New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
By Justin H. Forrest.

o, bought an airship yet?
hae ba not uncommon question in Few
NE lHrs and Il will be sensible question 100
Sa' ne Wright brothers. Of Dayton. Ohio, VIII
s-akine airsfips commercially IN a rev more
L Already they have sold their rights in
Ia'- q. a company that is completing fifty ma
fA end the cost at first. will vary from S.O0e
o-nao zach What they viii cost in America
. so.', stsrr,ined bv the demand and the capacity
81. .,. = .sctorv that viii build them in Dayton
' 5,clish doesn't il. Especially so after
-. -ead so much about Darius Green But
W " cart and not an impossibility, that in few
IL 80 -. aerial navigators may be buying aerial
IT, f-or, the United States Aerial Survey. Just
.,r,ohIlists are now buying topographic charts
=, ,be geological survey.
noH - -. nresent. however the layman will be
,rs5 "a be merely onlooker, or at best
.snger Notwithstanding the wonderful i'm
riven The sport since the Wrights have
ls'-s '.-,,e5 trat 10 attempt TO fly is sign
o.aritv there are only a few thousand persons
q Trr,tes States who know anything about the
= - sv,ne except the fact that heavier than air
--.,bfnes have been built that do fly
-ss Wright brothers. Wilbur and Orville. viii
= a, View York this week. Wednesday. per
s.. fro-n London They viii return with higher
-, of Isurels than has probably ever been given
,-.3csn inventors. They will have come from
=, lands OF kings. the kings OF which have done
ten honor
-, lsconic reply the Wright brothers sent TO in
-s,,.ions 70 loaf away their time in palaces. And
=. Rings went King Edward had a talk with
,hsss Two modest men and their sister. who used
:, "a known in Dayton that nice Wright girl
.h the crazy brothers" King Alfonso set his
-+ols court BY the ears when he announced he was
,o,nr 70 nv with Wilbur Wright, and the Cabinet
80 70 descend 10 its collective knees to exact
-o-ise from his highness that he wouldn't try
!. hscor,e a bird The King of Italy could hardly
-,,-nsin himself when he saw the Wright ma
s4,e without the impetus of the weight falling
t-u- the pylon. or tower, that carries il. slide
s,zy grassy slope and then soar like a featrered
,.sture into the sky. But Wilbur Wright and
Ear n Berg business manager for the brothers,
-,.,-.inad their enthusiasm when s2o0.0o0 was
ossre5 them for the Italian rights TO make the
machines.
airships commercial success!
ms 50 queer that one cannot help but dwell on
,ss spb5ect vet the wrights have more than real
,zed their dreams and more than justified Charles
P Flint the New Yorker. who financed their work
When the Kronprinzessin Cecilie. bearing the
vrrhts gets into New York Harbor this week a
eurer will go down TO meet il because the Wrights
srs m hoard Il will be like the return Of conquer
,nr heroes On the cutter will be representatives
ot the Aero Club Of America and the aviation COM
rnjrtee OF the Automobile Club OF America, MEM
bers Of Congress and men who have made names
for themselves as flyers. 1t will be triumphal
processon 70 the hotel. and the plucky sister who
has lsbored with her brothers will get as many
cheers as the inventors
On June 10 after the Wright brothers have been
lioaized in Dayton they viii be in Washington.
and President Taft will present them with the
medal which the Aero Club Of America has had
struck in their honor. The presentation will take
place in the east room OF the White House. and
the guests will include some OF the most distin-
rushed men in the nation. Pretty good for two
rnen who used to make bicycles IN obscure place
IN Dayton Ohio. isn't Il?