The billboard (June 1911)

JUNE 3, 1911. Xtie Olllboard 19 The Week's Events in the World of Aviation BRITAIN'S FIRST AERIAL WAR- SHIP. Barrow-ln Piinuwi. KnEinml. Miir 22.—Great BrltKln'K flr»t naval alratilp. tbe rotntrortlon of whlcb haa b«»n MirroanAM by much R*crecy, was aticcpMifnll.r lannrbm here today and Is now an- chot*il behtn.1 wind srrmia erwtpd In the har- bor. The alrMhIn wan ^hrlalened the Harfly. The almhlp. which la SK foef In lenctb. Is of the riBirt type, with a binnt nose, tapering to^a pointed stern. A featnre of the construc- tion la the nrorision for two separate gondolas far the enitlneii. The alnthlp la speclallr de- ■Imed for nara) pnrpoaeii and can be mooreil on tbe water. The onfer corerlnR of tbe npper half of the dlrUlbie. wblrh la 4R feet In diameter, constats of silk treate.! with a special water- nmnf dreralns. over nhlcb alumlnnm dnat baa been sprinkled. The lower part of the bau Is of yellow silk, treated with the same waterprooflnie material, bnt without the atiimlnnm. The framework contains elEhteen caa bacs. filled with hydrofren. MODEL AEROPLANES OF 1911. The anlbor of ll>al •lellebtfitl and helpfnl lit- tle Tolnme. Tbe Bo.ra' Ilnok nf Model Aeroplanes. Ftancia ColIIna. la contributing to current Is- anea of St. Nicholas a supplementary series of articles on Model Aeronlanes of 1911 article* wblcta Jnat aa the title Indicates, are pithorlnE toitether all the latest Information reicanllnic this fasrtnatlnit snort. In the fall Mr. Collins will gn abroad, to see the work holnft done by aeroplane mode] pnihustasts. yonnc and o!il. In Knicland. Oermnny and France. WOMAN FLYER FOR ST. LOUIS MEET. St. I-oBls. Mo., Mn.v S!i (Special to The nill- Doard).—r.a Belle Itolnme. one ef the women who hsTe mastered the art of flylns an aero- plane. will t>o a fentnre of the St, TxHits STla- tlon moellnR, which win be hel.l Veiled Prophet week. Sept. !» to Ort. 8. Albert Bond Lam- bert, president of the Aero CInb or St. lA>nis. who baa been In correspondence with Mile, Bo- lame, recelred a letter Priday. atallns posltlre- ly she wmid take part In the meet. In announclns that ^tlle. Rnlame would fly here. T.amhert uaye out that apeclal priaea would be olTerrd for women (lycra, Thia la expected to brine to (bo meet other women who dy aero- planen. SIMON PLEASES SARAH BERN- HARDT. By EDWABO J, VaOOBKAOX. Miiilnine Sarah Itembanlt saw ber llrat aero- plane flight laat week at Slonz City. Iowa. Bene Simon and Capt. John J. Friable, both tempted death In order to please the Madame, Simon, after cIImbioK B.OOO feet Into the air, euttInK flgnre eiRbta, aplral KlIdinK and apparently try- Ine In every way possible to add another name to the list itt aviation martyra. descended nn- hurt. Friable In a 40-foot plnnse wrecked hla . mac'liino and was himself aererely Injured. ' Madame Bcmhanlt. after bcinc presented to Simon, said she had nevef seen an aeroplane niEht. Simon callantly offered to fly deaplte the fact that the Sioux City meet had dosed the day before. . Simon had landed bis machine the evenlnit prerloua llTe miles away from tbe groonds acrosh the Slonx River In Dakota. Bis mecbanlclana had practically campletel.v diasembied the mon- oplane but he ordered It put In flylngi condition again. Madame Sarah and her company waiteii for nearly two hours before the sound of the motor was wafn-d on the breeze to them. Thi aviator waa still Invisible. A few seooii later the Madame stretched ont both arms <<' rectly towarda the blinding rays of the son. There, surrounded by a sea of gold, bung > tiny bIrd'Shaped object. "Rraro, Simon," cried tbe Utdime, wringing ber hands and throwlnit klaaea alternately to- warda the frail craft of the daring aviator. Tbe cry was taken up bv the crowd. Simon rllmbed nntll he waa S.OOO feet up and then sbntting cff hia motor came down on a glide that was balr-ralalng. The Madame turned her fac- away: "He shonid not do that: It la anicide." she cried excitedly to her iihyslclnn. who was trying to reassure her that the blrdman bad the machine under perfect control. When on his last turn the aviator banked bis machine until It fairly seemed to stand on end and