The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-07-06

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the aviation school with the Wright
brothers. or even an hour if that hour
be spent in the aerodrome when the
famous inventors are grooming their
big birds of the air and teaching
their pupils" is sufficient to let the
most casual observer into the secret
of Wright success. That secret may
be stated in very brief formula:
''knOw IT,
These men make it their business
to know everything about the matter
in hand from the evidence of their
own eyes and hands. They take
nothing for granted, take nobody's
word for anything. For vital and es-
sential matters they trust only them
selves. Wilbur trusts Orville and Or
Vile trusts Wilbur-in most matters
at any rate but there's the limit
They are at their aviation school
bright and early in the morning,
While good many people are still in
bed. There are a half-dozen pupils"
working in the aerodrome tuning up
the Wright machines, but most of the
work is done by the Wrights. They
don't merely oversee the Work-they
do it, with their own hands. mean
while teaching the mysteries of sue
cessful flying to group of young fell
lows who may some time. astonish the
world with daring feats of flying. On
ly the men who will exhibit the
Wright machines at the various aero
meets and purchasers of machines are
admitted to this wonderful school of
flying.
spruce and clean, works with fine re-
gard for the Well-being of his clothes.
nevertheless he is in the midst at
things. Wilbur is less careful as to
his garments. He wears an old suit,
decidedly the worse for hard wear, and
If he gets cylinder oil on his trousers
it does not worry him. He shucks
off his coat and gets down on the
floor to make some adjustment on
motor that is to be installed in one
of the machines to be assembled.
In their school room" they are the
busies of the busy. Here one sees
Wilbur standing at a bench carefully
filing down some part of a motor;
yonder is Orville climbing about a
newly assembled aeroplane that has
never yet been tried out Again one
sees Wilbur squatting on the floor.
busy with soldering iron.
Presently Orville goes over to where
one of his school boys is making a
strong cord, doubling and twisting
string and waxing it with beeswax,
He quietly tells how it should be
done. The cord Is to serve on the
motor for throwing the switch when
the aviator wishes to stop. Then he
comes back and makes some final adj
justment of the newly assembled ma
chine. Wilbur comes over to cast an
elder brothers eyes over the thing,
to feel few stays and say a word or
two.
Results? A few minutes later the
untried biplane is taken out upon the
schools aviation field" a large tract
of land near Dayton. and Orville
gives it try before any of his "pu-
pills" are allowed to take chances with
it.
He takes the machine out in a mat
ter of fact way as one might a new
bicycle. He knows it will fly. His
hands have helped make it, his eyes
have seen its every component part.
He flies four or five miles and
comes down on the spot from which
he had started, and then the gradu-
ates of the aviation school are given
opportunities to duplicate their
teachers stunt.