The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
HOLLAND SAYS NE
 WILL SOON FLY
People Will be Soaring Within
 Twelve Months
THE THING IS VERY EASY
Inventor of the Submarine Boat Says He Has Solved the Problem and Will Prove Ills Theories
 In the Spring.

From the New York Mail
 "The simplest mode of loeomotion is soaring in the air, and it can be done with the least effort" said John P. Hol- land the genius of submarine fame, in discussing his experiments with flying machines.
 within twelve months people will be flying in the air. and 1t will become tho most popular method of locomotion, be- cause it is perfectly safe.''
 MT. Holland has been interested in aerial navigation, as well as submarine for great many years, and he began building airships twelve years ago. It has only been within the last year that he has hit upon this ideal that he claims makes man flight practicable, and since making the discovery he is much aston ished at is simplicity and the fact that no one seems to have hit upon it before
 MT. Holland has applied for a patent upon a flying machine that he has been working upon for the last year, and as soon as he gains control of the rights he win complete the machine and have it given public test.
 Test In Spring.
 His machine will not be tested until spring, and he believes that by that time the aeroplane will have been perfected and be in practical use, but that subse- ouently the flying machine will be the more popular because of being safer.
 In discussing the matter today, MT. Holland was very enthusiastic and con- fident of success. He said:
 Man flight without the use of an engine or propeller is perfectly practice able. I have proved that the principle Is all right. People did not seem to under stand the nature of flight and imagined all kinds of difficulties, whereas 1t Is the simplest method of manual locomotion/ No method of locomotion is so simple as soaring, and it requires so little mechani- cal energy to continue 1t"
 ''The reason people haven't succeeded in aerial navigation so far is that they haven't observed effectively the mechan- ism of flight in nature, and some so-call- ed authorities, who fancy they under stand perfectly the mechanicism of nature, declare that human flight Will forever be impossible, thus discouraging persons who might make the attempt and possibly suc- ceed.
 Tt requires very little, indeed, in addi- tion to what has already been accom- plished, to make aeroplane Sight practic- able. Some trifing oversights on the part of those who have experimented have really stood in the way of success. Their aeroplanes are usually 100 large for the power, and driven at too low rate of speed, but there is also something's sim pie device of great effectiveness-which l hope to see in use very soon"
 "The use of the aeroplane, when it is perfected in this way. will be a great deal more dangerous" continued MT Holland, than the use of the machine that will not require outside power, because an engine may break or may stick, whereas the flying mans muscles are very much more reliable; but it will be possible to attain very much more speed with an aeriplane than with flying machine
 Other Advantages.
 '"The aeroplane will have the advan- tage over the latter, also, in the ability to carry passengers and freight for very long distances at an exceedingly rapid rate of speed and at avery small expense They would fit admirably for carrying the mails, but I am afraid that some op- orators of aeroplanes would make con- siderable trouble for the revenue officers if they desired.
 People said that the submarine prob lem could never be solved. I solved 1t, though.
 "They say that flight of man is inn 
 of flight not by actual flight. but by device that can be easily and quickly made. and which Is as simple as 1t is practicable.
 "It did not require genius or study, nor an adventure, to discover this device, but simply observation of nature, and 1t is surprising to me that everybody is not flying today.
 q have started to build four machines during the past twelve years, and when near the completion of each I have dis covered an imperfection and destroyed the machines. I didn't destroy the last machine but worked out the improve ments. changing the entire original ideal of flying machines"
 MT. Holland said the machine that he was working on now was not as large as its predecessors. It has two sets of wing that measure sixteen feet from tip to tip One of the wings is for the arms and the other for the legs. He says that 1t is not necessary to work both hands and feet at the same time unless extraor- dnary speed is desired.