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THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER  TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1911.

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AS RAIN FALLS AVIATORS PLAN NEW THRILLS
Flight Around Tamalpais, Carrying of Mail Across Bay, Mapped.
BROOKINS IS ELY'S RIVAL
Wright Man Declares He Will Beat Curtiss Flyer to the Pennsylvania.

Unless you see white pennants posted in public places about the bay cities this morning there will be flying at aviation field this afternoon.

The aviating programme was suspended yesterday in order to give the crops a good start.  The farmer was beginning to get peevish over this new science of aeronautics.  The weather man had withstood the bucolic complaints for a month or more, but the pressure got too strong and he had to come through with a nice little storm of rain and wind.

However, while the rural citizen is getting what is coming to him, the aviators are planning a lot of big things that are intended to make the aeronautic world sit up and take notice.

Aviator Eugene Ely of the Curtiss team says that after he shall have landed his biplane on the jury deck of Admiral Barry's flagship, he will fly clear around Mr. Tamalpais.

Brookins Becomes Rival.

And Aviator Brookins of the Wright camp says that if Ely does not keep a sharp lookout it will be a Wright aeroplane instead of a Curtiss that will first alight on the cruiser Pennsylvania.  Brookins says that the warship flying is an open field, and he intends to "beat Ely to it" if he can.

Brookins and Philip Parmalee, who are ardent contenders for the laurels that fell from the brows of Johnstone and Hoxsey, are planning a speed race between two Wright biplanes.  This race will be, perhaps, the fastest and most exciting flight of the whole meet, for both Parmalee and Brookins are determined that the contest shall determine which man may justly lay claim to the title of premier aviator among all the men who fly the Wright machines.

James Radley, the Englishman who navigates the Bleriot monoplane so prettily, has volunteered to sail across the waters to any nearby town.  He says that he will do most any unscheduled thing that the aviation committee may wish, and has suggested that he be permitted to carry the mail from San Francisco to Oakland and bring back a basket of Fruitvale eggs.
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THERE Will Be Flying To-Day Unless You See White Pennants Flying From Ferry Buildings, Ferry[[?ats}, the Great Hotels and Office Buildings.  The Rain Yesterday Helped Rather Than Hindered the Meet.  It Gave Us Time to Clean Up the Grounds and Prepare for the Important Wireless Experiments. – PROMOTER F. E. SCOTFORD.
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SEVEN AIRSHIPS IN FLIGHT AT ONE TIME AT TANFORAN
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COPYRIGHT 1911 BY THE PACIFIC PHOTO & ART CO. S.F.
[[caption]] Kay to Airships in Above Picture – 1, Eugene Ely;  2, Glenn Curtis;  3, Walter Brookins;  4, Phil Parmalee;  5, Hubert Latham;  6, James Radley;  7, Charles Willard
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