The Washington herald., 1909-08-30
ALL EYES ON WRIGHT
Berlin En- Enthusiastically
Awaits 0rYille's Flights.
BROKEN RECORDS EXPECTED
Germans Are Preparing 20 Transfer
Their Allegiance from zeppeIin's
DirigibIe 20 the Heavier than-aiF
Maehines-Interest Centers on the
wright Trials at TempeIhOf Field.

Everything IS Orvile Wright In Berlin
now. and the taciturn young American
haS been taken TO the heart OF the Teu-
ton. whose eyes have hitherto been
dazzled by the tenacious Zeppelin. In
the realm OF aerOnautics the dirigibIs
has had a monopoly in Germany. but the
day Of the aeroplanist is at hand.
This modest and self-contained Day
tonian, Who has twice performed the
'-veni. vidi. vici' act in Washington, and
disproved the old saw about n prophet
being without honor in his own country.
has resolved 10 set the phlegmatc Berlin
burgher on his head, and there Is every
chance that he viii do It.
With a weather eye out for the record
breaking performances at Rheims, where
his chief American rival. Glenn H. Cur
tiss. won the Coupe InternatiOnale, Or
Vile Wright has been lying low in the
German capital until it recovered from
she present Zeppelin mania. Now he is
about ready TO set the kaiser agog with
some performances which viii be alto
gether new in Berlin, and may conceiv-
ably throw the best at Rheims into the
background The day for restoring the
Wright superiority IN aviation Is dawn
ing
II is understood that the Dayton man
has been doing some comprehensive Itch
ing TO get 20 work with his biplane at
TempelhOf Field as soon as possible, IN
view OF the record smashing which Far
man. Latham. Paulhan. Bleriot. and
others have been doing at Rheims, but
nothing precipitate has happened. for
the wrights do not work in a precipitate
way.
May Smnsh Records.
Mr.. Wright disclaims any official in
tention OF trying to break records, but
allows the inference to remain undis-
puted that something worth while viii
in all probability be doing when he sets
his motors working.
The aerOplane fever has thoroughly
seized Berlin since orville's arrival. Both
Latham and Bleriot have been invited
TO make fights there, and have Indicated
their intention to accept When the Yep
pelin carnival is out OF the way. ell Ger
man enthusiasm VIII be concentrated
upon the heavier-than-air machine.
Herr Grade. the young NIagdeburg en-
gineer. who has the distinction OF being
the only German who has actually flown
with a heavier-than-air machine, has
arrived in the field with his blplane. and
is preparing TO fly at the eerodrome re-
Gently established on the outskirts OF
Berlin. No less than thirty German en-
gineers and inventors are at work on
aeroplanes. including Mat Won Parseval.
the inventor OF one e the successful army
dirigible balloons.
The Wright trials. which are under
the auspices OF the Berlin J4okalanzesger,
ars bound to give a lively irnpetus 10 fly
/ ing machines In the fatherland. and II
is prophesied by patriotic experts that
/ Germany win not long lag behind France
and America in the realm OF aeroplanes.
/ II the Kaiser's arrangements permit.
I he will be present at Orville Wrights
/ first fight in Tempelhof Field. as viii
also Ambassador Hill and other members
OF Americas Official family in Germany.