The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-09-17
WRIGHT AIRSHIP FAST
AEROPLANE GOES 1856 MILES AN
HOUR FOR 20 MINUTES.
American Aviator Continues His Record
Breaking Experiments-May Soon
Loop the Loop.

WASHINGTON, u. c., Sept. 12.-
In a fight lasting one hour ten minutes
and twenty-six seconds Orville Wright
last night surpassed all his previous eX-
PLOTS for time and distance for a heay-
Ter than air machine.
Two flights were made at Fort Myer,
the first being Of ten minutes and nifty
seconds duration for the purpose Of
showing what rate of speed he had been
travelling during his long flights of HE
last three days,
Tie test demonstrated, according to
the ayiator'S calculation, that the speed
of the acroplanc during the record break
Ing flights of Wednesday and Thursday
was 800 miles an hour,
Fifty-sevcn times the machine passed
over the starting point during th" seven
ty minutes and tweuty-siN seconds mat
it was up. Twice the acropiauist Ie-
scrihcd the figure = showing for the
first time during his Fort Mlnr flights
that he could control his machun" IN any
direction 4 feature of the landing was
that he did not stop the motor until th"
machine touched the ground
"AeropIanos 10 carry six or seven pas
sengers eau now be built said Mr..
Wright in speaking or rDo observations
he has made during his fights and his
experiments. There IS, If course. a
limit to the size to which aeroplancS can
be built with the present knowledge of
aerial flight.
1T will not be long before som, aya-
tor will be able to loop the loop in the
air. In fact, some may do it without IN.
linn 10 EFtHIt a. Z
safe. the only danger hcing in the way
we handle IT, The machln" is all right
but its success depends upon the opera
tor"
Mr.. Wright has received numerous
kilograms and letters from amusement
managers and others making offers 10
him TO make public flights.
I'm not in that sort of business SAID
Mr.. Wright
Wright has shown considerable ankle
" over the health Of his brother, vii
bur Wright who is making flights ut
lie Mans France. He has heard that
Wilbur has been suffering slightly from
fever He has said that he is going 10
Europe Immediately after his official
flights ut Fort Mycr and, while he is
non-committal he does not DEM that his
object is to make an effort to captur" the
prize Of 10000 offered by the London
Daily Mail 10 the aviator making the
first flight from London ro Manchester,
England The distance is about 100
miles and as two stops are allowed for
replcnishinc the fuel supply, It would
consist Of three flights Of fifty-thrce
miles each
Wright's assistants G. +. Taylor and
G. W. Furnass, spent part Of til" today
making n few changes in ia" acrupIanc.
The sprocket of the shaft now has ton
teeth. The gearing will hc reduced hy
substituting II sprockct with nine teeth
This will result in a greater number of
revolutions Of the shaft in proportion ia
the propeller. thereby increasing the
power. hut diminishing the speed. The
latter will then be increased 10y giving
higher speed 10 the motor.
In his fights SO far Mr.. Wright has
used his motor nt l2lO revolutions per
minute. hut when the now sprpck"t is IN
1ho place he intends +" increase this Ia
145O revolutions. With this change the
aviator expects to maintain an average
speed Of nj least fortyfour miles per
hour. which would give him bonus Of
$1,000 if this speed wcr" averaged in
she official speed trial.