New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
HE FLEW, so HESAYS
REMARKABLE STORY
BY WORCESTER MN.
Claims His 4eroplane FleIr to
Ne7c York and Then to Bos-
ton on September s.
lBy Telegraph to tn. Tribune ]

lBy Telegraph 70 tn. Tribuns.l
Worcester. Mass. Dec. 12--Wallace z
Tillinghast, an inventor Of several ma
chine devices and ice-president or
manufacturing company Of this city. who
has been working on aeroplanes for the
last seven years. says he has invented
built and tested an aeroplans capable or
carrying three passengers with weight
limit Of two hundred pounds each dis
tance Of at least three hundred miles
without a stop to replenish the supply
OF petrol and IL necessary at the rate OF
more than I20 miles an hour.
Mr.. Tillinghast said to-day that on
September he went with his aeroplane
to the Statue OF Liberty. near New YORK
City. then to Boston and back 10 the
starting point, near this city. without
alighting. Ttllinghast says that when
near Fire Island one Of the cylinders or
the aeropIane ran irregularly, so the
motor was stopped with the machine
four thousand feet in air and 1t SCARED
forty-six minutes while the two me-
chanics whom he had with him repaired
it in midair, the engines being started
again when the aeroplane was near
enough to land to be seen by members or
the lifesaving crew patrolling the beach.
Where the machine was built. tested
and will be kept until brought 20
Worcester Mr.. Tillinghast declines 20
say, stating that TO avoid curiosity seek
ers and those professionally interested
il will remain a secret and that the ma
chine will not be seen by any one until
brought TO Worcester in February. He
says that it is within sixty miles OF
Worcester, in a sparsely Inhabited terri
tory. fourteen miles from railroad.
TilIinshast claims that this is the
fourth machine he has built and says
his reasons for not taking the public
into his confidence are that he wished
TO present as nearly perfect a machine as
possible when entering the list OF air
navigators.
In speaking to-day OF the trip he
claims TO have made on the night OF
September 8 from Boston TO New York.
he said:
with two mechanics I left the shop
where the machine is stored and was
built and set out for New York City.
which we reached. coming close 10 the
Statue OF Liberty. went 20 Boston and
then back again 20 the starting point
without alighting. When near Fire
Island one OF the cylinders got out OF
order. the motors were stopped and the
two mechanics took plenty OF time IN re-
pairing IL and doing a little work of
precautionary nature with other parts OF
the machinery. Before stopping the
motor we rose 70 an altitude OF four
thousand feet and sailed during the for
ty-six minutes taken in repairing the
cylinder.
When the motor was started We were
so near the land that the headlight and
general outline OF the aeroplane with the
man in il were seen by members OF the
Fire Island lifesaving crew on the beach.
and notices of this discovery appeared
in very brief dispatch 20 a Boston pa
per a dav or so after the trip. This is
the longest trip made, but the result was
sufficient 70 make me confident that the
machine surpasses anything that has yet
appeared"
In describing the aeroplane, Mr. TIL
Iinghast said: 'It is OF the monoplane
type, with a spread of seventy-two feet.
weight OF 1850 pounds and furnished
with a I20-horsepower gasolene engine
made under my own direction and spect-
fcations II differs from others in the
spread OF the canvas. the spread plane
and in stability features. and gave spe-
cIal attention to making It adaptable for
high speed"
Tillinghast said. when asked about the
tests: "AI tests made have been under
cover Of darkness and have been sue
cessful and the machine is no expert
ment, and expect that IL will show a
new wrinkle in air navigation