Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-11
Council Bluffs
BLUFFS MAN HAS AERJPLANE
E. S. Brown, Machinist Has Con-
structed Machine Assisted by Wife.
CONTROL IS NEW INVENTION
Asserts New Idea VIII RevoIutioniEe
Aerial NaviEatiOn-No Lack of
EauiIibrium when the
Car AIiRhts.

p. l. Brown, residing az 10 Franklin
avenue, is the creator Of a flying machine
which he confidently believes will do some
thing ins the field Of aeronauucs that will
be worth while. Watching every part Of
tho evolution ~ the plane from the raw
materials is a little woman who has more
than an abiding faith in the ultimate tri-
umphs Of her young husband, and who en-
courages him by the most intense interest,
watching the tuning a. every piano wire
aud the placing OF every rib and stay
inspecting each bit OF material for pos
sible flaw that might be overlooked by
the man Vshe Is encoura cling to soon put
his life IN Jeopardy BY q flight through the
air
Mr.. Brown Is a maehinist Of marked abll-
ity, and for several years has been hold
ing the position Of draugh tsman for the
Kimball brothers company in this city.
He has wrought out the machine on his
drauRhung board scores OF times, testing
out mathematicaly, approving and re-
jectlng until the perfect model he has so
long seen with his mental vision Is ready
10 be assembled, and the assembling Is
now in its finishing stages on the grassy
lawn in the rear Of his home.
The machine is fnonoplane Of the
Bleriot type, resembling It about in the
degree that the heavy-headed locust re-
sembles the flashing dragon lily. The MAR
lateral body is twenty-three feet long, and
the wings have a spread OF twenty-five
feet and a depth Of seven feet. The ele
waiting planes are six by four feet in dimen
slons. and the whole machine weighs, ex
elusive Of the engine, 12O pounds.
"Details of Construction.
Every feature OF IL IS OF special con
struetiona with no hfringelnents and, a
combination is patentable. Every par
OF the flame r. triangularly shape, tn
strongest possible formation The wood
work Is yellow spruce and every adjust
ing buckle Of original pattern and tough
est steel. The wings have all their strengt
conferred in eight beams with eighteen rib
on each side. The ribs are set trensversel
four inches apart, and are a quarter o
an inch thick. The curvature Of the plane
IL moulded BY the placing Of the beam
The seat r. below the main planes, and b
an arrangement that Mr.. Brown does nc
want to have described at present. tn
machine automatically balances itself a
slow speeds.
The feature which Mr.. Brown think
may prove revolutionary. is the method c
control. II is all brought about by tn
manipulation OF one lever a single centrt
double-acting device. The wings arc rigi
and have no warping device to presery
equilibrium Se
las a high speed machine, this wi
rank with the Curtiss," said Mr.. Brow
THE same power will drive It very niue
faster than the Curtiss. for l have les
resistance than my other machine. Al
other great advantage l will have owe
all others Is the ease with which wi
alight. The best control of the Curtis
at highest speeds. Control is lost whe
speed is reduced to alight and this
the reason that the Curtiss machines a.
smashed so often when they come TO Il
ground. In my machine equilibrium is pr
served automatically at the slower spec,
required for easy landing, The slow
the speed the more impossible Is It 70
overturned, and / should alght alwa
without the least damage. The elevatii
planes are placed sixteen feet In the re-
OF the main planes In almost all OF I
others, as you know, this device is far
advance 1t will be as easy 70 steer as
bicycle or an automobile.
Mr.. Brown expects TO make his tn
flight this week. He will drive II with
twenty-horse power, four-cylinder engir
concerning which he is saying nothing.
Mr. Brown is young man Of about
quiet almost TO the point of taciturni
He has shown great fertility In originate
means to overcome difficulties In .mechai
cal devices,