The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-12-30
MANY ORPHANS
To SEE FLIGHTS
Brand New Maehine.

Inc last iHluE 10 dRltdte the mlnds
of the high flyers yesterday was what
TO name the new machine that Mars is
going to soar in. 1t used to be the
fad said Mrs. Mars. to chrsten aero.
FLAMES before they took their maiden
flights but this custom is going out of
vogue now in the States. It was sug
gested, however, that the fad hadn Z
hit here yet and it might be just as
well to introduce it. So the bird man S
better half said she would perform the
ceremony with the bottle of sparkling
effervesence Various Hawaiian names
were mentioned and it was proposed to
throw the burden of choosing an APP
propriate name upon the public. Gan
the 'Skylarks' | ever rode, - said Mars,
"were smashed up, but then they all
60 that route any way, so l guess it
doesn t matter. Ed. Lewis, who's
got the aviation craze, wanted to call
the biplane Aloha, but after everybody
on the field had ventured a guess, some
one said: go, let everybody in Homo
lulu send in a name to The Advertiser,
and then pick out some of the best to
vote on
Suggestions are now in order.
A Stout Craft.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mars, Mrs. Schriver,
Capt. Thomas Baldwin, Whipple Hall,
Ed. Lewis and some newspaper men
went out to Moanalua Field yesterday
afternoon to see what progress was be-
ing made with the biplane After look
ing it over Baldwin remarked, "That Is
the most substantial machine / ever
saw put together" and here he called
attention to how the framework was
connected.
The frame is made of bamboo poles,
| Joined by steel sockets instead of be.
ing bolted together. The engine was
set in place and the propeller adjusted
to it. This is carved out Of pine and
shaved down so thin that it doesn Vt
| look as though it could churn the air
with force enough to drive the machine
along at rate of forty-fve miles an
hour, but Baldwin said, "You wait
until Saturday, and you IL see it do it. -
Mars climbed upon his perch to see
if all the controllers were adjusted to
suit him. There are two foot levers in
front to work the motor and switch
The wheel, which is within easy
reach from the seat, works theGrIddei
in the rear by turning and the forward
plane can be tilted rpsor down to ris,
or dip by simply working the whee
forward or backward. Then the aleron
which balance the biplane are shifted
by the side movement of the aviator
body. To fly in this machine the biz,
man is kept busy all over.
j. The vulcanized silk wings look jus
i. like him rubber shoeting that woul
]. rip like, tissue paper, bu, the tire
J, mechanics walked around on ther
while they were adjusting the tw
hundred and thirty pound motor bac
of the seat with heavy shoes aon yes
terday and never left a footprint.
Lieutenant Kilgore and Captain Lo'
of the Marines were on the scene t
absorb some of the mysteries of avis
ton and even Captain Motley of tn
5 Japanese baseball team of the Oah
=. lepgue was looking on and wonderin
. if he couldn't use one of those quee
d things to 60 mp after flies in.
4 Mars repeated suggestion that th
l. girl who thought of the pretti'st nam
J. for the Deitz Schriver biplane gets
free ride in the air with him, where's
n Mrs. Mars said, "No you don't. Yc
j. won't let me go skylarking and yC
T. can Il take any other ladies with you.
'That settles it," was the hi,
T. mans refrain. "You see who is mi
tress of aviation"
. Mars. however, explained that Il
- objection was only on the ground
. safety. and that he would Rave to d
= vote his entire attention to getting !
v and away from the surrounding hill
> while n passenger might distract him
p critical moment.
q There is one man in town who sa
s. he is going to go up with Mars if
T. has to pay FIVE hundred dollars for Il
n passage. Baldwin said, however, tn
'. it would all depend on the success
S. the three days of flights, and if Ma
r found the air currents here easy
r negotiate he might take this one mi
It, up on the last day of the exhibition.
e, No Woman's Game.
w. "Did You ever aviate all alonei
II Mrs Mars was asked.
~ "Oh, no" she replied; "my husba,
n wouldn Y let me. | talked a good de
-. about wanting to learn how to fly m
- self. but when Mr.. Mars realized tn
r. really meant it he said; You dismi
49, that idea from your mind Flying
no game for women TO indulge il
'la There are not many girls in the Stat
el' who have ventured up except as PAST
ma gers. There was one young wont
r. near Belmont Park, Long Island, wh'
lis, the big aviation meet was held last fl
w, who thought she would like 10 lea
She got so she could describe ha
rs, circle Just of the ground, and then |
en-, said TO me one days This flying Isl
pit altogether what / thought It was,
don't know whether ] have lost
nerve or not, but anyhow I've lost
ina enthusiasm.
~ ~ have seen so many learn
- hy that / can tell almost as soon
" man gets into machine whetl
lac is going 10 mako suec
.'sa OF h, II isn't daredevil stunt
w. an II just requires q keen eye
~ steady nerve and presence VI mind
AN know what 20 do aud do 10 GA the
~ STINT, Tho most dangerous part Of
\ " ing b when you are near the gIou
"" NJ ou fan from "a height ul thlli}
~ fuity foot You don have llme 90
NJ apylhug hut 10 yuu alv ~ teN'
''f hundred of seyrIpl lhausapd feei d
nut Hn hand in vancouver ihe mAehln'
. d..