Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-10
MAN CAN FLY, ALL SAY
Wrights Have Conquered Air,
Declare Foreign Aeronauts.
EXPERIMENT STAGE OVER
Now Only Matter of Development
of Details.
FRENCH CRITICS ENTHUSED
Baden-Powell Expresses His View Of
Practical Aspects Of Achieve
ment-What Berlin Says.
EXPERIMENT STAGE OVER
FRENCH CRITICS ENTHUSED

LIE MANS. September 10.-When in
formed of his brothers achievement last
evening Wilbur Wright said:
| I'm not surprised at my brothers sue
cess but I am. satisfied all the same. for
| 1t retains for US the worlds record, which
| We have held since October 4 and 5, 1905,
when we executed flights OF SO and 80
kilometers in 81 and 3S minutes, respec-
lively"
| Air Is Conquered.
PARIS, September 1O.-The Figaro. COM
menting on Wrights sixty-two-m minute
fight, says:
THE conquest of the air is an accom-
plished fact; yesterday is date in the
history of humanity"
| French aeronauts are unanimously Of
the opinion that the great flights made by
Orville Wright in his aeroplane in the
| United States yesterday mark great
advance In the conquest Of the air, and
welcome his feat particularly on account
| of the stimulus which 1t will impart to
| the efforts of aeroplanists of all nations.
NJ. Bleriot the noted French aeroplan-
list, said that after what he had seen at
LIE Mans. where Wilbur Wright is max
ing his trials. the performance of the lat
ter's brother did not cause establishment.
He was perfectly satisfied, he added,
that the Wright brothers machine is the
best aeroplane yet constructed. He was
convinced that it could fly longer than
| an hour.
He would be greatly interested, he said,
to see the Wright machine make long
flight against strong wind, because he
understood that the work yesterday was
| in a dead calm.
He was not discouraged, however, at
the stride ahead by the American COM
| petitor. On the contrary, both he and NJ.
! Delagrange intended to double their ef-
| f>~ nt1I1 ID
| sible, outdistance them. i
M. Delagrange, when informed of the
record-breaking flight. said:
Il am neither Jealous nor discouraged.
will try to fly an hour myself. Wrights'
| apparatus Is neither inferior nor superior
| to mine. 1t flies; so does mine.
THE Wrights have had ten years ex-
pertence and training. l have had eight
cen months: that makes q difference"
Baden-Powells Tribute.
| LONDON. September 10.-Maj. Baden
Powell, who invented man-lifting kites in
| 1894 and for several years was president
Of the Aeronautical Society and is con-
sidered the greatest expert in England on
| aerial navigation. was pleased when he
learned of Wright's exploit at Fort Myer.
| He has followed the work of the Wright
brothers with keen interest ever since
their experiments began, and with refer
| ence to yesterdays record-breaking flights
he said:
| Another step has been achieved and
more will surely follow 1t. 1t now may
| fairly be said that aerial navigation with
out the aid of gas is an accomplished
| fact. The ability to remain floating in
midair for an hour Is something more
than mere experiment. Such an achieve
| ment has practical uses Of the greatest
| import"
Won Kiehler Wires to Wright.
BERLIN. September 10.-Capt Won
| Kiehler. chief constructor Of the Airship
Study Company has sent a telegram to
the Associated Press requesting it to con-
vey to Orville Wright his congratulations
upon the great success obtained by the
American aeroplanist at Fort Myer yes
terday.
In conclusion the captain says:
II never doubted the success of the
Wright brothers"
Aeronauts gathered at the Aero Club,
when informed Of Wright's accomplish
ment. expressed delight, for from the ex-
periments OF Wilbur Wright in France
the conviction has prevailed in expert cir
cles that the Wright brothers were
capable of great things with their ma
chimes.
Capt. Won Hildebrandt of the balloon
| battalion. one of the most prominent ex
perts in aeronautics in Germany, summed
"Orville Wrights latest performance"
he said. "means a great step forward in
flying technique.
Nobody now can further doubt the re-
ports of the earlier feats of the Wright
brothers. Three long trips. which have
| just been accomplished. prove that the
| machine is SO solidly built that It can re-
! main In the air as long as the benzine
lasts. while from the number of turns
made it can be seen that the steering
| gear is excellent and that the machine
answered every movement with precision.
ITO describe so many circles as Wright
maae during his flights must have ne
cesstated his continual attention, while
| under ordinary circumstances the steers
| man would not be called upon to make
| such a trying effort.
After this most successful exploit no
one can doubt the practical value of the
flying machine. even though it still needs
a special apparatus for starting. Hence
forth technicists must devote more at
tention to the aero-dynamic machine in
which we az destined soon to see great
| improvements"