Evening star., 1908-01-18

EsnauIt- -PeIterie does aerial
i .ngure eigh;s.
s,ssBleriot dashes up into the air
at any rrf,es per hour-and' dashes down
and sMashes.
Santos. vuia Pishoff. Delagrange. de
la vaulx and Ferber quit earth. soar an
eighth of mile--and lose their balance.
Why do the flying men of Paris" take
so long about It" II they have machines
that fiy. why don't they ny like BIRDS
Yesterday they would have explained.
Today they just point to Coco" great
bird that has attained Partisan notoriety
by iesrning how to fly-with difficulty! :
Coco is splendid vuture of the Pyr-
encss stolen by shepherds from his
MOUNTAIN neEtNwhile yet a squawking In
faht he was Sod. like Joseph. to good
people. lie grew up as the pct of cha
teau. outside Paris.
Those first six months passed in blissful.
lazy feeding up, like spoiled child. Coco
had grown t. weigh twenty pounds and
measure seven feet from tip TO tip-when
II dawned on his doting guardians that
they had spoiled him indeed. The great t
bird could not f1yi
He has rot even tried to fly' said
Capt. DetroSat. the chatelain. when the
king of the air wants to squat in the sun
upon that garden table he has not the
nerve to fiop up to It. No.she climbs. like
parrot to the benoh-and jumps across"
Coco don't know what flying is re-
piled NJ. Sala. his brother-in-law. He
never had his parents instructions. II is
up.fo us to be parents to him.
"'He is ignorant OF aerial navigation. :
said the captain "I'll write to the Aero
cub for pointers.
This Is how .stl,e .hying-men- OF Paris
willing TO give free advice to all invent
ors-met to solve the problem of Coco.
the living flying machine that would not
ny.
A Flying ConclaveI
The scientific and sporting committee Of
the Aero Club sat in special conclave: and
up rose Ernest Archdescnn. sporting. bar
erster automobile and. halloofiing enthu-
siast Serpollet's first backer. joint founder
ofthe Deutsch-A Aviation prize.
donor of the Archdeacon flying machine
cup, builder OF the aerial screw tricycle.
that did forty-nine miles per hour, and
owner of the Archdeacon aeroplane-that
has not yet its motor.
ITO learn the steering and balancing of
flying machine he said, Il ave al
ways insisted that we should begin by
towing IL through the air. IT gives the
apprentice pilot confidence to know that
he will be kept UP by rapid towing. When
we whirled Charles Voisin over Lake Ge-
neva In my aeroplane behind motor boat
twenty-five miles per hour gave him aerial
steerage way. both vertical and horizontal.
] suggest, therefore. that they tow Coco
behind an automobile. by means Cf long.
stout kitestring. He will instinctively
spread his wings-planes of sufficient sur
face-and the towing speed keeping him
up. he can give all his attention to main
tanning balance
Ssntos-Dumont disagreed: the towing Of
an aeroplane is artificial as a boy run
ming with his kite; the fulcrUm is on the
ground
"A flying machine must contain its own
force" said Santos; land here is full
grown vulture. possessed of his wings and
natural strength. Let Capt. Detroyat
build n catapult, such az the Romans used
for heaying rocks in war. Put Coco in
it-and hurl him. diagonaiy. high into the
air When he nears the apex OF his arc he
will spread his wings. Approaching his
dead point, he will begin TO work them
with neither artificial push nor pull to fall
sify his Judgment
Why not just throw him out OF sixth
story window suggested the practical
business man. Henri Deutsch tde la