The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
TO FLY FROM PIXIES PEAK.
". n. FELTs,s PLAN To CLEAR COO
AND MAGOG ON AN -AERoPLANE.

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a Determination to do or Die. on WHOSE success
no Hns staked ~. Expects to Wy
nearly Twelve Mics. but MAY Cotnproiuks
on n voyage to Mnnitou-Ht- Machine.
COLORADO SPRINGS. July e7.-Susprnded bs-
tween a pair OF Immense aoroplancs made Of
silk and bamboo. and grit about with body
frames and wing braces and tail waves and
other aerial accoutrements. w. II. Fclts viii try
on Aug. g to hy from the summit OF Pixies Pc (
to Colorado Springs, n distance by air limo of
1lla miles and n descent OF more than
5000 feet. SO confident is he OF his
ability to make this voyage that he
has put up n 81, 900 forfeit that no will san
over tho mountains. at least to Manitou. AMI
nlight there without injury to either himseT 20
his machine. Tho inventor Is backed In HE -n-
terpriso by men Of wealth and influence. wa
assert that they have had a practical oeruut-
~stration of the workings of his machine and .bAa
he can make tas nixar with casa
The Pixies Peak railroad Is to transport the
eronaut, his assistants, and his machine to the
top OF tho Peak, where. II all is ready, at noon
on Aug. 8 the voyager proposes to leap from the
cog road platform of into space. and then stoer
his silken ship over the deep Rulch Of Lake
Moraine to Cameron's Cone and on over Cog
and Magog to Manitou and Colorado Springs.
The fragile wings and trappings to be used In
this venture are the product OF a lifetime Of
thought and work. They are now being con-
structed by /. T. Felts, a brother Of the inventor.
and Will be ready Tor the voyage Oy lnursday or
Friday of this week. They are to DO fashioned
n... -z, A. Gath Ar,,r,ca, oona,r
ami each aeroplane is to be rigid and 10 contain
l5l square feet of silk. Each van dips low at its
junction with it's mate, and where these vans
join the body Of the voyager hangs suspended In
, easy harness. From the pinion tips. however,
there is an upward trend. presenting the convex
downward, to avoid danger from extreme lateral
sweeps and oscillations. Over tho body of the
...,a.,, "a al ,o,,tr,,,.d and dr.v, ~
oerohaut' w run Ii y Wv Ii" w
tween the body frames and wing braces, Is an
im,novable rcctoplane DESIGNED still further tn
oss,r. tho r;oh, linz NJ a,vht while m binoed az.
assure Inc riRht iihco hhkn'' "hie hinsou
tension of this rectopiane, operated by q pair OF
onnnsinp puys. within reach NJ the yoyaeer az
no h.nea In ,ho hornnss odn,i,s ~ ,.,.r,I
he hahge IN the har"eea' auhii'S VI iA'eF"'
changes OF directions OH the wing.
To guard against the perils of forward and
p'ck"ara uips ana W regulate the INCLINE Oh the
planes there is q tail attachment to tho boiy
frames which like the onposiny onys IN under
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should tilt forward sudden y, the natural move
mont would ba IN throw one b,rkvar5 and
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TINS action. VI IL said' "ouid restore In Two ways
the cquipoise OF the machine; first, by oh ,uging
altering the location OF the centre OF gravity.
Inventor Felts has made a careful study OF the
territory over which lie proposes to fly. At tho
start he will steer directly for Came-on's Cone.
II lie FEELS that he is sinking too rapidly to clio Ar
he Cone. he will swervo 10 the left ana strike
out lor the gapway over the Immense granite
srnt!ncls, Cog aud MagoK. II The ir OF that