Evening star., 1915-10-24
WILL ATTEMPT TO FLY /
FOR CURT|SS TROPHY
B. H. Kendrick Plans Flight From
Albany to Cape Hatteras, N. c.,
for $4,000 Prize.

| NEW YORK, October ga flight
from Albany. n. Y. to Cape Hatteras.
n. c., distance of approximately $50
miles, is to be made next week by
Beryl II. Kendrick of Atlantic City. ac-
| cording to notice received by the con-
! test committee of the Aero Club of
America.
Mr.. Kendrick, who is to use the 100
horsepower Curtiss flying boat with
which he has been carrying passengers
all summer at Atlantic City. has
shipped his machine to Albany, and
will spend the next two days assem-
bling it and tuning up" the motor.
The flight. which is the longest that
has been undertaken in the compet-
tion for the Curtiss marine flying
trophy. will be down the Hudson river
and along the coasts of New Jersey.
Delaware. Maryland. Virginia and
! North Carolina to Cape Hatteras Mr..
kendrick has given official notice to
| the contest committee of the Aero Club
| OF America, and they will accordingly
| appoint judges and observers to Tit-
ness Mr.. Hendricks start and his
night past certain points on fhe coast
Take Fuel Twice on Trip.
| 1t will be necessary to take on fuel
says; first at Bay Head. n. J.. and later
in the afternoon at Ocean City, Nd,
and it is expected that the distance
will be covered within ten hours.
| The Curtiss marine flying trophy,
which costs $4,000, and was offered by
Glenn II. Curtiss for the longest fight
made in ten hours in a flying boat or
hydroaeroplane. is now held by David
H. McCulloch of Newport. Pa, who, in
fOrtv-twO
$50 miles Mr.. Curtiss also has offered
yearly prize of $1,000. to be awarded
to the winner of the trophy. and this
is also held by Mr.. McCulloch
The competition for the Curtiss
trophy for 1915-there being five prizes
of $1,000 for five yearly contests
Will be open until sunset of October
81, when the aviator having the great
est number of miles covered in a ten
hour flight to his credit will be award
ed the $1,000 cash prize, and when the
aero club represented by him will be-
come. for one year. the holder of the
handsome trophy, which is three feet
ten inches high and symbolizes the
supremacy of wings over the elements.
The only conditions are that the avia-
tor must be member of an aero club
and the holder of an Aero Club of
America pilot certificate.
Nine Entries for Trophy.
There are now nine entries for the
Curt:ss trophy, as follows: Raymond "
Morris, 160-horsepower Curtiss flying
boat, representing the Aero Club of
america; Lawrence B. Sperry, S0-horse-
power Curtiss flying boat, represent
ing the Aero Club of America; David
H MeCulloch.~ ~100-horsepower.aC Curtiss
flying boat, representing the Aero Club
of America, who has made the best
flight to date of 4S0 miles; Robert
Glendinning, 100-horsepower Curtfss
flying boat representing the Aero Club
of Pennsylvania. who has made flight
of 160 miles; Theodore c. Macauley,
model T, 160-horsepower Curtiss flying
boat, representing the Aero Club of
America, who already has competed
twice for the trophy, covering approxi-
imately 27S miles the first time and 427
miles the second; Clarke Thomson, a
Curtiss flying boat of leo horsepower,
representing the Aero Club of Pennsyl-
vana; f. *. Jaquith, 19o-horsel,o@er
Curtiss flying boat, representing the
Aero Club of America; Beryl ii. Ken
drick, Curtiss flying boat of 100
horsepower. representing the Aero Club
of America, who is to make the flight
from Albany to Cape Hatteras.
Four other applications for entry
have been received from William L.
Boeing, president of the Aero Club of
the Northwest, who will fly q l5'-horse-
power Martin seaplane, and who VIII
represent the Northwest Aero Club, and
Glenn L. Martin, who will also fly one
of his 15e-horsepower seaplanes. rep
resenting the -Aeronautical Society OF
California: Lieut.. II. A. Dargue, L. S.
A., who will fly a Martin seaplane
equipped with an S0horsepower Cur .
tiss motor, representing the Aero Club
of America, and Robert G. Fowler, who
will fly Burgess Dunno seaplane
equipped with 100-horsepower Cur
tiss motor, representing the Pacihc
Aero Club.