Evening star., 1908-01-18
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The captain kept him at it.
This was period of gaining speed
and distance without gaining altitude"
he tells. 1T parallels exactly the eX-
and Esnault- -Pelterie. when their jumps
became prolonged into low, downward
glidtngs. close to earth. until their
wheels touched and they rolled again"
For a week the bird never rose high
er than four feet nor made a longer
flight than 300 feet-after running
start of 100 feet. He worked Il up to
a few flights of some 900 sect-and
there stuck. like -Dumont. at
Bagatelle,
You've got to try" the captain said.
III give you strong motive.
So he imprisoned the vultu.e in
long and narrow courtyard. open only
at one extremity. over wall eight
feet high. Coco simply hated to stay
In that lonesome courtyard with the
chickens.
courtyard, he had escaped by climbing
the side. wall in one spot where his
claws could get a grip on a vine that
would bear his weight. Now when the
captain pushed him back with the aid
of a wicker flower pot holder Coco
seemed to remember his lawn practice.
Struttng to the far end Of the long
and narrow COURT. he made a splendid
running start. jumped nightly when
wall, all but grazed it, soaring over.
and came dowms upon the lawn out
side IN q long "a nd nfa }estic dip. Brought
back to the courtyard. he again and
again cleared, the wall, each time high
er. planning downward to the lawn in
longer dips-untiI one day he tapped
again before alighting: and the down.
ward dip became an up-curve 60 twice
the height OF a mans head. Only then
did he. plane down to the lawn in
second. longer Dip
To nise aIori0uslv<
! Henry Farman. I'm his two-plane Cha
snfsS3 la 80 lfhis Z dip. ~
Ii yfnS 81 if5tzs aIking-a .cabtinual
lfailfust - = yazmIusex xpIains. II dash
Eup disSynaJfy @iSf0sthe air with all my
present motor force: but at the slight
est slowing of the motor. or at an un-
toward shifting Of my body. the down
dip begins. and I go tobogganing down
upon the air. Before I get too low
/ must put my avance spur on the
motor, raise the lifting rudder. and
turn the down dip into an up-curving
dash.'
The complaint of the flying men of
Paris at this hour is that their light
motors do not furnish their full force
with regularity.
God made Coco's motor.
1t has steadily increased in force.
It's resuIa nifty is perfect. Within three
weeks he was making running starts
of his own will when free upon the
lawn. He mounted uo to nifty feet
then TO 100 feet. descending N vast
long drawn dips and catching himself
at their low point, To flap and rise
gloriously upward. He attained alti-
tudes of 200 and 200 yards-thc height
of the Eiffel tower. lie had become "a
master flyer.
At the Aero Club they were kept
posted of his progress 1t cheeEcd
them.
HE has perfectly adapted motor"
SAYS Farman. who, while waiting for
a new one to be finished for him.
much more powerful. air-ceoled. and
with two carburetors --i is actually
forced to heat his essence TO get rising
speed.
He is one and homogeneous not
aeroplane. man and motor. explains
Esnault- -Pelterie. $50 he could give his
whole mind to keeping balance in the
air.
"All the same. his progress paralleled
ours absolutely" murmured the Count
de la VaulX. 1T will be slower for
us, that's ALL" STERLING HEILIG.