The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
SANTOS DUMON7
WANTS $4,000.
Says lie Is Going After the Big
Prize Offered by the Daily
Mail.
HAS a NEW AE Err 1, ''I::
rhc New Machine Is Much
Lighter Than the Old
One.
HAS A NEW AERopLANE

PARIS. March Pm. Santos Du.
mont, after tho successful acceptance
flight which led to his winning tho
archdeacon prize few months ago.
sa,d that while ho could feel no doubt
as to the progress OF aeroplane flying
yet ie felt that for come years to come
gacronlaning would remain q sport. IT
would go through n period OF being n
sport before 1t could become OF COM
mtlcinl value.
Acting on this principle, tho ener-
Retlc Brazilian has nearly completed q
now acroplane, which no thinks will
bs as far ahead OF tho machine in
which he made the 22O-yard flight
viz. tho mo. IA bis"--as that aero
plane was OF his most perfect alrship.
NJ Santos Dumont has built for him.
self fine new shed ut st. Cyr on tho
road to Rambouillct. Tho shed Is on
the top OF a hill In front OF q great
open plain. It contains the new ma
chine with which the aeronaut intends
TO compete for the Grand Prix dAYia-
ven a1t /. tho first thing i intend to try
for" he said, ''and II am successful I
shall attempt to win the Daily Mall
$4,000 prize for q flight from London
to Manchester"
Tbs 1.c~ aeroplanc Is almost "V"
shaped. except that the two arms OF
the "" are very "spreadeagled" and
open. 1t consists OF two arms Joined
together in the middle and rising
about ten degrees. Tho machine Is OF
mahogany and teak. Each arm con-
s!sts OF two long box kites, while the
centre OF the ''V' is a large cell" also
resembling box kite.
The total length OF the machine is
forty feet In the large central w.
shaped cell is ilftylhorselpower "An-
toinettc" motor. This motor will be
replaced next June with 100-horse
power motor, which will be the light
est motor for It's power ever produced.
tho weight being about one kilogrammo
per horsepower Worked by the mo-
tor. In front OF the central w. shaped.
cell is an ordinary motor-bicyclc sad
die. It Ia provided with rests for the
feet. and from 1t NJ. Santos Dumont will
control the movements Of the acceptance.
Behind the seat and on the side oppo-
site the screw Is the rudder. This Is
the first aeroplaue in which the rud-
Z der has been 30 placed
Tho new aoroplanc will be consid-
erably lighter tAan tho machine In
which NJ. Santos Dumont made his sue
cessful flight. and in many essential
points will differ from It. For In
stance. the new machine will be started
of the ground on q single wheel. upon
which the whole weight OF tho aero
plane wAi rest during the ten or fiji
Teen seconds required to start the ma-
c.4ne from the ground. This wheel
Is liko an ordinary bicycle wheel. ex-
cept that Its rim Is made very large
20 as to take large pneumatic tire.
The former machine had no fewer than
three wheels, but N. Santos Dumont
wishes to minimize contact with the
ground as much as possible as the
Rapidly OF the motor increases.
II look upon aeroplaning merely as
new form OF motoring" said NJ San
tos Dumont, which requires to be
tested. encouraged, and enlarged by a
period OF sporting trials and competi-
lions such as the Grand Prix d'Avia-
ton and the Daily Mali prize" He
Is. however, not the only competitor
for the Grand Prix d,Aviation, for in
the strctest secrecy the Marquis de
Dion. the Count de Ia Ynulx. Captain
Ferbier Bleriot. and q dozen Others
Ire also constructing aeroplanes, and
hope ultimately to compete for the
DAILY Mall and other prizes