The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-02
AROUND WORLD
IN AEROPLANE
Winner of 2s,ooo Mile Race
Will Win Prize Of $780,
600 if He Completes Cir
Gle in Ninety Days.


United Press Le.--sd Wire Service.1
NEW YORK Feb. 2.--captain
Thomas Baldwin od,ay was the first
cntrant in the roposed round tbs
world aeroplanl ) light Of the Panama
Pacific expos s5n, for which prizes
aggregating $4,000 are expected to
! The GsS Aero YER il Of America here to
day receive ietails OF the proposed
race from icials Of the exposition
and the Paefic AERO club, CT San
Francisco and the sanction of the ma
tional organization was readily grant
ed. The race will start from the ex-
position grounds IN May, 1916, as now
planned and must be completed with
in ninety days. Sky pllots here to-
cay d yclared the fight was by no
means impossible, the Atlantic leg OF
the race being considered the most
difficult. The winner will receive
100000 of the prizs money.
Il figure 1t means a flight of 2S,00o
miles" said Captain Baldwin today.
II shall use a machine capable OF
carrying two or three pilots and a
mechanic All that will be necessary
will be five hours flying day which
win not be excessive
Curtis interested in Transatlantic
Flight.
PARIS, Feb. Glenn Curtis, while
here in the interests of his flying
boat, told the UNITED Press correspon-
dent that he considered it extremely
probable that the Atlantic would be
crossed by an aeroplane in the course
of the next summer. He knows Of
several who are preparing for this
attempt
Pressed for details Curtis admitted
that he personally is interested In
ore attempt to ba made and that he
has been asked to supply the engine
for the machine of another aviator,
who, he says, has splendid chance Of
success. He PERSONALLY favors land
ing in the water, en- route, and taking
supplies from liner, though the 9th
er person proposes to make non,
stop fight from shore to shore in
thirty-six hours.
1t is understood that at last three
French aeroplane builders are pr r5T,ar-
ing for the conquest of the Atlantic
but they are keeping their plans dark.
Both Garros and Pegoud say it is
perfectly feasible to cross the ocean
in an aeroplane but Garros says a
modified type OF machine will be
necessary, none Of the existing mod
els being capable OF the job.
impractical Idea.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. q" "Imprla c.
ticable," declared Albert Bond Lam
bert, aviation expert, when asked to-
day fer his opinion of the project51
round-the-world air race from San
Francisco.
Mr.. Lambert recently proposed to
aid the government in organizing an
army aerial fleet commensurate with
tina needs of the country. He is rec.
ognized as one Of the highest author.
ties on aviation.
NO aeroplane cou,d stand the
strain of such race said Mr.. Lam.
bert In the first place, the life OIL
a racing aeroplane engine is from
500 to 1000 mihes. The contestants
hardly could average more than four
hours day flying and it would re-.
quire about sixty days for the trip
If they averaged 100 miles an hour
when In the air.
Il think the conditions imposed are
too hard and the distance and OBJ,
staidles too great 1t would have been
better if the management of tbs ex,
position had arrange,f race across
the continent to the fair. A race
from New York City to San Fran
Disco would have drawn fifty ent-
rants"
White Is Dubious.
LONDON, Feb. 2.-The announce
ment of the Aero club of America's
officer of 100000 for an around-th
world air race tremendously interest
ed Claude Graham White today but
the English aviator was skeptical OF
any one winning the prize.
The round world offer by the Aero
club of America and the San Francisco
exposition is a splendid one and
should be great stimulation to avia-
tion," Graham White said to a United
Press correspondent, "but the science
of aviation must advance to a consid-
cradle extent within year if the con-
ditions imposed are to be accomplish
ed.
Certainly the flight around tLo
world as prescribed in the Aero clubs
offer is impossible with the present
construction of aeroplanes.
Il cannot say at this time whether
! will compete in the around the
world fight or not l expect to cross
the Atlantic next year but that is
comparatively simple"