Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-24
AEROPLANE IN FLIGHT.
Farman and Pelterie Both Success
full,

| PARIS. October 24-Many distinguished
! aeronauts. including Archduke Salvatore.
were present on the Issyles Moulineaux
| military parade grounds yesterday after
| noon when Mr. Henry Farman continued
| his experiments with his aeroplane The
condition OF the ground was heavy in the
extreme. but notwithstanding this Mr..
Farman succeeded In making about half
a dozen flights. The new propeller, of
greater diameter than the old one. has
given the machine additional lifting power
and almost Immediately the engine was
started the plane left the ground. and at
an altitude varying from two to six me-
| ters. covered a distance of 1s9 meters.
The steadiness Of the machine was ap-
parent to all. 1t Travelled through the air
without the rolling motion generally as
ISOLATED with these machines in previous
flights. But during the second flight
which appeared at the outset to be likely
to be Of record-breakfng DURATION Mr..
Farman had bad luck.
While progressing the machine began to
turn slightly in the air. There was a
dense crowd to both right and left. and
worse still. an automobile. temporarily
abandoned by It's owner, was in his path
The only way out of the difficulty was to
swerve This Mr.. Farman accomplished
brilliantly. but in doing so one wheel
touched the ground for a moment. Realiz-
ing that the flight from a record point OF
motor. The machine couldn't be induced
at any of the succeeding attempts to fly
more than 100 or 100 meters at time
without touching the ground.
Among those present were Don Jaime
de Bourbon. Comte de La vauix. Lord
| and Lady Northclffe. Comte d'Agoult and
NJ TissandiSr.
Pelterie's Machine.
Experiments with aeroplanes are taking
place daily in every part of France, more
especially in the reighborhood of Paris
Aeronautical circles are much Interested
in the remarkable machine constructed
by NJ Esnault Pelterie NJ. Esnault Pei
terie has studied aviation for two or three
years and has preferred to go slowly
On Tuesday. 1t appears he able to
make a series of flights of 80 meters
turn in the air, avoid obstacles and to
rise and descend at will.
His machine is described as half auto
mobile and half aereplane. 1t runs along
the ground steadily and, when required.
leaves the ground and flies.
In shape it resembles butterfly Its
wings are movable. They can be inclined
by means of levers and in this way
curves can be accomplished with safety.
There are wheels at the tip of each
wing. so that even If in taking curve
one of the wings came in contact with
the ground it would not be broken. II
would roll on the wheel and escape dam
age. This, in fact is what took place on
Tuesday.
The motor is built by the inventor him
self and has. curiously enough. seven
cylinders. 1t is light motor. weighing
only "A kilos for the twenty five horse
power 1t gives.
The motor starts at the first turn and
causes no trouble. =.
A four bladed propeller. placed at the
front of the machine, has been adopted.
The apparatus weighs barely 300 kios
with the aviator on board.
Dumont's Hydroplane.
NJ. Santos Dumont has again attempted
to make speed exceeding 100 Kilometres
an hour with his hydroplane. but aban-
doned the attempt. owing to the indiffer-
ent working of the motor. He succeeded.
however in covering 300 meters at
speed estimated at between nifty and
sixty kilometers.