New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-24
WRIGHT WILL FLY HERE
HAS SIGNED A CONTRACT.
Wlbm Hopes TO Surpass Has Ofrn
Rroords-Curtiss UyM Erhibit.

wilbur wright has signed contract with the
,y,d.on-Failton Celebration Commission TO give a
ss1er OF flights here during TIE celebration. This
,,ouncernent made by James NJ Beck chair
nn Of the seronsutios committee OF the commits
.,on. yesterday. The Tribune announced exclu-
.sv.lv on Wednesday that Wilbur Wright had com
r,..ea arrangements 10 Az there.
The seronauticsl elect who have stood speechless
.,s otherwise shocked each time the unWary out
,;dsr suggested the probability Of Wright brother
AIDING for money here still speechless. but now
from GOV. II is said 10 be g daily duty OF Wilbur
% dictate declarations and 10 answer long dis
-snos telephone offers OF handsome rewards from
various companies and individuals who want him
10 exhibit
wv. have made UP our minds never TO go into
IN. show business" he said in this city a few days
.so This said after a refusal had been given
nv him on the telephone 10 make three exhibition
rshts IN Missouri
The reasons prompting Mr. Wright 20 sgree TO
~ for the Eudson-Fulton Celebration Commission
were told yesterday by Mr.. Beck
Their willingness TO exhibit the biplsne In New
Work he said, 'as recognition on their part OF
the public and patriotic character OF the eelehrs-
zion This happy result follows prolonged negotia-
lions The exhibitions which they have given IN
France. Italy and latterly in Washington were all
in connection with contracts for the purchase OF
rights under their patents"
He said that the committee originally planned
nothing more pretentious than a fight from one
hank 81 tn Hudson 20 IN. other. but events in
aviation had moved 30 swiftly that the plans now
included the most picturesque and daring fsats by
both Wright snd Curtiss.
Glenn II. Curt.ss signed a contract with the
commission before he left the country for France
where he viii try for the speed prize AZ the inter
national aviation contest az Rheims this week
"A sight down the Hudson and around New
York Pay Will probably be witnessed by the great
est number OF human beings who have beheld
such 8 fight" ssid Mr. Beck. 'snd q may be
questioned whether any more imposing place could
y. selected for such a spectacle than that OF New
York Harbor"
No Get plans for the flight. h.v. been arranged.
the commission having told Mr. Wright that
al details would be left TO his discretion. Il
Is known. however. that Wilbur is resolved
upon outlying his past records. provided the
weather Is willing. He has never had more con-
noence in the sympathetic reflex action which. he
says exists between his aeroplane and himself.
Asked about the danger OF falling into the river
and whether he would attach pontoons or other
oontrivsnces 10 his machine 10 protect IL in case
Of such mishsp Mr.. Wright replied:
Il may put a life preserver. but the machine
will need nothing I am rot sure that shsll wear
any such thing myself There is not ths least
chance for the machine dropping into the water. IL
Il should happen TO do SO. il would be i've minutes
before il sunk. and would be picked up long
before that"
The Wrights have not Yet shown the world their
capacity for speed IL is known that Wlllle the
oricsl rate of speed ct the Fort hyer test was
about forty-tHo miles n hour. the Wright broth
have entire confidence in their ability TO build
. machine that will al the rate OF 100 miles
hour. Whether one OF the seroplanes now being
completed at their shops al Dayton, Ohio is OF
this new type, and whether. in such event, Wilbur
win bring il here next month. is not known. II
seems assured that Wilbur will make his part Of
the celebration the last word In aerial navigation
The commission intends 70 erect large landing
rage near Grants Tomb. II has Appropriated s2S-
ca 70 carry out the ssronauticai plans
4 feature that is being arranged by the
rifiee seronauticSs working IN conjunction with
M stoddsrc. CAPTAIN Of pagesntry. il . float typ-
tng the inception and development Of aerial nsvi-
rsion. II IL expected that On this float will be
shown model 81 Professor Lansley's aero
a-cn." There will also he the original machine
with which the Wright brothers made their FIRST
fight msn-carrying machine with eelf-contsined
pcser, and a model OF the stringfellow machine,
novn possession ~ the Smithsonian Institution.