Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-29
HIS AtROplssE EADE LARGER
Brother Is Maxim Trials IN Paris and
the Two Aeronauts Will Compare
Notes-Expeets to Make an Epoch
in Aeronautic History-Machne in
Perfect Condition for Trials.
(py Associated Prcss.)


Contiucn, tAa; his flights here VIII
mark an epoch in arrU"duticS and be-
liryiny that the uppOrtune moment
has come for demonstrating 10 tHt
world the practical advantages OF tn"
&, ropiane, Mr.. OrIlllc Wright. wAn
mas Just delivered his a"ropiane u
the government viii MAX" his hrSl
experimental fights next Monday. He
Will make several shCrt flights 10
test the cngin" and satisfy Himself
hat all the uriicatv mechanism OF the
aiyship is in peri ct order. Then h"
will announce ais readiness Tor tHe
final official speed and endurance tests.
He believes ne will surprise the gov
,rnment officials in each test and lhat
his machine will promptly be accep''u
l.y the signal COrrs OF the war depart
ment.
despite the danger which is nects-
Sairily attendant upUn each OF III"
trials, Air. Wright viii not heaiIa'c
about riSkins MIS- personal safety am
his Gclicateiy constructed machine III
his efforts to show the value Oh MS
aeroplanc as practical adjunct 10
military warfare. Knowing as he Goes
tnat il he by any chance pullS the
wrong lever or pulls the right lever
the wrong way the machine may come
crashing to the ground, he VIII eA-
crcis. great caution III making MS
yrcuaratiUn Jut once he Il sa,isheu
that his machine is in good saare ne
will attempt TO run il as II II "et"
acting against an enemy and usl"s
the new military weapon. the aero
U!anc to its fullest extent.
Mr. Nrirnt said tonight that Whlic
ne was demonstrating that he could
fix Il re. his brother in Paris would be
~ ri, cling the woI klEgs OF his aero
plane tE1rc. iat-r toth brothers Will
cuupare notes and use what knoWi-
edge they have gained for the con
s;ruction Ct a future airsnip calculated
TO be more perfect than any which
they have bulk.
The First Flight Easy.
Interest at present centers around
the frs; Hight which UTvilie Wright
will MAKE here. According to Mr..
wright : views the first flight will b.
no meals constitute the most difilcu'
part OF his task. but officials her" VINO
lave lust witnessed the success OF
Baidw.i.s dirigibIe balloon are waiting
to see If the .rCplane can give as
good an account Of itself as the diTf
siblc.
Bricadiar General James Alien.
chief Of the signal corps, is less Opt
mistic about the aeropiane than nc
was about the dirigiblc balloon FOR
some lime he has considered that the
aeropiane was in its infancy as com
psreG to the dirigibie. He Is wiItinS.
however. TO be surprised when the OF
;icial tests OF the wright machine are
held and hopes that the acropiane
will fulfilI the specifications.
,ummanting on the dangerous part
of his coming work in the acropiahc'
Mr. Wright said:
The danger which we have to face
nov is orr own incxpcTicncc and th'
p,SsibiIity that We RIay 90 something
wrong in making lnc iiiShts. We had
managed TO learn our previous ma
came pretty we'll where the operator
ny al iuIl icnEth in running the aero
Aanc hut this is arranged different
Iy. Here We sit up. and the Icv r.
which con;ro! the planes ana the tips
are different. aud We have to famili-
arizc ourselves with ;hcsr movements
all cyur again. Where toe move
u:Cnts should L. instructive We no~
have to think. and that is dangerous
on account 81 IN. passihility Of oar
not thinking fast cHuUEa.
"Fo- the first niEh: make I shall
crrtnnly wait for the mos; fivJrabi"
,-r,;. dit IONS shall crtfcavUT while
ncrc TO put the machine IN as htti"
Hans"r as possible want to finisr
To-" tests without having hurt II by So
much rs breaking single wirr.
, hal not take any chances with winfs
rr weather until got sOIGg what NOR
familiar with th" operation OF the ma
cniHC. although do no; I.3can by thai
that the machine cannot Bayiga." IN
wind have fUwn in twenty mite
lrsCZ". and expect ~ DO ~ again. bai
not until I got acquainted with The ar
-anEcrl"ni Of sraiS and levers"