The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-08
Establishes New Mark for America
in Number Of Avia-
tiens
FOURTH WORLDS CONTEST
Twice Before Single American En-
trant Has Driven Machine
in First
.ssociated Press Dispatch.

Associated Press Dispatch.
>Chicago, Sept, Americas third
international aviation meet, which
opens Monday will establish a 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, a
scratch biplane and monoplane race
which is designed to give further
demonstration of the skill of the
Gordon Bennett drivers, and q 40
kilometer race for all types, handi-
capped Other contests are bomb
and mail throwing, accuracy landing
contests from heights of 1000 fee,
without motor and similar events
in which skill of the operator s
tested.
This is the fourth time aero
planes have been matched for the
worlds championship, as typifed by
the$10,000 silver trophy given by
James Gordon Bennett in 1908 to be
eontended for Annually by licensed
pilots of the Federation Aeronau-
tique Internationale
Trophy Here Twice.
Twice before a single American
entrant has driven his aeroplane
ahead of his competitors and brought
the silver trophy to America. Glenn
II, Curtiss was the first winner, at
Rheims, France, Aug. 2S. 1909. His
biDlane finished the 12.4 mile race
in Is minutes so seconds, or five
seconds ahead of the Iooked-for win
ner, Louis Bleriot's monoplane
There were five starters but only
four of the flyers were able to cover
the distance, which then was con-
sidered an almost impossible journey
for an aeropane.
In New York, on the Belmont
Park aerodome, the second contest
was held, The course had been
heightened to 100 kilometers, (62.-
IA miles) and Claude Graham White
England's best known airman, won
in II minutes four seconds, in the
first 100 0-horse power Bleriot mono
plane built. Alfred Lahlane of
fxJ at,
machine, up to the last lap of the
field, when he ran out of gasoline
and in landing, crashed into tele-
graph pole and smashed his aero
plane.
Graham Whites victory took the
trophy to England, where it was
contested for in 1911 on the Isle Of
Sheppy at Eastchurch, July /.
Eharles Terres Weymann, sole
American entrant again, went up
in a 100 horse power Nieuport mono
plane and captured the trophy. His
time for the $50 kilometers was 81
minutes 36 seconds, a speed of rs
miles an hour, then worlds rec
ord, Lablane, again after the world
championship, had to content him
self with second, being two minutes
slower than Weymann.
Sgk I'd Determines Winner.
Speed alone determines the win
ner there being no restriction on
the construction of the aeroplane.
Because of the high speeds attained
few aviators have cared to enter,
and in the three events held pre-
viously, total of thirteen entrants
only appear on the lists.
This year the race has been
heightened to edo kilometers t12A
miles,, and the course was laid out
as an elipse of Ala miles, requiring
thirty laps TO complete the races. In
the French elimination trials Jules
Vedrines made a speed of 106 miles
an hour which established expect.
ance as to what speed would be made
by the choice machines of the six
nations competing-America, Eng
land, France, Holland, Belgium and
Switzerland France designated
Jules Vedrines and Maurice Provost
pilots cf Deperdussion monoplanes
and Andre Frey, who drives an Han
riot monoplane. as its representa-
tives. England had named Claude
Grahame White, Gustave Hamel and
George Dyott, but 1t was not certain
until the last minute just who would
make the actual flights.
American Has Large Motor.
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