New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-10
AN AERONAUTIC SALON
SMALL AEROPLANE. sf5oo
Popularity of Airships Sho5cn b,
10000 Visitors Dan.

Paris- Decenbe- %
The first aeronautic salon. which ur5s- :
modest name Of 1.-THE Second Section OF the AZ
r,,,oI automobile Club and Aero Club Bxbgf
t,on" was opened on Thursday by President F,I
usres. is a grand. popular success As one A..
,ors the palace attention is attracted nv A..
enormous airship Vile dc Bordeaux fnas,.s
with ordinary air so as to show its shape ana
Qualities. and suspended from the roof. n.
car rests on iron pillars Spiral stairwsvz -.
.o ,1aced as to enable visitors TO examine A,.,-.
mart Of the structure. The Vile de Bordear-
like the Vile de Paris and the Clement Bavars
was made by the Astra company for mflta-,
nurposes and carries an armament Of fwo
ouick-fring Hotchkiss machine guns Near tbs
yiue de bordeaux are half dozen smaller al,
ships and balloons.
The great feature Of the show. however. is n.
SQUADRON of flying machines os different type.
For the first time the public has opp0rtupj.y
OF obtaining true notions OF apparel davia-
tionp (hying machines). aerOplanes. heicopteraz
and ornithopteres these being the aeronautic
terms adopted by the committee OF termnologv
Amounted by the Aero Club. and which are now
arDroved by the French Academy. II NAV Ia
briefly stated that machine supported in spaca
nv mechanical means. exclusive OF employment
NJ Auids lighter than air. is an apparel dayia-
ton" or flying machine. An apparatus SUP
norted in space by the reaction Of air upon oas
or more planes and impeIled by a screw Tor
other analogous device) is an aerOplane. A con-
trfvance supported in space BY sustaining screws
lin an axis more or less approaching the YER
ticaD is a hellcoptere. An apparatus impeilsd
like bird, with movable wings, is ornithop-
tAre The pilot who drives a flying machine ia
called an aviator expression never 70 bs
applied to the apparatus itself.
After examining these strange craft for aerial
navigation, the visitor is able TO make a rough
classification One finds monoplanes biplaues
and tripIanes Some Of these have their hort
zontaI rudders in front. while others have Their
horizontal rudders astern- Experience in the
last six months has shown that, so far the
most successful type is the biplane. with hOr-
zontal rudder in front. This is the type By
means Of which the best results were obtained
by Wilbur Wright, Henry Farman and Della
grange The Wright biplane attracts greater at
tention In the salon than any other GeriaI craft
Its special features are the twisting wings to
maintain lateral equilibrium. the forward sugar
tong shaped horizontal rudder, the twin screws
driven by chains. the ingenious accommodation
seat with adjustable balance TO accommodate
passenger and the comparatively slight force
of the motor, which is Of only 20 horsepower
The total weight of the Wright model in the
salon is 400 kiogrammes.
Another air craft that excites great interest
is the Avion. invented by Alder and CONSTRUCTED
in 1896, and which. it is asserted. accompanied
a flight at the camp of Sartory, near Versailles
on October Il, 1891 If this can be proved IL
will establish for France the honor Of recording
the first flight OF modern times accomplished BY
a mechanical apparatus-the flights Of the
Wright brothers dating from 1903. The AvOn
is both an ornithoptere and an aeroplane- It
looks like huge yellow spread eagle with
curved wings. These wings fold and unfold IN
obedience to steel cranks. and there are twin
propellers in front Of the contrivance
The features Of the new BIeriot biplans pre-
sent considerable originality. The machine has
a supporting surface OF sixty-five square yards
To this is added six square yards Of the balanc-
ing wings, to obtain lateral stability, fitted at
the back. Louis Bleriot has hitherto accom-
plished his 'cross-country fights with
plane. but he has now decided that the biplans
is better He has adopted many Of the Wright
details. The motor is 5O-horsepower Antoin-
cite, with chain transmission, propelled by
four-bladed hickory screw giving $50 revolt
tons Two rear auxiliary planes. with total
surface of twenty-four square feet. are placed on
each side. These planes, automatically counter
balancing each other. perform the functions &C
complished in the Wright machines BY the twist
ing of the edges Of the wings.
Four seats and the engine side BY side
The steering apparatus is altogether original
and was invented by Louis Bleriot- It Is n
front OF the machine. The water cooling Is per-
formed by front rudder with lateral planes
At the Voisin stand one finds the biplznss OF
Henry Farman. Leon Delagrange and Moore
rabazon. The Voisin brothers are turning out
biplanes and triplanes at the rate Of one .
month at their works at BiIlancourt One OF tne
most interesting stands is that of Robert
Fen ,,I+- DALI only
"R. E. P" Here may be seen the largest
monoplane in the salon The vertical steenns
gear. automatically balanced. is placed be0w
the rear end of the truck The motor - ..
80 horsepower, and works a single four-olaasa
propeller.
The small butterfly machines OF Santos-Du-
mont weigh less than one hundred ana u"
kilogrammes. and are fitted with 2S-nOts
power motor The American June bus
which In an improved form, much may Dc hea--
next spring is among the central aisle aura
tons Great interest is taken in the smaA ~
ing machine designed at the Pischof & hOe'i-l-
works for NJ. Lejeune. II Is very hsh. =.
simple in construction and is commended os :,
moderate price of $1,000. The section aesQ'-9
to flying machine motors offers many noVei'''9'
and is OF special technical interest here 0H
finds the Italian F. l. A. T. motor OF 50 hOfSs
power Weighing only sixty kilograHani "a
prominent feature is the R z. T. mctVE VI
horsepower weighing. when empty. toftS
and a half kilograInmes. and fifty-tW0 -
grammes when fully charged, ready ioF -,
The RenauIt establishment exhibits al
cylinder V-shaped motor Of 90 hofsep
weighing 125 kilogrammes The An10roiS7 -
cot motors weigh somewhat less than ono -
gramme a horsepower. The GnOme motor
cylinders placed so as to form a eircie 49,