The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-08
NOW FOR AEROPLANE TALES
FREDERICk PALMER TELLS
nov TO WRITE THEN
AZ the old Comblnat ions Plus = Fly inE
Machine the Rrcipe Like the Ara.
bIan NIEhis. hat somehow COM inrInE
Possibilities OF the NerOplanc In War

bIan NiKhIs. bni somehow COM inrlnE
Possibilities OF the NerOplanc In Ma'
All the old possible combinn ions piur
the aeroplane. that IL Frederick Palmsr'S
I recipe for writing stories Of the air. and
u sounds simple A. air stories loom
imminent and AZ Mr. Palmer was among
the first tn embark his hero successfully
; upon the air levels. sending him through
twelve numbers Of !ScrbH'rs Magazine
IN fact. the reel Pr with it's details should he
I II interest n not of profit
. a murder IL committed IN an isolated
country house Given an aeroplan" and
sea what new complications ana po-Sibili-
ties may not rise explains the author
A man and a woman up thousands oi
. feet. caught IN storm and the machine
DANA gcd. the man must sit still and ha J.
anCe the craft and steer while the woman
climbs periIously ont and binds the broken
part there your opportunity for great
love story w IN the air
The beating of the customs. tn" situa =
tons Of war. all the old Comhinati ons
b..come new when this new element il
added. They say that romance il dad;
and IN. world is full Of it Why. kipling
finds Il in a driving rod: It lives in the
automobile and is just coming To new and
splendid life in the aeroplan" The aero
plan. IL a magic carpet; don't you see'
Danbury Roid. aviator. truly makes
a good Use 81 his aeroplRne n Of a magic
carpet. circling now over Harlem, swooP-
ing now down on "a murder visited snow
bound cabin in Montana, distancinR now
a gigantic liner and arriving magicwls"
IN Paris l.t the hero does not l-lons
To the Ara bian Nights. l.eing somehow
convincing
That says che author. ~ because
h.. is the man first and the AVIATOR only
incidentally had IN mind "A man. n lover
Of adventure for its own sake. familiar
with kingS Of Wall Street and 81 foreign
lands and friend of cowboys, pOSssssor
OF the wandering foot This was my hero
daring skIlful and T,sourCeful. and hope
his cha RI ct.,r had something To do with
tbs. SUCCESS Of the stories asid. from the
aviation faatur. When put him on his
aeropllne h. had his agic carpet
How dh yuu happen to put ham On
an acceptance
'Orvill. Wright made his bIg flight. 49, ]
decided To- maxi. som. imaginary flights
started. h,.came Interested
i watched men Nv. literally fy as the
soagullS do ~ the air plane II steamer.
not moving wing, and then cutting down
through III" AR. read Sir Hiram MaNIm-
principles Of aviation and fuund that h.
watched the --agulls too.
+ talked To- IN" Frcnchmen Who tnld
VIVA, they saw and what they fell when
up "a the air. got Impressions from high
angir- although I've gone up ia a flying
machine only 'UC'.
That - ia" uudrrfUl thing II Il all
however. ID" beng lifted up above th,.
ground "a = heavier than AR machine
In "A btilppu their ~ not that SENSATION
IF haN.uX conquered TIA" AIR. but ia an
m. hlrd man After that preliminary
the hVing comes naturally.
1t ~ cpmpdratIv"iV simple ANYWAY
only a matter uf perfection Of motors
we now can't imagine II u that first IN
ing up that gets hold of ni... aud the man
WHO first st"o".ied IA DONG " was nv
inspiration
-Of CpuT-.' m" way was open for un-
bounded unlgiutt,nn You could easily b
come "a pass ~ ffty years. but ! ST nv
self ~ bounds. uslnR nothing that coukln't
hapgan Withn fN" years say. - "A man
once lifted up ~ the air with "a derendabla
motor.
Most - ihosc a. ngs have COIN. IN
pass already I took NV man an thr,a
or four Thousand feet. Paulhan has Ron.
M S.UD Tn" real ayiatOrs are adding
som" new marvel every day.
80 the exploits uf ia" aviators were
kept convincing ! was convinced myself.
A. the other extreme from too much
Imagination. however. too much te,.bntc
must h.' av"id"d. Tint cpnfIaas tn. reader
and the VIVID. convincing impress. on ~
lost Just avold hr'at-. th. .hvioIs
hT"Jk which TAX" away from ih., effect
i once wrnt" a Ja'ap"s.. wa stnrv
m which figured T. l-graph wiz. thar
- listened and at acted attention Late
ui- f"afur" Wa criiir.-"d an the ground
that nniy IN sulatrd Wirr vrS ~ u-.d
know. however. thar ~ tho Ja'ancs.
amy ha-" wires wcr' Vs. = f"r nv own
attention y vi l's" - ra tod Nv to rlist.p
l1g. | he'll b'"n impressed Wha, i'm
ur-ss.d M fn'''l" Tor cs,nviotlrn dough
IN di-r"ga-'i - general t"cNri ruln
~ ~ writing a"rnrlaH" .t'rieS irna-i
may - '"i''- ~ ilA' hC convincing but
not too t"ohnIral w loss a. authority
: az a. engineer told ~" thai =, do We.
10" only ma whu rally saIlsd tb.
lnachtic' ~hIl' the reader vas rradinr
Ia the main. the action must l,.. correct
ANiA'i"n ~'prl.'r 49, with ~ {, stay P
JuSi A. automobile St"rl.~ aud steamer
-'"-t"s. hat "" won't H.. mrvtug wheat
''-dr IN a,,~fins N"i wuIi" - Smiles ih..
ivih"r Even motor cars Won know
avrn Z vet put a. 'rd - '.''urnutA'iru
u Nv" E'Tutlt1s. -h"uh never r,.iDh
a witt hi~fr- d.Nslpru''ut ,.rtnrsI
adds VI Palmer ~ has Ierfprnr a
great InIrSi"1, " has ki.tl wa "a ..
mean u Hah Russia had Bl..ri,t
the 'aFan"se wouh not have wnn. The