HIGH-FLIERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 711, 10 January 1910, Page 5

HIGH-FLIERS.

";;aEEOPLANE s ALTrraDE ■■EEeOKD^'' ■ ; , j--;i: : ;0,■;■ sip.m.j;- ;V : .;;-:V? '■■)' • ; - ;JanuaTjvß;;:;;; V; : Mr;';; HubertX I^tham,'imonoplamst,:'at Chalbns,;Camp,^.abrbplaned;at;a.height:of; ,32pp.iieetj;;;e^tiblishipgV'a.;record^ tilde '-with.,;a';;heavier-tha;n'-air.-:machine/)i' iRAPID'ADVANCE iNTrIE'riEiGHT': : ; J-KvS S^iP-'PUR? 8 v?;;?;^; |;; ; jA : :.;.:;Thor'aerbplane.'-'aititnde';' record ■'• in V the : •.EHaiins'.'contest"'.last /"August. : wask-. 500 ft:; ;now;;Hie,Tecprd o is .8200ft'.';;"/ilr'.-'ljathaiiii; who.'--uses-.ah ./'Aritoinette./inbnoplahe,'. and -M.-'/Paulhiin.v'who' flies'in v a' biplane, have : : beehb'fotcing;.;,'each; ; 'other;;, higher,:;and 'higher.;; ii-The',; Paris .correspondent, ot';a;lond9n • paper,-'.writing; under date Nov-' ember.;!!),- state's /.;/;'■: - : ; ■;• ;■'■'•'''££;; -/,";'■ ;■/ "Probably./the':most' '.wonderful exhibition"', of; flying in- a j high' ,wiiid, ever'. - wit-; ;ness'ed.,to6k.j place; here';;this:,afternoon.', ■The/weather: .which;prevailed/at : Chalons,. 'Camp to-day "would a .year ■ ago. have ;been' ; deemed ':■■■ ' impossible'., from.; an,; aviator's .ppint'.of;]piew. : -; i.;':*;;;;/;'. A--:.. .v.;v.-;'.-.- : i/v'; ; .• :> j the. Arctic temperature and a. galeWowirigiat.tho fate".of;at;least,4oft.ya, second; ;'thb :/height/.'recbr'd 1 ; /was .'twice, brbkeni -11.. Paulhan;. who;.liad /officially eritbred/foiv.the'. height .prize-of-jtlie'ljigM: -Natibnale. Aerienne,' ">went,; up;. in,; ;llr. Heni-y/'Farmari's ..biplane rafter/'- three; :b'clock,4and.iin; 'the. teeth; of-;tho: galeiought'his.Svay; to. a/height-bf. 1150 ft../..'',', ;-,'"No.-sooner ,h'ad:''M.':P.aulhan; alighted, than Mr.-Latham .'ascended, in -.his Antoinette -monoplane,'andvwith amazing rapidity ;mbuhted.to /the; height, of/;1330ft.; or/ .well' over'.a.quarter i'of-nimile.i.His ex- : : .citing''ifight/with .the ..elements/.recalled; 'his;fnmbu's performance 'atißlackpool.-;.' /'-."The machine:was at one. moment -tear-; ing'along.Avillv.the.vrtnd,at l a;Bpeed esti--inated : -byExperts'/at a.hundred,miles an; liour, ; ahd the:next it was battling-agninst it and: apparbutly i motionless. \ XTnfortu-iiately-Mr.; Latham had.not.bfficialry en-: toredfor-the-prize,'and-hiS;splondiil feat will'therefore not count,in the cbnipetitibn/'- \ "> ■■'■• :;'-/'■; \ : ' : i ■ -■' -: v-';■ ■A. ■• .Not'long arterwards M.'; ; Panlhan Hew to a height of 1950 ft.;: Now -Mr; 'Latham I :has:again .eclipsed all .records>with 3200 ft.