The Delta independent., 1906-01-19
AERIAL FLIGHT FOR MAN
John P. Holland Says We VIII
Soon Fly With Ease.
TO EMULATE ACTIONS OF BIRDS

Inventor OF Submarine Boats II Com.
pletins . Machine with which Men,
He Claims. Can Soar Through the
Air As Safely and Easily as whils
walkins-To he Propelled b. HI.
man Power Alone.
John p. Holland, the inventor of the
submarine boat in use by the United
States navy. is putting the finishing
touches to flying machine which he
expects to have ready for an expert.
ment In the early part Of spring, says
the New York Tribune. He believes,
80 he said ut his home In Newark,
n. j.. the other day, that the machine
will be the solution to the problem of
mans aerial hight. 80 confident il Mr..
Holland of the practicability Of his
machine that he did not hesitate to
say that within year men would be
soaring through the mir with as much
safety and ease as while walking.
The question Of the control of his
machine by the operator. the inventor
said. was one which occupied most Of
his attention. and In planning 'nyer"
which is to he propelled by human
power alone. combined with the eie.
ments necessary for aerial navigation,
the stumbling block Of all other ma.
chines-the construction of the mech.
anism with ample safeguard against
accident-has been obliteratcd. Com.
pared to the aeroplane the only advan.
tage Mr.. Holland said that his inven.
tion had was in its motive power. The
aeroplnne. he admitted, would be used
to more advantage in the carrying Of
freight or passengers. but his vehicle
is to be for Individual travel.
The machine which the inventor will
use in his experiments will when com.
pleted weigh about thirty pounds. II
will be arranged to he strapped about
the back, fastening firmly but easily
about the waist and at the shoulders.
There will be two vertical arms Cross
ing at right angles from the axis and
two pairs Of wings which are to VI
bratc in opposite directions.
One pair will be placed at the back
Of the head and the other near the
waist. They will be 10 arranged that
they may be operated by the feet or
hands or BY both.
The inventor declared that he was
not exnggerating when he said that a
man who could walk three miles an
hour could with his machine make the
same distance with NO moro exertiou
than It requires in walking in little
tAcre than ten minutes.
The wings are to weigh about .
pound each. They will be Of Krupp
steel.
my machine will be patterned much
after the actions of q bird" said Nr.
Holland. "A man will he ablc to ny ~
be will and, like bird. say, for In.
stance, the eagle, will he able to soar.
There will be absolutely no danger NJ
with other machines, when q cog will
break or something else will 60 wrong.
You will ask what will happen II n man
gets up in my machine and becomes
exhausted. There will be no danger
then. As soon as the propelling ceases.
like q bird which stops the motion Of
its wings, he will soar to the earth and
land 80 that his feet will reach the
earth first.
'srhe speed will depend great deal
upon the course of the winds. There
are many points involved which can
not be determined until after l have
made my first experiment. You can
say that in year we will oil be dying.
We can 60 down to the next inaugura-
tion In Washington and get back the
same night"