then beaded stralsht for the atage-folk. Thev ncattere<l; tbe Divine Sarah srave a easp of alarm and dncked nntvremoDlouaty, remem- bering, no doubt, tbe fate of tbe Prime Minister of France. But the recklesa little aviator, wti' one band wavlnft Rally at bis terrified aiiectators. shot past, the tip of bis wine not five feet awai- from where Divine Sarah stood. When finally he landetl In the InfieM of tlie racetrack. Madame Bernhardt |rTasi>ed t>oth t>' bands In hers for several moments before speaklnfT. A tear fell on Simon's hand: he Moked at It rather aorprlse<Ily and smiled—the crowd langhed and It seemed to relieve tbe ten- alon of tbe moment. Madame Bernahrdt Impetnotisly snatched a rose from ber bono net and pressing it to ber lips, hande*! It to Simon. Then for the first time she managed to control her emotions sufficiently to speak. "It la wonderful Moasleur," she de- clared. "As I first saw yon I wandered It It contd he probable that there wis a mortal adrift In such a frail machine. .\nd then aa yon went higher and higher and the clouds were racing past you 1 conld not help but think whether or not yon realiaed how awfnl It was to be so close to yoor God and so far away from yonr fellowmen." when P. L. Tonn^. eeneral mans^r of the UoUant arlitora saw how Ibe Madame was effected by tbe night he consented to Capt. John J. Friable making an attempt to equal Simon's performance. TVIien fort.T feet In the air a sadden wind pnir whirled tho Captain's machine a round and be plunged down, wrecking tbe biplane and idlghlly injuring UmMlf. The Molsant aviator, vrtn next stop at Des Moines, the dates of that meet being Jane 1 to 5. Mile, Bolame la a French woman and learned flying under I.ouls Blcrlot. the famous Inventor and aviator, who first crossod the English Chan- nel in a heavler-tl^an-alr Bylng machine, AVIATOR I N DA RING FEAT. Portland, Ore.. May 23 (Special to The Bill- board).—Aviator Charles Walsh made an eight- mile circle over the residential part of the city on -May 22, despite the fact that his steering gear was absolutely useless. He accomplished the feat by guiding his machine solely by the use of tilting planes and gradually worked the machine back to the starting point. A large throng of spectators who witnessed this exhi- bition were imaware of bis predicament. GIRL SUES WRIGHT BROTHERS. Springfield, O.. May 25 (Special to The Bill- Ttoardi.—In a suit filed last week in Common Pleas Oiurt at Dayton. Sadie I. Fuller of Osh- kosh. Wis., asks for damages In tbe sum of M.OOO against the Wright Brothers, tbe aviators. The plaintiff claims injuries ss tbe result of an aeroplane swooping down on her .during the aero- plane meet at Milwankee Sept. 10, 1010. Th- aeroplane in question was driven by Atcb Hoz- ale. who afterward lost his life. Plaintiff said that she was pinned to the sidewalk by tbe aero- plane and sustained permanent Injuries. This is the first —'It of the kind In hlstoty. 4 AVIATORS REACH FREIBURG. Frelbarg, Germany. May 21.—Four arlators who are competing In the Cpper Bblne relia- bility flight arrived here today from Baden, bav- REMAIN8 OF WELLMAN AIRSHIP SIGHTED. Qneenstown. May 20.—Tbe White Star Cel- tic, which arrived here today from New York, reports having passed the supposed remains of an alrabip yesterday. In latitude -15.51. longttnde 25.10. This wag estimated to be 618 miles wes of Fistnet. The only airship not reasonably accounted for Is the dirigible America, which Walter. Well man and five members of bis crew abandoneil last October on their attempted flight across t Atlantic. Wellman and his men were picked up by the steamer Trent 450 miles east of Cape Hatteraa. A Gnlfport, Miss., dispatch on Dec. 21 statetl that tbe o9cers of the Russian steamship Heros were of the opinion that tbey sighted the re- mains of the Wellman airship east of the Ba- hama Islands. They described the object as >• l(mK BoatInK Shape. Ugh In the center and dropping off at tbe ends. SAVES SPECTATORS; WRECKS AEROPLANE. Bristol, Term.. May 25.