The sun., 1910-08-14

Two ~ Tho chief prnl,lrUs are 20 prc.
90" great strength AMI hight Ncisht by
ui.sns 80 tr'I=s..S 1h,.~s are ,.iyIl enKi.
n"'ring problems they are a. impor
tBn' a. IN" pprrly mechanical prnhl"Ins
NtIl' Nih'pN was building hls liplanr Al
t"lurhi'. Iouz Parlhan'z manager paIc
~ visit and said that the Workman-hiJ
va 'tc l".t h.. had ever sern either ~
this country ur abroad
Amherst was not lorg IN becoming
tno~,tlStsd with tho a.rOnAu'ir germ
hang r'"-t't apparently Y Columbia
III" prime move" m establishing this club
was rruf Todd Amherst = astronomer
who To- sDy"rPl wears has given a greal
teal ~ tune and consideration to aerial
problems Capt leo stevens. tho balloon
piIot. attended the first nesting a. well
a. W. IIrnig Vl~e-pre~ident ~ thu
columbia soClsty. and Augustus Post
nh"rs' 'S, who "a secretary ~ the Aern
cub of America Amherst took the first
tentative steps toward making acronautics
AT intercollegiate sport
/ Earlv ~ the career of the club as az
Columbia, II was decided 20 erect n gas
plant ~ order to study hallooning and
dirIgihl'-s, hut he-~ also the idea had To
. ~ abandoned For some time the meIn-
l'ers confined themselves To a SERVES of
lectures on 4Vittion. hut the most hrill-
iant ae- al lrhisvSn WAS that which
can he hIstcriCRlly fyed ~ tho first
balloon flight ever participated IN nv
,nh>ls'"d IN trip from Springfield Ia
webster. NaSs
i The Eight lasted an hour and a half
and the halloonistH landed unhurt on a
line of telegraph ~ir,s as an alternative
To taking a chance ON falling into n large
lake near Weh~ter The highest alti-
! tude attained was 2.SO feet Since
then the attention of Amherst has been
devoted TO aeroplane~. and excellent
results have b"cn obtained from glider
Last November fourteen students 81
the University OF Pennsylvania met and
formed an aero club and there are now
some seventy members actively pirti"i-
rating IN IN" work ~ the so'lety Re-
Gently this club Issus'd general chal-
l"nS" io the a"ronautlC clubs of the other
institutions
Among it- first gifts was a glider Of
the thanute pattern presented by III q
Blake II WAS copy Of th" worlds
record holder and Was brought ia from
IN" Philadelphia country I lub To tho
main room ~ Houston Hal. where u
was SUSPENDED for InspeCtlun for some
time. arousIng a great deal of student
interest
After that a new type of glider was
CurStru, ted under the direction of Donald
Flanagan, n student m the engineering
school II II OF the blplan- typ,.. the
UPPER and lower planes meeting Al their
eNtIemItiss Iher" l. a risid taIl faS-
tened onto the rear No movable or
htti- truSsIug IN n.'C">sayy
there II no other giiu"r like H. slys
tlAIi.Igan, -eNC-It iu the mISt simple
tpys ~ ~ shown - hr ihs lutsly safe
aim -ehai lhiz type Of giii.r IL sim
llhr - the one Lssi py Lawrence Le-h
Il New lurk We made ~ as hight az
H. ssIUie MT 80 the same time an etnbpdl-
m-It ui -treaEt1
Gll ing rr tctlcr with 'he-- two
tn..y nlL,- has C,ntiuuai regularly at
iH.f.F A ia
81 th" tam" E its organization Mr.
Lea. vel HnONu among await ,r- ami
a ~, trr- Il Octave Chanute. offered
& ttk" a nahi IA the araIr- Oi the nsw |
,luU DuuIg the christmas vacation, |
NIta l.,.su ~ ad, .-.-r the members Il |
the rlub ui' "ft r'K = buIld an arrnplane :
which naS been uaUsst Pennsylvania l. /
though the work On This machine was
ret ,ried new ha' by tae buRbear -
all g, Ie.;c acr, IiurS the laCA 81 "A SUIT
aUl" engine that DIrfl'i.itN mas now ben
uy-rCum, ana thr C,.rtn'anc- ~ about .
&, MI l-t"i and ready tor tsi1l tests
IA" ,ritt i similar . nlSrtpt -. used
iu the ril'f ,N"f ~" English channel .
II measures forty i""t from tIp 4 up
and - capable II tlrryIng two pa--.u-
gers IL mas two steering wheels ar
rang~t tIuCrrn and tNu prpU'li.rs. each
i'u s~'nZ"r t,Ntug H turu ~ ~'-"rinK
IN" car - rG measuring thIrty-ninc
i"vt u. IN "a, -" & all nlrhhS" tIil
- uS'SI The plu.c 10 "quipf'sSh with a
itanEey "ngiu" ut t'rt' 'rs.-pow"r.
The traLsrnt--Ion oi power beng an I'M
pTuNctneit JN"T the past equipment.
IL - SAID that Il" f"nnsyiNaniA ! ~
10" only tW" prup"li~r chainle-- ma nine
~ "Nlsten'" tris system beIng employed
10 a'nid the rrusstng oi chains IN
A''Tal cuntrp' - 10y Isrieons. originally
INSTRUCTED hy Curtis Furthermore
he whole arr all gsm'nt of the landing
Ntre.- - "i new nt,Ith mus inachih"
".hIes al We '"s Tres Nhl'h rave I.''
"Hb" r'ehu'ru ru'"h IN" wings az" tnad'
u SIX g. Atrn Nlth a -l"riaI preparation
'IpiI"h ~ IN" hnld~f ui the patent Tor
ne mIAiu!"
Ia x sum ~ money hAs he"n raised
~ ih" ~'Hdrhis ~ fehi-ylN ANA Tor ih"iT
.. P"Tnldi" IN let t"i"r" they
'eal started 10 tultd sS' "Ss subscribed
y tn"Wi-r- Annual dues. which wer"
lrsi nNrd A. -, W'r" raised To - when the
'"r"p'an" was ~ such shape that the
'hgin" 'ouid L. installed aud in that way
money ~a> rais'd =" huy tho engine
Iarg' numt Fr- - STUDENTS have Joined ,
:. ~ ~ u" syyPi"I. VI N"'S 81 w" ArlN" I
", "0lC"rs ar = u ',''chahi I
t'Sht' hn3r-s' !