The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28

Invited by Wright to take trip along
with him, nliChted. he was 30 trans.
ported that he Jumped on the invent.
or's shoulders, wrapped his arms
around his neck and gave him re-
sounding kiss through mere cxhllara.
tion You may picture for yourself
the blank establishment Of the stolld
Yankee tierH'
Description Of the Machine.
The Wright brothers aeroplanc has
been described as looking like street
car with the sides and ends knocked
out. leaving only the top and floor with
frail uprights holding them together
The machine sails sldewise, with Its
great planes extended like the wings OF
a bird.
But the details can best be given in
the words of Orvile Wright himself
THE machine" he says. lis forty feet
wide over all and about thirty from
stem to stern about eight feet high.
III has one motor. of our own make,
which develops twenty five to thirty
horsepower 1t differs from many mo.
tors in that It has no carburetor We
pump the gasoline directly into the In.
take pipes where the mixture Is
formed We thus get constant mix
ture and avoid carburetor troubles en-.
tirely No; we don't want to control
the speed OF the motor. We adjust II
to run ut Its best and leave It alone.
The speed al which we fly is governed
10 nil ictn
offer TO the air
THE frame Is made OF silk spruce
and ash The webbing Is of unbleached
muslin. and there are about 800 square
feet TO the lifting planes. The ma
chine weighs about 800 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 aud 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
1--WE have horizontal rudder in
front and Il vertical one behind, hut
the control of an aeroplane is not the
same as that OF an airship such as
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-
mains about the same. except momen-
tarily. We bend our planes In use,
twisting them into different curves.
We have worked from the helicoid
curve for a 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.
us II hard to learn to run an aero
plane? sh, uld not think II would be
so very difficult now. but 1t does re.
quire a knnck, as riding the bicycle
does We had to do everything at
once and learn riding as we'll"
Natural Inventors.
These famous inventors are the sons
Of Bishop Milton Wright of Dayton.
Wilbur was born near Melville, Ind,
on April 10. 1867; Orville In Dayton.
Aug 10. 1871 Both brothers are rath-
er tall and slight both are precise.
scientific. reticent and almost cold In
manner. and neither apparently cares
for money or fame. They are natural
inventors, having learned wood en-
craving while mere boys and having
constructed printing press out of a
little old rubber. some cord wood, part
Of buggy top and few other odds
and ends picked up In the back yard at
home. Then the bicycle craze came
along, and they started bicycle re.
pair shop and from this went into the
untried field of airship invention.
After his recovery from the Fort
Myer accident Orville Wright Joined
his brother in France and was accom-
panied by a sister. Katherine. who had
nursed him back to health. France
showered her delight on the whole
family. Wilbur remained the lion, as
the actual ascension work was done
by him, but the brunt of the social
duties were taken off his shoulders by
the brother and sister. Miss Katherine
keenly enjoyed 1t all. the banquets,
honors and excitement repaylng her
for the long years when she was SYM
pathized with as being the sister Of
those two crazy brothers." as their
nelghbors lovingly and appreciatively
called them presume every one who
ever did anything for humanity has
been called crazy by the numerous
race Of numskulls
Wilbur and Orvile Wright are
Americans The future will class them
as among the greatest inventors in
history They have reached the goal
that men have sought for centuries.
For that triumph they are receiving
honors from all the world honors as
great as those Showpred unou kings