The Washington herald., 1909-07-31

has become logical argument, and IN
which the hysterical predictions Of the
enthusiasts have settled into the lucid
claims Of proved performers.
Has Become a Science.
OrviIle Wrights fight across country
does more than anything else in the ad-
vancemeut OF aeronautcal science 10 place
the discoveries IN air navigation In the
class with the discovery OF wireless
telegraphy. smokeless powder. the X-ray.
radium. and all other scientific discov-
cries that have marked definite advances
in the progress OF men toward greater
power. greater peace. and greater deadli-
ness
Only one record in aviation now rests IN
the hands OF Wilbur Wright The others
have all been taken away from him by
his younger brother Not that Wilbur
cares. He will take a squirt one Of these
days, when he starts 20 do q. little flying
OF his own. and win back his laurels; be-
cause the limit Of the Wright aeToplane
has not been reached by a long way.
! Orville has taken from him the record
/ for speed: for the time Of flight with two
men, and for height attained. And In
so doing, he has taken into his own hands
the worlds records at the same time, for
/ these worlds records were Wilburs be-
/ fore they became Oryille's.
First Official Speed Record.
/ Wilbur said yesterday after the flight
that from all the data at his command
| he did not know OF any record FOR speed
in an aeroplane greater than that made
\ by Orville IN the Alexandria flight
But Orville Wright established yester-
\ day not only a mark for cross-cCuntry
I fiying. He established a new record for
height in an aeroplane According 20
! the estimate OF both the brothers, the
machine at its highest point IN the fight
| TO Shooters Hill was more than 800 feet
above the earth. II could have flown
/ higher. But there was no object IN do
ing so. and the fact remains that II was
the highest altitude yet attained by the
machine OF the Wright brothers make
There again the application OF the aero
plane in war IS suggested. AS al COM
mentators have said, its value VIII lie
IN its quick movements. its ready con-
troll. and the high attitudes II can hold.
where Il Is safe from shots from any
! instrument known at the present time.
VIII Train Officers.
The Wright brothers have now COM
pleted their contract with the United
States government with the exception OF
the training Of two army officers. who
VIII be Lieut.. Lahm, In charge OF the
| aeronautical work OF the army, and
Lieut. Foulois. Of the Signal Corps. The
| board Of judges has not reported on
either Of the two flights required by the
contract. But since both were eminently
successful, there is no reason TO believe
the verdict viii be anything but favor
able
Gen. Allen, chief signal officer Of the
army, announced yesterday that a place
had been chosen for the Institutional
fights. the location OF which would not
be made public just al present The
parade ground at Fort Myer is a little
TOO small for the purpose. Gen. Allen
said the field chosen was about ten miles
from Washington. and accessible by
street cars.
One Going TO Germany.
There the instruction OF Lieuts. Lahm
and Foulois VIII be undertaken shortly
by one Of the Wright brothers Which
ore It wiN- be is not known at present
The brothers themselves viii make no
announcement OF II. and II may be they
have not decided themselves. But one
OF them VIII remain IN this country and
teach the two army officers how to navi-
gate the air. and the other viii soon
go 20 Germany, where a contract re.
mains 10 be closed with a syndicate fol
the German rights 10 the machine.
Just how soon the institutional fight.
will commence Is not known now. II 4.
probable that the first viii be made esrly
next week. perhaps Monday. The bi
= plane can be removed to the other fief,
on an army wagon without being takeT
apart, and VIII require practically n,
time IN being made ready for flying
again