Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-12-24
Machine 4 SUCCESS.
EXPERIMENT WAS MADE AT
KITTY HAWK, N. C.
The Machine Flew Three Miles In
the Face Of a Wind Blowing at.
a Velocity of Twenty-One
Miles an Hour.
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Norfolk, Va, Dec. 18.-A success
full trial OF q flying machine was
iuade yesterday near Kitty Hawk,
Il. c., by Wilbur and OrviIleW Wright,
of Dayton, O.. The machine few
three miles in the face Of Il wind
blowing at a registered velocity of
t~enty-one miles an hour, then
gracefully descended to the eaitii ut
the spot selected by the man in the
ma vigator's car as a suitable landing
Yltoe. The machine has no balloon
attachment, but gets its force .icai
propellcrs worked by a small engine.
During the uial Wilbur WIia1i5l g.
cuIjed the operators seat and sieelea
tilc apparatus.
. roI three years the Wrighta have
Experimental at Kitty Hawk it1
their invention. They chose that
point because OF it's isolation ard f:,G
absence of publicity. By the merest
cnauce the success became know,
as neither of the me- is ready to
make public the details of their nsa-
chine.
The digit began from o platform
constructed on d high sand hill near
Kitty Hawk. There was no start
ing apparatus used to give momen-
tum to the huge bird-like affair.
When all was ready Wilbur Wright
tuok his place ia the-caf In the CEN
tire OF the machine and his brother
released the catch which held the
affair to the top Of the incline.
Gravity did the rest, and while q
rush down the slope was golug On
the navigator started a small gsso-
line engine in the floor Of the car.
BY q system OF puileys and cogs this
engine put ia motion q six.biaded
propeller directly beneath it and an !
other extended horizontally to the
rear. The first il used to maintain
the elevation and the other to pro-
pei the machine.
Instead of losing elevation when
the end of the platform was reached
the machine continued it's fight IN
disturbed, and as the under propel-
Ter Increased its revolutions the ma
chine gradually pointed upward and !
soon had attained a height of sixty
feet above the rolling sand dunes. .
A stiff wind was blowing up the
coast and the start was made directly
in the teeth Of it, but the machine /:
rushed through it without difficulty
anu maintained an even speed of
eight miles an hour with ease. The: !
small crowd Of fisher folk and coast
guards who have been curIousiy
watching The construction of the ma
chine for months, followed beneath
il, with eXciaDations of wonder; tut
il went ca lis flight through the air
alone. Ibe arst mile was covereu,
and then O1viiie Wright declared the j
invention asuccess.
The Wrights have used the boN-I
kite idea III their Invention, and their
flying machine is really an immense
kite, with p%ropellers and steering at
gachment. Its frame is OF Woo3, !
stretched with canvas, and its di-
mansions, az accurately as can be Sc !
"""ed gre here given: Width 90
feet from tip to tip; depth from 'front.'
to rear, 5 feet; height, also 5 feet. In
the centre of this frame is Constructed !
the navigator's car, while the engine
below it serves as ballast. Directlyl
beneath the Car, and arranged to
push upward, is the immense propsl- J
Ter used for elevating the machine, !
and extending horizontally to the
rear is the propeller that gives the
forward motion. A rudder spread !
with canvas, extending Is feet for
ward, and, spread like a fish tail,
kept the machine straight to the
wind. The total area of the machine
surfaces is exactly 800 square feet.