Arizona republican., 1912-09-09
Opening at Chicago Today of the Third International Aviation Contest Ever Held in This Country; Long List of Prizes
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The History of This Contest Beginning With the Cap ture of the Trophy by Glenn H. Curtiss at the Meet of 1909
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CHICAGO Sept. S.-America's third international aviation meet which opens tomorrow will establish new mark for America in the number of aviators of international fame en- tered Chief of these are the pilots of the foreign and American racers who compete in the Gordon Bennett worlds championship aeroplane race, the first event of the meet.
 The meeting embraces daily mono plane and biplane handicap races, scratch biplane and mOnOplane race which is designed to give further demonstration of the skill of the Cor don Bennett drivers, and a 40 kilo- meter race for all types, handicapped. Other contests are bomb and mail throwing, accuracy landing contests from heights of 1000 feet without motor and similar events in which skill of the operator is tested.
 This is the fourth time aeroplanes have been matched for the worlds championship. as typified by the S1O.OOO silver trophy given by James Gordon Bennett in 1908 to be con- tended for annually by licensed pilots of the Federation Aeronauuque In ternatiOnale
 Twice before a single American entrant has driven his aeroplane -aflead--of--tl competitors and brought the silver trophy to America. Glenn H. Curtiss was the first winner, at Rheims. France Aug 2S 1909. His biplane finished the 124 mile race in 15 minutes 90 seconds, or five sec onds ahead of the looked for winner, Louis Bleriots monoplane. There were five starters but only four of the flyers were able to cover the distance. which then was considered an almost impossible journey for an aeroplane
 Tn New York on the Belmont Park aerodome. the second contest was held. The course had been length ened to 100 kilometers, 62.14 miles), and Claude Grahame White, England's s best known airman, won in 71 min utes four seconds in the first 100 horsepower Bleriot mOnOplane built. Alfred Lablane of France led in the race in a similar machine up to the last lap of the field, when he ran out of gasoline and in landing, crashed into a telegraph pole and smashed his aerOplane.
 
 trophy to England, where it was con- tested for in 1911 on the Isle of Sheppy at Eastchurch, July 1. Charles Terres Weymann, sole American ent- rant again. went up in a 100-hOrse- power NieupOrt mOnoplane and cap- tured the trophy. His time for the 15O kilometers was 1 minutes 36 sec ouds a speed of 7S miles an hour, then a worlds record. Lablane, again after the world championship, had to content himself with second, being two minutes slower than Weymann.
 Speed alone determines the winner, there being no restriction on the con- structon of the aeroplane Because of the high speeds attained few avi- ators have cared to enter. and in the three events held previously. a total of thirteen entrants only appear on the lists.
 This year the race has been length cned to 200 kilometers G24 miles), and the course was laid out as an elipse of 4.14 miles, requiring thirty laps to complete the race. In the French elimination trials Jules Ved- rines made a speed of 106 miles an hour which established eXpectance as to what speed would be made by the choice machines of the six nations ompeting-America, England, France, Holland, Belgium and Switzerland.
 France designated Jules Vedrines and Maurice Provost, pilots of De- perdussin monoplanes. and Andre Frey, who drives Hanriot mono Llane, as its ,representatives. England had1xnamed Claude Grahame White. 1iustave Hamel and George Dyott. but it was not certain until the last minute just who would make the actual flights.
 Belgiums representative. Charles Morok, died of typhoid fever a few days before the race, and Jan Wyn- nIalen. who was to represent HoI ldnd was so disappointed in the showing of his Oertz monoplane he withdrew. Edmund Audemara Switz- erland's representative, was not cer- tain of entering and as for Americd the choice of pilot will not be defi- nitely settled till the day before the race An American defender prepared to carry d 160 horsepower motor, the largest aero motor ever designed.
 The hydrOaeroplane, or airboat aviation contests are the first evel held. outside of the military competi- tions held in France for selection O.