The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-15
PREDICTED Will FLY
100 MILES AN HOUR
Impetus Given to Subject Of
Flying By Wright Brothers
Success
Special to Daily Leader.

| Special to Daily Leader.
Washington, Sept. l5.-Study of the
flights of the Wright aeroplane dur
ing the last record breaking week has
brought TO light some startling ideas
as to the future OF this machine and
others which may follow IT, as regards
both peace and war
| OF course the impetus given to the
subject of flying through the enorm-
ous success which has attended the
efforts OF Orville Wright TO conquer
the air. can not be estimated as yet,
but II is certain that there will be tre-
mendous developments in aeroplaning
in the near future, not only by the
Wright brothers themselves. but by
others There are many men engaged
in experimenting with aeroplanes who
perhaps need but the slight knowledge
OF encouragement which is given by
The Wright record flights to enable
them. too. to seek the limelight With
public flights. which will equal, If
they do not surpass, the records made.
This development OF new aeroplanes
| is bound to invade comemrcial life.
| There seems no reason against what
Col John Templar. the noted British
balloon and airship expert, says:
Wright could fly to New York to-
day If his fnelwas sufficient and there
were any reason for him 10 attempt
g. The power Is ihere-ihe ability
10 fly is there; the strength of the
machine Is there; only the desire b
wanting.
And if ID Is so qnd Wright could nv
10 New York on one charge of gaso-
line, there Is obviously no reason Why
others should not do the same.
Ten years ago The wireless was a
dream. q scientific attainment only. 1t
was laughed AZ as a commercial i'm
possibility. To-day there are several
commercial wireless companies, and
there Is no ship OF any pretensions
whatever but what carries her wire
less Apparatus. Today Wright fllas
about the parade grounds al Fort Ny
er III his little circles of mle around
aud the crowds cape and wonder at
che performance.
Is there a man who has seen the
| flights. and with the memory not only
OF The wireless. but of a thousand
other Inventions steam and electric
| light and telephones and automobiles
and motorcycles-wh have been
laughed at In the beginning ana EN-
braced by the world in few years
time, who viii dare TO say thai IN
the next ten years there win not be
aeroplane lines running from New
York 10 Washington and Boston and
Philadelphia for the carrying of mail
and for the Especial delivery" Of
passengers.
It must be remembered that the
speed of an aeroplane Is not limited
through the air, as the speed of a
railroad train Is limited on the earth
| Herring says his machine can travel
eighty miles an hour-Berlner pre-,
diets even greater velocities for his
helicopter Wright says that the
speed of his device can be largely
increased, but that they have built
forty and fifty mile an hour machines,
as being stronger and more reliable
| II the railway train, which started st
eight or. ten miles an hour In SIS in
fancy, can now travel sixty and even
seventy miles per hour aud the aero.
plane starts with forty miles. who
will say IL can not travel a hundred
or more miles per hour when the inn
proyements which are bound 10 come
are applied 10 il?