The Elbert County tribune., 1916-07-07

Aero club statement. proposes this
Limitation for he following reasons:
To prevent excessive flying. making II
possible to every aviator to fly In This
initial long distance contest with safe
ty. and TO approximate ordinary cOndi'
tions TO be met in everyday practice.
in aerial training. carrying mail. pus-
senEer carrying. etc.
ITO give II larger number OF con
trols and enable the population of I'M
portnnt centers In different parts of
the country TO see the competing nero
planes and become familiar with ilIe
present possibilities of uerial triinspor-
tntion.
ITO hold the contestants together as
far as possible.
Each competitor must expend
minimum aggregate of hours while his
machine is on the ground In the con
trolls. These periods of II hours will
he called resting time. No competi-
tor will be allowed TO start until the
II hours resting time shall have
elapsed. competitor may expend MS
much time MS he likes Ut the startifg
control. but nfter once having been of
ficinlly started from any control. the
whole time until he renches the next
control will he counted ns flying time.
Saturday, September 2.
1.-THE contest will commence on Sat
ur,luy. September =. 1916, and will lin
ish Mt latest on Saturday, September
30. ut Z 40 p. III.
'"The contest Is open to competitors
of 'iny nationality holding an avintor's
certificate issued by the International
Aeronauticnl federation and the Aero
Club of Americ,s yearly license. and
to the milltin. aero clubs. cities and
any other organizations wishing 10
participate and who c,n enter II prop
erly equipped aircraft and II licensed
aviaror.
"The entrance fee Is 5000. and en-
tries will be received up to Il.
noon. August l. 1916. The entrance
fee of 500 Is payable either In one
sum or as follows: 500 by u noon on
August |, 500 by II noon on August
Is. Late entries VIII he received up
to IL noon. August %. 1916 In which
case the entry fee will he $500. The
entry form. which iYust he uccomIu-
MED by the entry fee. must he sent In
to the secretary. Aero Club of Amer
ica. No. POI Madison avenue. New
York city.
THE start will he made from
Sheepshend hay. Belmont park or Gar
den City on Saturday. September =.
1916. AT l O'Clock p. IN. The order of
starting will be by LOT and announced
five days prior to the start of the com
petition.
Controls open mt o'clock IL. IN.
The competitor who makes the fast-
est elapsed time between controls sliuIl
start first. the others following nj in
tervals determined by the difference.
between the time Of their respective
flights and the time of the fastesl
flight.
Each competitor before starring
will he supplied with Il time card, ON
which will he entered his time of mr.
rival and departure from each CON
troll. The competitor Is nune respon-
sibie Spr The safe custody of his card
and for It's helng produced and entered
up at each control, and for the pro-
ductIon OF sane when duly chilled
upon.
Stoppages En- Route.
StopTuges Ell route between the
controls are not prohibited. and fre-
guent otlicnl landing places Will he
established between controls. about
fifty TO one hundred miles npart. Com
petitors will only he timed from the
departure from any one control TO the
arrival NJ the next control.
individual requirements mnd re-
pairs To the neroplnne and motor may
he made. but the competitors making
the repairs will he duly pennlIzed ne
cor,ling TO the conditions TO he de-
cided by the contest committee. Ching
Ing of nnbroken propeliers and undnn-
aged wings will not he penniizet.
carrying II passenger weighing not
iess fhnn l45 pounds Is compulsory
Eguilplng an neropianp with dual con
trol to ennble passenger 10 participate
IN pilofing Is allowed.
Every Deroplnne Is required to
hnve as part of Its equipment com
pass. chart holder and dire e1tin-
guisher.