Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-06-06
WRIGHT BROS. CLAIM
PROBLEM SOLVED
Drop Their Secrecy and In a State
ment Declare Their Aeropiaue
Is q proved Success.

ts proved success.
xenia, o., May 2s.-Thc Wright
Brothers. who for six years have been
perfecting an aeroplane AMI recently
tested it at XIII Devil Hill, N. G., have
ended the secrecy they maintained
throughout their experiment and made
the unqualified statement that their
airship was success. that their fond
est expectations had been realized and
that the machine was ready to turn
over to the government for trial pre-
paratory to safe.
Orville Wright dictated this state
ment.
Our expectations were entirely sat.
isfactory. We accomplished all that
we expected to-. The .ccident to the
flyer Cat Kill Devil HID was not OF
serious nature and was the result of
the use OF wrong lever too close to
the ground to be turned upward after
1t started down.
I'VE did not make any attempt. to
go long distance or attain great
altitude. We know exactly what the
machine will do in that respec.. We
were testing some new steering levers
and proving the carrying capacity.
This we have done to our satisfac.
ton.
viii Garry Two Sitting Up.
THE machine we used was the
same in which we made the flight at
Huffman's Praire in September, 1906.
with some improvements to provide
for the carrying of two men in a it.
ting position instead OF one lying
prone on the bottom of the machine,
There we're stories OF flights over the
sea at an elevation OF 5000 1eet. That
story was written before we had made
a single attempt at flight"
when will you deliver the flyer to
the government
I'VE have until Septembe %, but
are ready now. There Il n ambigu.
Gus. paragraph in the specifications
concerning the method OF determining
speed, and we are seeking to have
that altered or clearly defined"
Where will the government test
be nader"
II presume 1t will be at Fort Myer
We are to furnish a flying machine
that will carry two persons and at
tain speed OF forty miles an hour In
a still atmosphere We have the ma
chine to ALI the bill.
"The test Is TO be a flight of one
hour. In dead calm our present ma
chine will cover the distance In the
time nsmed. Going with the wind its
velocity may be added to the velocity
OF the flyer. Going against 1t its veloc-
ity must be substracte1. For instance:
II we we're going up In gale blowing
thirty -nins miles an hour we could
move against II at rate OF only one
mile per hour. Thus it would require
five hours to make the distance of I'VE
miles. Then IL we turned and came
back with the wind our speed would
be seventy-nine miles an hour. This
would cover the Eve miles In about
four minutes"
Are you making new Mac-.ines?"
Several OF them. Those we are
making now are practically duplicates
OF the one that was used at Hun
mans Prairie and Kill Devil Hill.
was your brother hurt in the acct
dent at Kill Devil HILL
Not at all. There was an abrasion
across the brioge OF the nose, probably
caused by the cord stretched just in
front OF the operator ard connected
with the motor"
What about this man Farman in
Paris who wants to racer"
He Is the Frenchman who won the
prize for constructing an aeroplane
that would travel through the air and
carry man for a distance of one Kill
ometre. believe that is the limit OF
his known performances. A kilometre
= 49, 81