The Washington herald., 1909-06-30

vas not discovered until the flyer lef
the monoran the fourth time when OR
vile Wright located 1t by the feel o
the motor
Not disappointing.
Altogether, it was By far the least in
spring Of any Of the public fights mad,
by the aviator. In talking OF the trials
however. Orvile said he did not conside
the results Of the afternoon disappointing
Neither OF US" he said, Succeeded
III spotting the trouble until I found 4
When was in the air in the fourth fight
With the power so reduced I could not
hsve stayed up much longer. than I did
But the remedying Of the defect Is a mat.
ter OF only few minutes. and with the
engine exerting its full strength the lack
q 6uoyancy and the lateral unsteadiness
which were noticeable this afternoon viii
not hamper the flight"
Expressions OF disappointment n ,soL
OF faith, which might have been expect-
cd Wnen the machine settled four times
10 The ground Ike an injured bird. we're
rot heard on the parade ground. The
sensational fights Of last fall were too
Well remembered As Mai George n
squier. Of the Signal Corps. said after the
hrst failure 10 leave the ground.
anyhow, We know they can av. -rherA
Is no mistake about that. They'll begtn
10 do things again when they get the asr-
oplene acclimated."
Feered UnsteadiIy.
me possibility Of accident seemed verv
real as the machine lowered above a..
ground Ike a ship in a heavy sea MFR
OUT steerage way. It swayed badly q,
times assuming a perilous angie a,5
never reached an altitude of more -
t"en'y-ilve feet. Twice the wing tbs
scTaped the earth. raising a small clo1d
OF dust. and dragging the machine opt ~
It's course. 0-' u
On the hrst attempt at flight the con-
tact OF the wing tip with The e-o,,,s
Scared the right end of the frame-vo-l,
eAghtiy' and ripped the canvas for fo-.
lnches on the lower main plane rba+
was the only damage done. altbopgb +hs
spectators held their breath on two ooca-
Sons wnen' IN landing. the machine skid
oed before coming TO rest.
The crowd was noticeably smaller +h.,
lnat OF Monday. when the refusal .. -.
aViators TO attempt a fight In a fourtesn-
ILliIe breeze sent a lot Of Senators aD4
representatives home IN an 1,rD1sssa-,+
IFsile OF mind. Probably betweeD ooo
ana LOU persons lined the roma ~ tbs
noFth end Of the field. President Tai.
was was not there. Capt Richmond Pearso-,
I1oOsoh spent some time examining the
llocii4he with Maj. Squier. and here a1d
~. lee public man sifted IN. But of1r.al
NE was not well represented
Caution Is Vindicsted.
Ihe result Of the attempts at flight
demonstrated well that the brothers wo-s
right in side-stepping the cop,narst,,,s |
gale OF the day before with = -,..b,,o
Untried by actual performance Tna
weather conditions yesterday could not /
nave been better for their purpose The |
'iiYer cups Of the anemometer NJ v1,,5
saage' on the aeroplane shed loafad Isz,l,,
ioout their axis, pushed by a breeze -
hardly more than four miles q, bo,-
ne sky was clear and gave no sign ~
mango Even Wilbur admitted tb.. -
iao no quarreis with the weather
ne oroIners spent the morning roinr
yer the ground about Fort Mver n q
,rny wagon with Lieut.. Lahrn NJ +ba
'lsnaI Corps They have nor vet an
.O.'eeu their decision as TO their cours,
2 TIE ten-mile speed test.
Il was o'clock in the afternoon ,,ba.,
ne eeropiane crawled from its she'd end
az tugseo across the field bv mon os
!, '0 -,asil o-saIaI Sorps. long delay followed
sslnE the tackle by which the zoo
Juno Weight. falling from the apax oe {
= ieN' gives the machine its initial '
orWard motion. AS Wflbur yVrigb. - 6
be mechanician, Charles TavIor s+e--.-'s /.
the propeuers 70 crank the ene5no
le skirmish line Of photosranhers = ,''.-,1, s.'
'et away commenced popping IN a hsrry,. 7
ss fusiIlade. ''S' NJ
win heave the propellers were start
J. Ine engine caught and commences 4
uuculent drumming. Instantly the +
aoes slashed through the air IN - Z
most invisible circle. The grass farAd I
ack and lay fiat. and a coil Of ro,.e,i .
rltneo IN the violent blast Of wind s
Orville gave touch here. tried a braca y
lere. and finally climbed into his saat o
cling the three levers by which ne b
7er is operated. A glance at Wilbur IN Il
e that everything was all right. and II
e nervy aviator released the wires that p
I'D the aeroplane stationary.
Wing Tip Raises Dust. "
With roar in which the thud Of the y
Hing half ton OF iron in the derrick - -
Is completely drowned. the big bird
lped down the monoral. At the end of o,
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