The Detroit times., 1909-05-14
CAN RUN 100 MILES
AN HOUR IN AIR
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lions. Of the sort | thought the public
would like to ask, If IL had the famous
acroplane operator backed up in cor
ner. as had.
LAS high as | want TO. bur there vii.
never be any need TO go nigher than
1000 feet. AT that height no known
gun could reach you"
How high have yoWgone?"
Three hundred feet. | passed over
. balloon"
How fast have you gomez"
Forty miles an hour"
How fast could machine be made
TO go?,'
There's no limit that | know of.
Blu. no man. unprotected. could go
faster than 100 miles an hour aud
stick TO his machine. The rush OF air
is too great"
Gould you make machine go 100
miles an hour?"
Easily"
How large can you make your
aeroplanes?'
I'VE haven't worried about that. We
can make them much larger than our
present models, but We don't need 10.
do you think anybody will ever ny
across the ocean in an acceptance
Hard to tell. Depends on whether
anybody wants to-"
IT'S hard to get this quiet man to
give long answers.
For what purposes will your ma
chimes be used. at first?"
Military operations and sport. The
military interest was first; then came
the sporting interest. Various nations
are planning TO buy machines for their
t. ...1 q he ghA IN
lovers of exciting sports are order.
ing machines"
The next question that arose In my
mind was In the machine safe and
reliable ?---at least as much SO as an
automobile?
Orville Wright wasn't the one TO
put this question to- He has never
fallen through the air and been dash
ed TO the earth; he has never had a
companion killed. Wilbur Wright,
however, had been through these ter
rfble experiences. and he was the man
90 answer these questions.
"You remember my accident at FL.
Meyer" he asked. The newspapers
explained that incorrectly. IL wasn't
the propeller that caught in the wire;
Il was the rudder.
I'VE have fixed the rudder now so
that 1t cannot possible catch in any
thing" he continued. An accident
Hike that can never happen again.
Our machine is heavier than II
needs to be. Why. our engine weighs
SO pounds per horsepower.
'Delagrange's engine weighed "a
pounds per horsepower and some OF
the French engines weigh as low as
~ pounds per horsepower il is said.
t"You see. we want the engine to
be as reliable as we can make it, But,
II the engine proves unreliable. il
doesn't mean that an accident will re-
oults We can come TO earth, gliding
easily, IL the engine stops in midair.
4. I'ye done II many times
III Isn't true that I've lost my nerve.
r1'u<gufpg to-fiy in Washington. soon. =
)<a&hsrlne Wright Ideal Sister.
4 Kathefine Wright is a devoted sis
~. In the first place. she obeys her
|tofhers
= don't want my picture taken"
( o. pleaded, when the camera battery
X pf Newspaper men approached her and
her brothers
Orville. without a word. gently took
her by the arm. placed her between
himself and Wilbur, and said to the
camera manA
swell, hurry up and get 1t over
with"
And Katherine stood very quietly
and proudly, little sister with her
r..r-S big Arotsers. 49,
But, though she is little sister.
she In not a weak. cIinging one There
was a time when her brothers needed
money. To borrow would mean 10
give away some of their secrets. And
q 30 their fine little sister took her small
savings, gathered during years OF
Reaching, and turned the money over
10 them.
10 isn't any wonder her brothers
love her and are proud OF her
And II isn't any wonder that King
Edward and King Alfonso and lots OF
noble folk across the water were
charmed with the little woman.