The Washington herald., 1908-08-21
EEAE VIEW OF WEIGH I
EE6CPLANE

there IS nothing new about the device
they wish 70 disclose their secret 10
none other than q purchase
Il is not believed the Wright machine
VIII De in condition TO fly until Tuesday
or Wednesday Of next week OrViile
Wright has a month iu which 10 com
p.zte the tests TO which The Signal Corps
board win subject the machine If IL
performs as Wen as the brothers say II
VIII. and is approved by the Signal Corps,
il VIII be purchased Il VIII then be
necessary for Crvile wright o. instruct
the Signal Corps officers in the art Of
navigating the Oeroplane-
Wright Brothers have had the scientific
world guessing for ten years While Il
is generally accepted that they have a
good invention, which ranks high among
air sailing devices. every one I-rerestel
IN alrelau-ics has been curious 10 learn
wherein rEe secret lies
The WrIeLts were formerly bicycle
makers and repai-ers in Dayton. Ohio
iThi~. by the way. was the occupation %
Glen Cur--ss who invented buiided. and
operated th= powerful little motor yu the
Baldwin GlriEitl=1 They became -0rvr-
es5el in aerial navigation and CNp=sE-
Ueu1el for months with some success As
a result ~ their experiments they came
IN contact with Octave CEaugie JE-
father Cf gliding machines In America
lie was uy no means wealthy but al
tanned high rank in the civil enElu-eliuS
world. and attracted wi1esprceE atte1ti On
because of his experiments with his
glider
studied Air Navigation
Prof Chaag-e had made certain i'm
p-o~eueurs on The gliding machines
manufactured by Linneathaa. IN Ger
many. and Plicrner. in England. and gave
the subject Of navigating the air In a
v-elEhty machine much serious Thought
he first used the multiple deck machine.
OF one which Is equipped with two OF
more decks in r-5er 90 give the 1lyils
outfit stability and s-e-6iuess-
Realizing that Wright brothers had a
good idea and were bright and e-Jhusi-
asrlc. Prof Chanute gave them one OF
his gliding machines It was with this
ouJa- they made their 6rst successful ex-
periue--s. and. in fact scared from the
earth in an invention combining Cha
-u-e's with their own Five years ago
they put a motor In their machine and
sailed quarter Of q mile al hi--yla7 Is K.
\ c. With the exception Of q short
fight made by A n Herring. On the
shore q Lake Michigan. this was The
-rS- ascension and TIP OF any heavier
-han-alr flying device ever tried in the
United States
Since their success Of hve years ago.
Wright brothers have been improving
and elIarglng their machine. making
scores OF successful fights II secret. and
looking fer a purchaser The United
States IS said 20 have failed 20 send a
signal Corps officer 10 witness the most
successful tests Of the aeroriare and
believing this country was not interested
in the invention. the brothers began %
hunt hackers. n order o. pot their prop
oSi-ioC before other countries
Took 1t 10 France.
After several wealthy men in Ohio hac
pledged and produced financial support
Wilbur Wright went 20 France. where
he assembled an aeropiane for tests be
fore repressntatves OF the French army
An expert representing a syndicate Wit
messed one Of these tests. and reported
70 the capitalists by whom he was en-
pIoyed that the Wright machine was all
the inventors claimed i was As q re-
suit Wilbur Wright was recently paid
$4,000 ov the syndicate for the right 70
manufacture she aerOpiane IN the event
any government wished 10 purchase
them