—^Mr. Anthony Janus, known as the "Sky Pilot" for the Washington "400," Is at St. Luke's Hospital In a critical condition, as a restdt of a sacrifice he deliber- ately made at tbe Bristol aviation meet on tbe afternoon of May 22, In order to prevent the wholesale slaughter of spectators. His big passenger-carrying aeroplane, owned by Rexford Smith of Washington, is a wreck at tte fair ground race eouise as a lesnlt of a sndden plunge into a flve-foot bank made to RENE BARRIER AND MAYOR DAHLMAN OF OMAHA. Photograph of the daring aviator and the Omaha Mayor, was taken immediately following Banter's descent after a daring flight, made daring an exhibition by the Molsant Aviators, In Omaha. Ing made the prescribed Intermediate lauding at Otfenhnrg. The first to reach Freibnrg woa Jeannln. who covered the distance in two honn- and ten minutes. Bmnhnher was second. In two hours and eleven minutes. The aviator, Wit- terstaetter. who attempted the flight with his wife as a passenger, did not flnlsb. ' Tbe snbseanent stages of the reliability fllgb Indaded Hnlhansen. Strasshnrg, Mannheim an' Frankfort-on-the-Maln. a total distance of 36^ miles. BOY AVIATOR FLIES SUCCESS- FULLY. Klkhart. Ind.. Ma'- 20.—Althon^ greatly handicappe<l bv a stiff wind. Howard LeVan | aged 18, thrllkxl a crowd of 3.<K)0 by a success- i fnl aeroplane flieht at the aviation meettns here. The oxhlhltion made In a Cnrtlss biplane waa entlrel.v satisfactory. LaVan, who Is from Toledo, O., is in tbe employ of tlie Charles J- Strobel Aviallon Co. It took tbe place of Soul Bend men In riving tbe aviation meeting here. WEYMANN JOINS AMERICAN AIR TEAM. New York. May 2.n (Special to The Blllbiv- —Wont was received today by the aerial club of America front Harry Weymann. who Is now in Europe that be wiH accept ■ place on a team to represent America In the International Cnn Race, which will take place In Inly. GIcmm Curtlss and the Wright Brothers have refused to send machines, much to the disappointment of the dub. It Is believed that none of the Amer- ican teams will nse Amerlcan-mnde niaohlues in. the event. AVIATOR'S MACHINE DESTROYED. creyent the mat:blne from dashing Into a crowd of several hundred people. Hia manager, J. S. Berger. la also In tbe boipltal, having suffered a nervous breakdown from the shock of tbe accident, coming immediately after a aimBar one last week. In which Aviator Fred Eels was Injnred and another machine wrecked, Janna has a dislocated shoulder, a broken col- lar bone and probably other Injuries, tbe extent of which physicians have not yet determined. His imnager says that he tried all afternotm to keep the crowds from the knoll upon which Janus intended landing, and succeeded In clear- ing the spot before the flight started. In the excitement the people rushed back upon It. Janns had circled the course, and as be flew from behind a cinmp of trees made for his landing place, only to find It covered with peo- gle. He was too low to rise over them, and to ave kept straight ahead at his tremendons speed and with tb<» ponderous machine he misht have killed a score or more, so he pinnged down- ward' Into a bank. He Is not believed to be fatally bnrt. FIRST AIR INTERCOLLEGIATE. No. Adams May 22.—Three Instttntldns haye already signified their Intention of entering bal- loons In the first aerial Intercollegiate race which will start from this city on Saturday June 3. and several others wBl probably compete. The contest will be held nnder the' auspices of tbe Williams (College Aeronantlcal Society, and will be mn otS for a silver enp. given by Cliffortl Black and Howard Scholle of New York, both alumni of Williams, the trophy to lea to the balloon covering the greatest distance from the starting point. The Dartmouth College Aero Club eonsented to merge Ita dual baSoW race, which It bad acbedoled with WHUams fWr May 20 with the IntercOUeelate race, and wil compete with the balloon Boston. Jay B. Benton of Boston, pilot, and John Pearson, president of the OartmoDth Aero Club, as aid „„,. H. Percy Shearman, president of tbe Williams AeronanUcal Society, will pUot the WlHIami balloon and take along another member of tM society as aid. The University of Peimayl- vanla has also entered a balloon, bnt has not announced Its pilot All the balloons so far entered are of 35,000 cubic feet capacity. Leo Stevens of New York, will be starter and referee. ' ' ' EAGLES FI GHT BIRDMEN. Madrid. Spain, May 25.