THE AIR-RACE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 805, 30 April 1910, Page 5

THE AIR-RACE

WINNER LANDS GRACEFULLY AT MANCHESTER. WHITE ABANDONS EFFORT. / TeleEraph—Press Association-OopyriEht London, April 28. Further details are to hand of the contest between M. Paulhan (the winner) and Mr. White for the "Daily Mail" £10,000 aeroplane prize (from mdon to Manchester with not more than two stops, distance 170 miles as the crow flies). At 3.45 o'clock, White, in the darkness, left the road, being guided by the searchlights of motor-cars. His motor got out of gear, and ho was finally •.'•impelled to descend at Polesworth . Paulhan Re-Starts with tho Sun. Paulhan slept at Lichfield, bat in *Jie carlj, morning, tearing that White was within twenty miles, he feverishly tuned up his aeroplane and started at dawnnine minutes past four. Ho soon ascended, to a height of 400 ft. Thero was a head wind and progress was slow. He reached Stanton Bridge at 4.55, and thereafter sometimes flow at tho rate of sixty miles an hour. Crewe was reached at 5.10, and ho arrived over Manchester, at a height of 500 ft., at 5.32. The aeronaut was greeted with wild cheering by a huge crowd. His machine alighted in a graceful curvo in the centre of a seleoted field. His average speed was 47 miles an hour. • Paulhan's first words on alighting were: "I am very cold, bat very happy." Wind Effects. He stated that the wind continually forcedhis aeroplane off the railway line. The machine < sometimes rose or fell thirty feet in the varying currents. Mr..White Btates that a high wind, after he had passed Rugby, twisted his aeroplane around , three times. Later. In the evening White resumed his journey towards Manchester, but was caught in a storm and his aeroplane damaged. He alighted at Lichfield, and abandoned his attempt to reach his goal.

. ■ TO FLY THE ATLANTIC. WRICHT ONPAULHAN. MOST SKILFUL FLIER IN THE WORLD. (Rec. April 29, 9.30 p.m.) London, April 29. Wilbur Wright, the American pioncor aeroplanist, L describes M. Paulhan as the world's most skilful flier. . He believes that an aeroplane could easily be .constructed carrying sufficient gasolene to make a successful transAtlantic flight. Sir.' White declares - that M. Pauihan is the greatest aviator in the world. Hs modestly adds:—"l am an amateur."

Mr. White, telegraphed to M. Paulhan his heartiest congratulation*; on his splendid performance, adding that the better man. won. DOES SAFETY LIE IN HEICHT7 THE AIR-EDDIES FROM THE EARTH. • (Reo. April' 29; 9.30 p.m.) .. i' London, April 29. "The Times" states that M. Paulhao flew at a-much;greater elevation than did Mr. White, and probably had sound reasons for his choice. Had Mr; While been equally far from the aerial eddies caused by the irregularities of-the land surface, it is quite probable—whether he would have, won the race or riotthat he would have reached Manchester. Ipaulhan ON WHITE.. ■;''. ; . (Rec. April-29, 11.45 p.m.) London, April 29. / M. PauThan declares that Mr. White failed solely through bad luck, and error in having fixed his stopping places. Probahly he was persuaded, against his own judgment, by advisers and officials.

ABOVE THE MOUNTAINS.

WOULD FLY INTO PARADISE. M. Paulhan is the world'B highest flier, as well hb being probably its greatest. M. Latham competed with him for a while, but when M. Latham reached 3200 feet, M. Paulhan sailed tip to an altitude of 4600. feet, and that seems, to have been the last word. . A height of 4600 feet is 1533 or over four-fifths of a mile. M." Latham rose, aB high as the peak of Snowdon, but M. Paulhan flew nearly as high as Ben Nevis. This jwas done at Los Angeles, California. On arriving there, M. Paulhan promised tho. Americans that he would perform great feats. "I shall fly as high ,as those mountains," he said, pointing to the snow-capped Sierra Madre. "I last all sense of space," M. Paulhan afterwards' remarked. "It was a wonderful sensation, and if Latham now does better,. 1 shall ily into Paradise and defy him to follow me there 1" As he flew, forty thousand spectators watched his ascent into the'cloudless ' sky with breathless interest. Gradually the biplane became a. mere speck.above the mountains. : "His flight (says a report) lasted oOmin. 46sec., and on ■ landing his aneroid: barometer, showed that "his greatost height had been 4600 ft. Officially, however, he is only credited with having reached a height of 4146 ft. "M. Paulha.n landed ten yards from his starting point, and the spectators carried him shoulder high to the grandstand, where a loving cup worth £100 was .presented to him."