The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-23
WRIGHTS FACE DIFFICULTIES New Conditions Fof
 Flight. WORRIED BY coUNTRY Speed Trial Has Requirements
 They Have Never Faced. Machines Must Travel Over . Meas ured Course ef Five Miles and Return at Speed of Forty
 Miles an Houx.

Washington. Juno z2.--Despite the marvellous records that have been es- tabiished by the Wright brothers in this country and abroad. to comply with the Governments Specifications, orviile Wright in his trial flights at. Fort Meyer soon to begin. will be con- peiied to meet certain conditions thak are wholly new and untried. The en- durance trial. in which the aviator, accompanied by a passengerA will be required to remain in continuous flight without landing for one hour. carry; ing sufficient fuel for a flight of l2s miles. has already been accomplished by Wilbur Wright It is the speed trial. however. which imposes condf- ttons that have never before presented themselves.
 orviiie Wright. who has elected te complete the tests he began last fall. must fly over Q measured course of i've miles from Fort Meyer and returns q total distance of ten miles. Tn or- der to receive the contract price of t2b.0o0. q speed of forty miles an hour with and against the wind must be- maintained. If less speed than thirty-. six miles an hour is made. the ma-i chine will not be accepted, and 10 DOT cent Of the contract price will be de- ducted for each mile less than forty made-in the speed trial
 A bonus of 10 per cent. will be paid for each mile above forty. The Wright machine has averaged from thirty-nve to forty miles per hour in the various flights made.
 The rough. hilly country surround- ing Fort Meyer. over which the speed trial must be made. is what is caus~ ing Orville' Wright some uneasinesY aenwfsA country has ever been made by a heavier than air flying machine.
 wiu Fly Over Trees.
 Capt Thomas s.. Baldwin told rne the country to the west of Fort Meyer is the least uneven" said 0rviiie Wright yesterday, 'and I am going 70 examine 1t carefully to determine itR advantages over the country lying to the south towards AiexAndria. xo. Aa we must fly over trees, would prefer a country which is heavily wooded, with intermittent open Aeida rather than 6ne where the trees nHe sbAf&N and scattered. where a landing would be dificult. There is no need of tak- ing unnecessary risks. |"
 An effort is being made to have President Taft witness some of the flights this week. He has expressed his desire to do so, to Gen. James Al- len, Chief Signal of1cer. Members of congress VIII DC aN thc AONA Au t4t &0 numbers. The officers of the signal corps hope that they will be suficfent- ly impressed with the. importance of aerial navigation to vote for a subs stantial appropriation for aeronautic& at the next session of Congress. v
 The propeilers were not in place on the Wright aeropiane at Fort Meyer today. With the exception of the mos tor. the machine Is practically ready for a flight.
 Tomorrow the two brother aviatcra will install the motor. It will proba~ bly, be impossible for orvilie Wright to make a flight before Thursday or Friday. unless the motor should be found to require little tuning up -
 Despite the short time remaining, the Wrights are not hastening matters un- duly In order to insure clear field for the aeroplanists and to prevent any accident happening to the spectators. Major Fred s. Fouitz has been detail- ed to maintain a complete patrol of the field over which Orville will fly Thousands of persons are expected to attend the flights including Presi- dent Taft Many people have remained longer than usual in the city before their summer vacation for the expects cd performance. The heat has been in- tense in the shed where orville and Wilbur Wright are working but a large part of the rear wall was cut out today for air.