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Identifier: outing55newy (find matches)
Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
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e band dashed into theMarseillaise, in which thousands ofvoices blended. Five minutes later Paul-han glided to the earth in midfield and was immediately surrounded by a scoreof excited men. Richard Ferris, the general managerand originator of the meet, CortlandtField Bishop, president of the AeroClub of America and chairman of thejudges committee, Edward Cleary,manager of the Paulhan interests, andCol. W. M. Garland of the executivecommittee, at once hoisted the record-breaker to their shoulders, but beforethey could rush him across the fieldto the grand stand, Madam Paulhanreached his side and, stooping towardher, the happy Frenchman planted avery emphatic kiss on his wifes upturnedlips. This was the signal for still morecheering from the field, which swelledinto a great roar as Paulhan faced thesea of faces from the improvised throneto which he had been hoisted. Hand-kerchiefs and parasols waved all alongthe crowded grand stand and the fieldechoed with the shouts of applause. It 754
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Photographed expressly fur THE OUTING MAGAZINE by Ralph S. Haiukiiu CURTISSs FLIGHTS VIED WITH PAULHANs MORE SPECTACULAR FEATS IN AROUSING POPULAR ENTHUSIASM. was the perihelion of Paulhans popu-larity ; a generous and deserved tributeto the 4,165 feet of air-climbing thatwas given as the result of the mathe-matical observations. The aneroid in-strument carried by Paulhan announced4,600 feet, but the records of the transitinstruments were accepted as the officialfigures. This memorable flight was accom- The altitude was accomplished inforty-five minutes. Five minutes andforty-six seconds sufficed for the descent,making the total time elapsed fifty min-utes and forty-six seconds. The day wasknown as San Diego Day, several thou-sand visitors from the southernmost Cal-ifornia city being on the grounds, andas a memorial of the event the SanDiegans presented the flying Frenchman plished under ideal conditions. There with a handsome silver trophy. From was the barest perceptible breeze, the

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