The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-07
NEW FLY ING MACHINE
WRfoHT BnoTHERs TELL or
 THEIR ExpEHIENcE.
says That Success Was Complete-- Decline at Present to Give Out Description of
 Air Craft.

Dayton, O., Jan 6-The Wright Broth CTS, inventors of the flying machine which has attracted such widespread at tention. have prepared the following. which they say Is the first correct state ment of the two successful trials made by them:
 "on the morning of December 17, four fiights were made, two by OrviIie Wright and two by Wilbur Wright. The starts were all made from point on the level and about 200 feet west of our. camp, in Dare county, N. c. The wind at the time of the flights had velocity of 27 miles an hour at 10 o'clock, and 2i miles an hour at noon, as recorded by the aeronometer at the Kitty Hawk Weather Bureau station.
 The flight was made directly against the wind. Each time the machine start ed from the level ground by it's own pow CT. with no assistance from gravity or other sources whatever. After a run of about forty feet along a mono-rail track which held the machine eight inches from the ground 1t rose from the track and under the direction of the operator, climbed upward on an inclined course un- til a height of or 10 feet from the ground was reached, after which the course was kept as near horizontal as the wind gusts and limited skill of the oper- ator would permit.
 Into the teeth of December gale the
 flyer made it's way, forward with Q speed of ten miles an hour over the ground and 90 to 35 miles an hour through the air. It. had previously been decided that for reasons of personal safety these first trials should be made as close to the ground as possible. The 'ght chosen was scarcely sufficient for manou-. vering in so gusty a wind and no previ- ous acuuaintance was had with the con- duct of the machine and its controlling mechanisms. Consequently the first flight was short.
 ''The succeedings flights rapidly increas- ed in length and at the fourth trial flight of 5s seconds was made, In which the machine flew a little more than half q mile through the air and more than s52 feet over the ground. The landing was due to a slight error of Judgment on the part of the operator. After passing over little hummock of sand. in att tempting to bring the machine down to the desired height. the operator turned the rudder too far and the machine turn ed downward more quickly than had been expected. The reverse movement of the rudder was fraction of second too late to prevent the machine from touching the ground and thus ending the flight. The whole occurrence occupied little, if any more than one second of time.
 ."Ouly those who are acquainted with practical aeronautics can appreciate the di6iculties in attempting the first trials of flying machines in a twenty-five mile gale. As winter was already set in. we should have postponed our trials to more favorable season.. but for the fact that we were determined before return. ing home to know whether the machine possessed sufficient power to ny, sufficient strength to withstand the shock of land ings and sufficient capacity of control to make flight safe in 'boisterous winds, as we'll as in calm air. When the points had been definitely established we at once packed our goods and returned home. knowing that the age of the flying machine had come at last.
 From the beginning we have employed entirely new principles of control and as all the experiments have been conducted al our own expense without assistance frAm any individual or institutioh, we do not feel ready at present to give out any pictures or detailed description of the machine" ts t'sa7