Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-21

by the planes and the resistance we
offer to the air.
1.-THE frame is made Of silk. spruce
and ash. The webbing is of unbleached
muslin. and there are about 600 square
feet to the lifting planes. The ma
chine weighs about 500 pounds with
out supplies, operator or passengers
and when in use has about two pounds
of weight for every lift in square foot
Of plane. This is greater than some
birds and less than some.
you see. the faster you go the less
lifting or supporting surface you need
This machine is destined TO go forty
miles an hour.
I'VE have a horizontal rudder In
front and q vertical one behind. hui
the control of an aeroplane is not the
same as that of an airship such as q
dirigible. The angle of incidence Of
the planes to the air is regulated by
the speed we travel and the surface
Of the planes. To alter them by the
levers alters the action of the aero
plane, but the angle of incidence re
oOOot lbC SASSPt LaoLtSh
tarily. We bend our planes In use
twisting them into different curves
We have worked from the helicoid
curve for long time.
'"There are three levers for the con
troll of the airship. Two may be used
with one hand and at once. The Other
controls the rudder and not the planes
as 1t hard to learn to run an aero
plane? should not think it would bt
so very difficult now. but 1t does re
Quire a knack. as riding the bicycle
does. We had to do everything a
once and learn riding us WE'LL"
Natural Inventors.
These famous inventors are the son!
Of Bishop Milton Wright OF Dayton
Wilbur was born near Melville, Ind.
on April 16. 1867; Orville in Dayton
Aug. TO- 1871. Both brothers are rath
er tall and slight. both are precise
scientific. reticent and almost cold II
manner. and neither apparently care
for money or fame. They are natura
. inventors, having learned wood en-
craving while mere boys and having
, constructed Il printing press out of ;
little old rubber. some cord wood, par
Of buggy top and few other odd
! and ends picked up in the back yard 4
! home. Then the bicycle craze cam
along. and they started bicycle re
pair shop and from this went into tn
untried field of airship invention.
After his recovery from the For
Myer accident Orville Wright joine,
his brother In France and was accom-
panied by sister Katherine. who ha,
nursed him back to health. Franc
showered her delight on the Who'll
| family. Wilbur remained the lion. a
the actual ascension work was don
by him. but the brunt of the socia
duties were taken off his shoulders b.
the brother and sister. Miss Katherin
keenly enjoyed 1t all. the banquets
honors and excitement repaying he
for the long years when she was syn
pathized with as being the sister Q
those two crazy brothers." as the
ecighbors lovingly and appreciativel
called them. presume every one VIII
ever did anything for humanity ha
been called crazy by the numerou
race of numskulls.
Wilbur and Orville Wright ar
Americans. The future VIII class theI
as among the greatest inventors
history. They have reached the Cos
that men have sought for centuries
For that triumph they are receivin
honors from all the world-honors q
great as those showered upon king
and conquerors. 1t is therefore mo.
fitting that America herself is now d,
ing these her own children littl
honor.