The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-05-21
WRlGHTS, KINGS OF THE AIR."
RECEIVED A ROYAL WELCOME ZONE
Man Who Flew IS Miles in TWO Hours
and TWenty-seVen Minutes Talks
of Future of FLYING.

Wright on the future of the aero
plane as he sees it came after he had
been questioned about his own ma
chine.
New inventions find or make new
fields for themselves" he said. ST
believe that this is true of the aero
plane. 1t will not take the place of
the automobile, the steamboat or the
railroad train. In word, it will
make field for itself without usurp-
ing field already occupied.
The aeroplane will not compete
with the railroad or steamship as q
conveyor of passengers over great
distances and in large numbers, and
as a carrier of freight it would prove
troublesome and improbable I'M
dertaking.
Machines to Garry Sixteen
May Be Built in Future.
AT present I intend to build aero
planes for two and three passengers.
The number of passengers an aero
plane may carry is not limited to two
Or three, and in the future they may
be built to carry dozen to sixteen
passengers.
THE aeroplane will find its pres
ent usefulness after the manner of
the automobile in its adaptability for
quick trips over known routes, but
will not take the place Of the automo-
bile. =
'.Will the aeroplane ever be able to
make long trips-to cross the ocean?"
Wilbur Wright was asked.
OH v11a
curiously.
Il am not building a machine to
cross the ocean" he answered.
''Do you think the dirigible balloon
will be able to cross the ocean, or
make regular trips between inland
cities?"
II am not a balloonist and should
not go into that field. 1t hardly seems
practicable.
Mr.. Wright then told Of his con-
tract to return to Germany and dem
onstrate his aeroplane, prior to its
adoption by that government, and
added, significantly, that in the last
two months Germany had turned
from dirigi5le balloons to heavier
than-air machines.
Found Nothing Abroad
To Adopt or Adapt.
''Will your aeroplane be improved
by the adoption of any ideas or inEen-
lions you found in Europe?"
1--WE found nothing, and will adapt
or adopt nothing. In fact, all the
leading experimenters in the same
field have ordered our machines. Sixty
$50 y,orry 4.pJo,~ oN1a rfSoT7 in FraTna
and Scotland. They are of the same
model as the one took over. All of
these have been ordered in advance.
Their price will be about $500 each.
Women in Flights
Showed Splendid Nerve.
"They showed splendid nerve.
None of them seemed in the least
afraid or excited, and made splendid
passengers. Taking their behavior,
they certainly showed equal nerve
with the men, and all of the men had
good nerve" said Mr.. Wright.
Miss Wright said that she would
not be able to return to Europe with
her brothers in the early fall, as her
father has not been well and her place
is WITH him. She said that they had
hoped that the entire family might go
to Europe. but that this plan had been
abandoned.
Orville Wright told of the plans of
the brothers in this country. They
remained in New York only over a
CAV. and then went to Dayton, Ohio,
for a. few days rest. Then they will
20 to washington, D. c., where the
experiments, which ended disastrous
Nv in the death Of Lieutenant Sell
fridge and serious injury to Orville
Wright, who has been prevented from
making any flights since, viii be re-
sumed. Oryille hopes that his in
iured thigh will mend enough to per-
NIT him to take part in the flights.
The test is to be concluded before
June %, in accordance with their
contract with the United States Gov
eminent. Then they will remain for
a while to give army officers lessons
in the management of the machine.
In August they expect to sail for Ger
many. and win remain abroad for
some months.
On June Il they will be received by
President Taft at Washington.