The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-13
BOSTON TO NEW YORK
Claims to Have Made the Trip Last
September During the Night
Without and Trouble
Whatever.

Wallace e. TillinghaSt, vice-presldent |
of manufacturing concern here, a |
man of wealth and repute, has aston |
i3hed acquaintances in business and
aeronautic circles by announcing the
construction and successful operation
of a most remarkable aeroplane. He
has invented, built and tested what
he says is an aeroplane capable OF
carrying three passengers with
weight limit OF 200 pounds each,
distance of at least 800 miles without
stop to replenish the supply of pet
rol, and if necessary, at a rate OF
120 miles an hour.
Mr. Tillinghast states that he has
gone in his aeroplane to the Statue of
of Liberty in New York Bay, then to
the starting point without alighting.
He makes the further sensational
statement that during this trip, and
when near Fire Island, one of the cy-
linders Of the flyer ran irregularly, SO
| the motor was stopped while the ma
chine was at an altitude of 1000 feet.
4 The aeroplane was then allowed to
scale" for forty-six minutes, he says,
while two mechanics repaired 1t in
midair, the engine being started again
when the aeroplane was near enough
/ to land to be seen by number Of the
| life-saying crew patrolling the beach.
&. This trip Mr. Tillinghast says he
made on the night OF September 5
last The two mechanics he took
from the shop where his machine was
stored, the location of which he has
kept secret. He says that when the
machine was stopped over Fire Island
4 the headlight and general outline OF
the aeroplane attracted the attention
of the members of the life-saving
crew patrolling the beach, and notice
of his discovery by the life-saver ap
peared in brief dispatch to Boston
paper day or two after the trip.
The machine is to be brought tc
Worcester in February for demonstra
tion, and Mr. Tillinghast expects tt
enter it in the international races be
ing arranged for the vicinity Of Bos
ton next summer.
Where the machine was built, testeC
and will be kept until brought to Wor
cester Mr. Tillinghast refuses to say
, He says that it is within sixty mile
of Worcester, in sparsely inhabited
, territory, fourteen miles from rail
. road station. He reports that it i
! the fourth machine he LAS built, al
f,,1 Oh fh3
, work. The other two were built Il
!. sparsely inhabited places in the ives,
!. Mr.. Tillinghast says that he ha
4 made over 100 successful trips o
!, which Is have been in his perfecte
;. machine. In describing the aeroplane
: Mr.. Tillinghast said:
a 1T is of the monoplane type, with
4 speed of 70 feet, a. weight of 1855
= pounds and furnished with a 12
!. horsepower gasoline engine, made III
/. der my own direction and specifics
tions. 1t differs from others in th
y spread of the canvass, the spread Ian
! and is staility features. Special fes
lures are that it cannot be capized,
easily controlled and the occupant
ride on the body of the machine il
$ steady of with the body of the machin
behind them. The headlight is made
!. the use of acetylene gas generated o
the machine.
Regarding the speed of the machin
if driven at its best, and the highes
A. altitude reached, Mr.. Tillinghast doe
II not desire to give out exact informs
% tion, saying he wishes to enter tn
,e international races in fair trial an
IS without rivals knowing what his nj
,e chine can do.
le With Mr.. Tillinghast air navigate
20 has been a hobby, and during the pa
Of seven years he has been working o,
rs his idea. All the tests hare been mao
y, under cover of darkness. His presel
IL building and testing ground has bee
occupied for two years and its re
nature not discovered. 1t was la
visited by Mr.. Tillinghast the fir
-. part of November.