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[[top picture handwritten as 'The Titanic on the ground' and caption 'Showing double control school machine built in Chicago factory. Width 52 feet.']]
[[bottom picture with white handwriting on picture "Aviator P. Studensky with passenger in the Beech National Biplane. Galvestion.]]

GALVESTON TRIBUNE: FRIDAY MARCH 29, 1912
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[[title]]TRIAL FLIGHTS ARE SUCCESSFUL[[/title]]
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[[subtitle]]Studensky Gives Big Biplane Thorough Test - Ready for Meet Sunday.[[/subtitle]
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Paul Studensky made two very remarkable flights this morning in his new Farhman-Beach biplane. At 9 o'clock Studensky ascended in the big biplane to a height of about 1,500 feet and sailed over the beach and the surrounding country, making several turns and dips in which the practicability of the machine was amply illustrated. The Farhman-Beach is said to be the largest of its kind in the world and it is sure a large one when taken in comparison with the smaller craft of its species. There is only one propeller used on the machine, but it is capable of revolving at the terrific speed of 1,100 revolutions per minute, making the big fan cut the air more than 18 times every second. 
Studensky made the first flight alone, but on the second time he left terra firma he had with him Mr. Beech, the designer of the monster that Studensky handles as though it were a pet. 
In his second flight Studensky attained a height of 2,000 feet, cutting through the air at the rate of 50 miles an hour. Without a passenger Studensky attained even a faster speed, although at no time has he let the machine out to its limit. The day to all appearances was an ideal one to make a flight, in the opinion of the layman, but to the aviation men who have studied the weather conditions with nearly as much zest as they have devoted to the art of flying, the day was not considered as good as it appeared. "It is this way," stated one of the men, "the hot sun striking irregular ground has its rays detected more at one point than at another, causing the hot air to rise in streaks, and the colder atmosphere coming down in streams to fill up the vacuum made by the warmer air; especially is this true after a spell of rainy weather, when the water is standing in pools over the ground, the sun coming out evaporates the water, causing the moisture to rise in streaks, thus making the atmosphere very rough and full of the dreaded air pockets."
AVIATION MEET SUNDAY
Sunday afternoon Galvestonians will have an opportunity to witness the greatest aviation meet ever held in this city. With weather indications pointing to a beautiful day Sunday, the aviation camp is all astir with the tuning up of the air machines and the adding of touches here and there as the practiced eye of the superintendent of construction, Lester V. Bratton, carefully examines every piece of machinery to insure its being in fit condition for the test Sunday afternoon. Aviator Studensky will be seen in the big biplane that he flew this morning and it is very probably that he will take up a passenger with him. The new Bleriot monoplane that was featured to fly two weeks ago is receiving a careful grooming, and Mr. Worden will be the pilot of the plane that resembled much more a huge bird than it does an aeroplane. The flight of this machine will be very spectacular and will afford the spectator a very pleasing and instructive sight. It is fitted up with a Gnome engine, the engine that a few years ago attracted so much attention because of its peculiar construction wherein it turns with every revolution of the propeller. 
Mr. Studensky will meet Aviator DeKor, who will race from Houston with an automobile, motorcycle and locomotive, somewhere near Virginia Point and will escort the racer to the grounds of the National Aeroplane company. 

Transcription Notes:
Probably "rays deflected" not "detected."