Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-08
WRIGHT TO FLY TODAY
Wind and Weather Permitting,
AeropIane Will Soar.
TOO BREEZY THIS MORNING
Herring May Navigate From Phila-
delphia to Washington.
MACHINE DUE HERE SEPT. Is
Nothing Heard From Aeronaut Since
He Secured Extension of Time
From War Department.

| There is fair prospect for a flight of the
! Wright aeroplane at Fort Myer this aft
| ernoon, between and 8 o'clock.
All preparations were made for flight
/ this morning. 1t was the same story OF
too much wind from the wrong direction
| Wright was on hand early. The ma
| chine was taken out on the starting track
and adjusted The combination speed and
time recorder had been fixed to the ma
chine.
| This is a little device consisting of a
small anemomter, a stop-watch and d
distance recorder, all combined in one,
The three instruments are started auto
matically when the machine starts and
! stop when it alights.
| By this means the exact amount of
wind travelled through is shown. The
watch gives the time of the fight and
the recorder shows the exact velocity of
the wind.
If the machine travels with a twenty
mile breeze and at the rate of forty miles
an hour the apparent velocity would be
only twenty miles. If going at forty miles
an hour against a twenty-mile wind the
apparent velocity would be sixty miles.
though the progress over the ground
| would be only twenty miles.
| The signal service in calculating the
time of the flights will make allowance
for wind velocity. Thus the machine Will
be given credit for the distance it would
have Travelled in still air.
There was a breeze this morning OF
about seven miles on the ground. blowing
almost directly from the back of the ma
| chine Higher up there was fifteen-m
breeze The aeroplane could have gone
up even in the wind that was blowing.
But Wright said he did not care to take
any chances with the upper currents till
he was more familiar with the new steer
| ing arrangements of the machine. he
said frankly that while this might look
intend to risk hurting this machine. as it
was the only one available for the gov
eminent test.
Commenting on the long flight of Leo
Delagrange yesterday. Wright said II
was fine performance. In the absence
of more detailed information he did not
feel qualified to say more about 1t.
Short Flight Yesterday.
There was a short flight at Fort Myer
yesterday afternoon. An unusually large
crowd was present, in spite of the fact
that it had been said there was little
prospect of a trial.
The machine was brought out to the
track and kept there till almost dusk.
When Wright finally started he made
only one circuit of the field and then
came down, saying there had been too
much oil put on the steering levers and
they worked easily as to make him
nervous about keeping the machine in
correct Balance.
There has been change of one men,
Der in the War Department airship board
Capt. Charles SaltZman has taken the
place of Maj. Russell, who was recently
ordered west.
Lieut.. Foulos, another member of the
Joseph. Mo-, where he will have charge
of the balloon squad that will handle the
Baldwin dirigible during the exhibitions
there. This reduced the number OF the
board present in Washington and made
it advisable to name Capt. Saltzman.
Herring May Fly in Any Day.
Several aeronauts who at Fort
Myer for the present tests have been re-
Gently to New York, where A. NJ. Her
ring Is working on his aeroplane that was
to have been at the fort on August 13.
The inventor got an extension of thirty
days on this time, and is now due Sep
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The War Department has heard moth
ing from him officially. There is good
doing.
None OF his callers has seen the com
plete machine. 1t is said to be small
and capable of a speed of 100 miles an
hour
Herring made the threat when he was
here last month that he would come to
Fort Myer under his own power without
further notice. 1t is not known definite
ly whether he really contemplates such a
sensational appearance. There has been
a rumor in circulation that he intends to
ship the machine to Philadelphia and fly
from there to Washington.