Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-16
Remarkable Feat Is Accom-
pIished While 0ashing Thro'
Air at Chicago.

Taking pictures Of Nedrines. winner
of the International Aviation Trophy
as he sped around the course at more
than 100 miles an hour. was the re-
marna5ie feat accomplished by a Chi
caso photographer while seated in a
Wright biplane travelling above the
NedIines monoplane at ~ miles an
hour.
Nedrnes. who won his laurels two
years ago. when he was the first to
cover the course in the Paris Madri5
race, used a Provost machine, develop
ing 40 horsepower. and at times at
tanning the unprecedented speed of 120
miles an hour AS his machine circled
the triangular shaped course at Clear
ing, near Chicago, it appeared as a
white streak, spouting flame and leav-
ing a trail of smoke in It's wake
The photographer. seated beside Max
Lille in a Wight machine. scared
above the field, keeping well out of 4he
path of Vedrines as the intrepid
Frenchman's monoplane shot arounu
! the course,
! At no time did the Wright machine
exceed a speed of 30 miles an hour and
! this rate seemed a snairs pace when
Nedrines shot by. Once, when directly
above Nedrines, the photographer
snapped his camera and again when
the Provost machine tilted at an angle
Of 40 degrees, cut through the air at
the stake post. The gasoline smoke
was issuing from the painting engine Of
e 40 in,
that the camera had no difficulty in
photographing it,
Vedrines' Remarkable Time.
Nedrines' official time for covering
the % laps of the course of 124.S miles
was one hour ten minutes and $685.
seconds Provost and Frey, the only
competitors to complete the course, fin
ished in one hour, fifteen minutes and
25.75 seconds, and one hour twelve
minutes and 1910 seconds, respectively.
Lille. from whose machine the camera
man obtained his pictures, was the
only American aviator to complete He
made six laps of the course in % min
utes and Al seconds
The first to attempt the course was
his start He had assembled and was
half around the cOurse before the huge
crowd of spectators was actually aware
that the race was on Before he haG
completed the first lap his machine was
travelling at its maximum rate of speed
lie flew 50 low that he was scarcely
above the line of steel pylons marking
the course, and at times he went 50
close to tn" structures in passing them
that the wings OF his machine seemed
to brush the fancy work
Other Freachmen in Air, Too.
1t was evident that he did not intend
to cover "A greater distance than was
absolutely necessary. Provost and
Frey quickly shot into the air with
their machines, and followed in the
close-clipped path set down by We
drines.
Though driving a machine of 40 less
horsepower than that of Vedlines. Pre-
vost drove a pretty race Several times
it seemed that ne would win out overt
his competitor. Frey soon dropped be
hind. and after the first few laps was
not a serious contender
on the twelfth lap, with the race half
finished, Provost was but ten seconds
behind We'd ines and appeared to be
gaining at every lap. 1t was nerve
,acking moment for the thousands off
spectators, ana no more thrilling sight
was ever Witnessed
BY the fifteenth lay Vedrines had
gained lead of 30 seconds over Pre-
vost During the remainder of the race
Inc inc aased this gap until the last lap
was completed when the judges an
uounced that he had beaten his fellow
countryman by more than five minutes