public exhibition of the new
craft: On the waters Of Great Salt lake.
was able TO rise at will and to alight on
the surface with marvellous ease and
grace.
New Field for Aviators.
This achievement is convincing proof
field for aviation endeavor, The great
hindrance to long aviation flights has
been The fact that there have been but
| made with safety Over water courses
the air IS ideal for flying, but flights over
water have been fraught With danger
! water. Now Curtiss has Il machine
which will alight upon and which VIII rise
from the water in por.ect manner.
Long over water flights are now rot only
ISossible but easy.
Aside from the history making flight
| of Glenn Curtiss on and OF the waters
yesterday aviation programme WAS the
/ hying OF Phil n. Psrn,aies. mo yofBs
! Wright aviator, who did almost every
thing possible 9Th an aeropane; t aas; ,,,as mis
with his motor shut off. lie assembled
high in the air and then stopped the en-
gine. gliding gracerulls to earth in a
| long and beautiful sweep he demon
strated by this feat taat skilled aria-
tor can reach the earth in safety. even
| il his motor has suddenly stopped work
ing in midair. II was hazardous fea I
and he was given a great ovation by the
crowd when he landed safely
Flights Are Perfect,
| Mr. Parnalee opened the show and
flew three times. Each flight was an
cool Judgment and courage. His spiral
! swoops. his ground SWIMMING ana his dips
/ and dives constituted almost perfection
| in aviation.
Ely and Willard made long and beau
| tiful flights which were mp TO the stand :
ard OF excellence set by these av!ators
on previous days OF the meet. Brookins
| thrilled the crowd with his ground skim :
| ming his darts and tu-nS and hiJ Won
| derful spiral glides.
Yesterday WAS governors day at the
| aviation meet and Governor SprY was
the guest OF honor. He WIS saluted on
| his arrival by the avlntors, the military
men and detachment Of boy scouts.
The band played The Stsr spansled
| feet The governor was chcercd us he
entered his flag draped box At the CON
clusion of the national air eac: of The
| aviators was presented Ia the governor,
Attendance Record Broken.
| All aviation attendance records for Salt
Lake were broken BY the enormous
crowd which througed the ille
aviation field. owing 10 the fact that
opening OF tie programme was some :
what delayed. Trains were all crowded.
The governor arrived at the aviation
field at 2:45 O'Clock IN the afternoon and
was escorted 10 his oox In the center
of the mammoth grand stand. From this
box were flying the American flag and
the governors banner , ot,,o,,,,,.
| After the governor had been otllclallS
received by the aviation and army otti-
cials. the aviators. and the boy scouts,
Phil O, parualee In his Wright biplane
=
! the lake and north to the ioothins OF
| the Wasatch. Then he turned back ana
| flew over the grand stand, 500 feet IN the
| air y great cheer went up from tne
grand stand as the aviator passed,
Within a few minutes Willard followed
| Parmalee into the air. 4 little later Ely
Joined the other two and then Brooklns
went The four machines in The air at
| once maneuvered and circlcd about the
| grounds, passing and rcpassing one an
other and exchanging greetings ut dizzy
heights Parmalec did ali sorts OF dips
and dives In front OF the grand stand
making abrupt turns and cutting az
| kinds of fancy capers. Willard amused
| himself by startling the crowd with his
! dives over the grand stand. deightlnS
| In the CONSERVATION he caused. bly
| climbed high into the air and then dove
| sharply TO the earth. lie gayo. won,
| rapid descent
Brookins a Spinning Top.
Walter Brookins was the aerial top.
Directly in front of the grand stand he
| did his reckless spiral glide until every
one was unanimous In the fear that lie
would certainly meet the fate OF tiie
other av!ators who had tempted death
| Indeed. he was within u hairs breadth
! OF certain destruction. In cutting MS
| Iever-dlminislIing circles he came too close
TO the earth and the tip of one oi MS
| IL was due Ia the stability of the plane
rather than To Brookinss caution mat
aeroplane and aviator were not dasheu
After the four aviators had come to
earth Parnalee started out on his second
and most spectacular flight OF the DAY;
| He took with him a twenty -hVe pound
s1cs of flour, After attaining an altitude
OF 1000 feet he dropped this sack II
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