The sun., 1910-05-22

for an unrestricted royalty On a singl'
| Farunan aerUplane. They made the state,
ment that they would not issue such Z
| license for even ta5.OO0.'
Iso 3. Burridge. former president Ol
B tho Aoronautic Society. in discussing tbs
| situation. said
There Il AN erroneous impression that
I because flights are actually taking pact
the problem of flying is practically sOlyed
This u far from the fact. ~ tbs art IL still
I In very crude expsrim snial stage. and
although "A lew to0lha rSiy individuals
| like PaulhAn. Bl6riOt. latham and Ham
| ilton have made themselves famous by
sensational accomplishments Il IL never
| theless true that dynamic flight = hay-
arliuiis undertaking. Few of the aviators
/ that have got ~ the ground are ever
heard Of, hecause they are reasonably
conservative and careful about rlsking
! their neckH.
Another false impression il that tra-
mendOus progress has been made IN the
! Last two years. The fact n that verv
| little constructive advance has been
accomplished within that time Prao-
tically all the devices used to-day were
known and eNpsTimented with Considern.
hly more than twn wears ago. and the real
progress made since then ~ in the expt,-
Tiuucr secured Nv those who operate the
machines IN" practical usefulness 0f
flying - far i- q negligible quantity. and
even from the sporting standpoint only
few daring aNlat0rs will be likely 90
compete in exhibitions for some time
10 come
As for Tho public. II will not gain any
ADVANTAGE from theaTt in It's presen stage
% dey.lrI nent h"oause flying machines
az Con-t truytesl az present are too delicate
20 be- pat a. any useful purpose. and the
nperl turn ~ hIunded by the limitations
~ weather and the mechanism. partic-
ularly motors which have TO he made too
| light g. maintain reliable service
-Ous reason why this country il tagging
behind Europe is that the public ia general
| il not Interested in The art from the
scientific STANDPOINT. heing satisfied To
read in the daily papers Of sensational
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. When people are in
duced Ia 90 to an exhibition or demonstra-
ton they quickly show their dissatis-
I faction when anything less than the great
est accomplishment they have read about
I IL produced This is evidenced by in
stances uf an aviator being mobbed be-
cause be could not fly IN a wind oT twenty
| five miles an hour.
This attitude was eXemplifed 30 far
as the New York pubic u concerned
| last year At Morris Park when at
b % tlftfh NFNf'I ~ lNllAINA HiitA fAlilf
| TO the box Office 10 get their money hack
/ because CuTtiss had not flown as adveT-
/ tisad and they would not wait till
/ O'Clock when the wind went down and he
/ did make several flights. out Of town
! this same experience Was met with by
I Willard and others. ! understand that
: ia France and Germany no such dissatis-
I faction occurs now because the public
/ ID sufficiently educated ia the science 10
I realize when and under what conditions
I il IL possible or safe to make flights
The lack Of scientific interest in flying
/ 10 practically eXempliiied by an examina-
| tion Of the approximately four hundred
| aeronautic patents 80 far issued in this
country. which with the exception OF a
few. possibly fifty show deplorable lack
/ Of knowledge Of the first principle OF
/ aerodynamiCs.
There ara undoubtedly a great many
would-be inventors working IN this line
a. there ~ hardly hamlet in this country
that has not It's flying machine inventor
making some experiments. There are
more than one thousand of such experi-
I Inenters known. most II whom will never
/ be heard Of for the good reason that they
have not the fainiest knowledge of the
J science and the laws which govern it.