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ment funds. however, probably could
cover the initial outlay.
Secretary Metcalf wants to get hold OF
good machine as soon as possible. The
navy is not yet committed to any particu-
lar type.
The officials are willing to see what
Emile Berliner produces in the heliscop-
ter line. They are naturally impressed
with what Wright has actually demon
strated with the aeroplane.
In speaking of the probable use the
navy could make of the machine, Wright
said that since a warship could be turned
into the wind, and there is a clear
run from the level deck out over smooth
water. there ought to be no trouble in
making launch.
Field for Investigation.
Lieut.. Commander Sweet has been ap-
pointed by Secretary Metcalf as special
observer for the Navy Department. He
said that the question was still in nebu-
lous state, but that in a general way it
was thought that flight floats could be
attached to the under side of a machine
for landing alongside a ship. There would
be a great field for the machines in
scouting and dispatch carrying, as well
possibly as in dropping explosives and
other offensive operations.
Signal Corps officers al the War De-
partment today expressed the belief that
Wright will make speed of at least
forty-tWo miles an hour with his heavier
than-air machine, which did such excel
lent work at Fort Myer yesterday. This
is based on their observation of Wright S
record breaking experiment yesterday:
If he does make forty-tWo miles an hour
he will be entitled to a bonus of 20 per
cent over the contract price which would
net him for his machine $4,000, the con-
tract price being $4,000.
The speed is to be taken on measured
Of hon five
and with the wind. The start is to be a
flying one, the machine to pass the start
ing point at full speed at both ends of
the course.
assembled with Wright in his last flight
yesterday, expressed himself as having
fairly enjoyed the trip.
II had no dreams during the night of
my experience aloft." he said today. land
even had there been any l am sure they
would have been quite pleasant"
Wright Solves Air Problem.
"The problem Of fight in the air is
Solved is the declaration made by Gen.
Murray, the chief of artillery of the
army.
Orville Wright in three phenomenal
flights at Fort Myer yesterday estab-
lished new aeroplane records that not
only assure the success of the official
trials before the army board, but indi-
cate that aerial flight is now only mat
ter of development.
War on land and sea will find in the
aeroplane a valuable means of recon-
naissance and possibly carnage.
Two flights Of approximately one hour
each and a third flight in which two men
were whirled through the air for upward
of six minutes were the achievements of
the Wright brothers aeroplane yesterday.
That these flights, record-breaking as
they were, will even be surpassed by Or
vile Wright during his trials is conf
IDENTIFY predicted at Fort Myer.
Not satisfied with breaking all distance
and time records for a heavie than-air
flying machine. Wright took Lieut.. Frank
p. Lahm. the aeronaut of the Signal
Corps, for a spin around the drill grounds,
making a new record for a two
man flight. All this happened so quickly
and unostentatiously that the spectators,
among whom were members of the cab
met and high officers of the army and
navy, could hardly realize that history
had been made and that new era in
the progress of the civilized world was
begun.
Comments of Observers.
Maj. Fournier, military attache of the
French embassy, and an expert aeronaut,
who has just returned from the trials at
LIE Mans. declared that yesterdays per-
| formances not only demonstrated that the
| Wright aeroplane is the greatest of all
| heavier-than-air machines, but that Or
vile Wright is a greater navigator than
/ his brother, Wilbur.
In France they are convinced that Will
/ bur is the greater aeronaut, he said. land
1 thought too, until / witnessed this
| performance
They also said in France that in
| specifying what this machine should dc
| the board of the signal corps was just five
years ahead of the times, and that We
were expecting far too much said Maj
! Saltzmann member of the army board
! on aeronautics. But we have just been
! shown that we could easily have been
more eXacting"
1T is useless to speculate that fel-
! low" said Mai. Gen w. P. Duval. u
| am satisfied he can fly around up there
just as long as he wishes to-
What Wright Did in Air.
! At 5:16 o'clock. as the sun was disap-
! pearing below the Virginia horizon. the