—With the ezeepltaB of the crossing of the Alps by George t;iiaVis. on September 23. 1910. a feat which ended In his death, the third stage of the aviation race from Paris to Madrid toe the prize of «20,000 and $10,000 additional offered by Spanish aero clubs, proved to be the most severe test to which the aeroplane yet has been subjected; ana two of the three contestants, it now appears, nave been forced to abandon the flight. _ GUbert, Garros and Vcdrlne began the third stage from San Sebastian early today. The 368 miles of tbe route is almost enUrely over deso- late ranges, varying from 1,000-to S,000 feet In height, where a fall means death, and to maze a fresh start Is tmpoislble. They had slso to contend against leatberea foes. Gilbert fongh the fiist recorded battle of the air. • Ftonr great, fierce eagles swooped down to give battle with their new rival, the aicmaB. ManlpnIatIng the levers as best he conld, Gil- bert with his left band groped In his tiocket for a revolver. He fired two shots at the feathered kings of Oie air, and they dropped behind. As Gilbert declares. It was one of the moat exciting Incidents of bis life. The birds swooped down upon bis viciously and struck at him with their powerful beaks. They succeeded only in carrying off his cap. He then fired, and he be- lieves that one of the birds was woonded. From latest dhvatcbes Teaching the committee In Cbarge, It appears that Vedrlne alone Is likely to finish. He passed over the Qnlntimapala and crossed the city of Burgos at a great height, bnt was later, forced to descend. He tele- graphed to th£i clnb, Bay&w he conld not pro- ceed for some boors, and the clnb antbotlxed an extension of tte time for the complefloix of tbe race. Gnhert landed at Olazagntia. forty miles from San Cebastlan. bnt when he attempted to make a fresh start his machine was capsized and part- ly wrecked, although the aviator was not bnrt. There Is little probabnity that he can repair the aeroplane within the time limit. ■ Garros Is stalled In a motmtalnous spot- near Andoaln, six miles from San Sebastian. The na- tnre nf tbe gtonnd makes a restart practically imnosslhle. and It Is tmderstond he has abao- (lo^ed tlie contest. . AERONAUT FATALLY SHOTi Denver. Colo.. May 24 (Special to The Bill- hoard>.—Louis Von Pnhl. a famous St. Lonis aeronaut, was shot three times *nd .»rot>-»»»: fn tally intured by a man named Henwood In a Denver Hotel on the night of May 23. An .iltereatlnn was the eanse of the shontlng in which two other nersims were wounded. AVIATIO N ME ETINGS. .Arrangements for aTlatlon meets IiaTS been m:><le for Salina. Kan.. June 15-17. An taibltlon nf flyInK wm lie glTen at Detroit. Jttot 29-July 4. WANTED-AN iyRSWP AND OPERATOR For June 21,22.23,1911. Alao all other good attractions. 'Write for partioiiIai& I.I.O.GAINiVAL68. TEMPLE, SHiL AVIATION TRAININ6 SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS anil BUILDERS We bofld to Older, Asnvlancs •r aU kiads for tbeatneal^ li a r pcs t s and park eoneeastona. | Oar dnamy aeroplane fori park photographers In the. biggest money-maker of the] year. Prieea and circulars on I request. Machines and avl-| attns fnmlabed for county*' _ and street fairs. Write or wire tor epea dates. I.argest and most complete aviation achoel la the country. We teach yoa to fly. care for, as- aeraMe and repair aerapIaneaL Writs today (ar complete Informatlsn. AVIATION TRAININQ SCHOOL. 1120 Loeunt StrMt, Kansas City. Mo. St. tionis. Mo., May 27 (Special to Tbe Bill- board).—John Ji. Sparling, an Bast St. Ixngis aviator, was Injnred at KInlocb Park, when bis biplane fell and was burned. Sparling had covered thrce-quarlera of a mile, and In makinc the turn to come back, tbe biplane dipped, turned a somersault when a wheel ran Into the ditch, threw Snarling out and caught Are from the. engine, which waa broken by the fall. For partieulars addraas WALT. JOHNSON Flying tbe THOMAS HEADLESS Xow booking for the set^n. Flights guaranteed under terms of contract. THOMAS BROS.. Bath. N. Y.