The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-04
VIRGINIA HAS
An A[ROPIAN|sT
Inventor Has Retired to His
Hangar and Keeps His Crca-
ton Hidden.
STUDENTS ARE CURIOUS
Await With Much Anxiety the Day
When the Aviator Brings
Ont His Bird.

Especial to The Richmond virginian. J
+ CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA, Feb. 4.
Students. alumni and friends of the
University Of Virginia are in a fever
of expectancy over the creation that
is said to be the result Of the In.
venfive genius OF one Professor
Heath. now. at the institution. The
aviator is doubtless preparing for the
intercollegiate aeronautic meet that lis
to take place In June.
Read what comes from the Unirer-
sity Friday in the form Of special
dispatch:
AS the spring draws near and the
time for flight approaches, Aero
pianist John Heath redoublas his en-
ergies at his work on the aeropiane OF
the University Of Virginia Aero Club.
His undertaking has the financial
backing OF q person who will not al
low his name TO be used, but who SAYS
that he has faith in Heath's air car.
At the home OF his hacker, some.
where out In the country, he has built
a hangar. which win be the home OF
his creation, and he Is only await
ing the completion OF his aeroplane
before he removes all apparatus to the
hangar. Most people do not know
what O hangar is. but neither did they
know what q garage was a few years
ago.
Glenn Curtiss Approves.
Six months OF painstaking work on
the aeroplape has developed It into
thing of the air. Its delicate wings
of a substance to defy the greatest
pressure of the air have been prac-
ticaliy finished, and the wheels to set
the flyer In flight BY way of the mono
rail- have arrived The motor will be
here in a few days Mr.. Heath'a
hacker liz supplying him with all the
requisites that Glenn Curtiss, the Ia
nous aviator. suggests. Mr. Cirtiss
wrote Mr.. Heath the other day that
the weights of the latter's aeroplane
In proportion to the bearing surface
were all right and that a good allow
ance had been made for extra bur-
dens. Mr.. Guy. of New York, Angus.
tus Posts manager. has written that
Mr.. Post will deliver a lecture here
the latter part of this month, and
Mcconnell said II would be
near the 2sth. Mr.. Posts advice will
be solicited
viii Fly Easter Week.
As soon az MIR. Heath removes the
aeropiane TO his hangar he will test
ii scrupuIously for all imperfections.
He VIII he ready to hy the fifth of
next month and the fight from the
hangar To Lambeth Field will be made
about the Goth, during the festivities
of Easter. Guests of distinction will
View the operations.
AIR. Heath has put into practice the
ideas of the great aeranants. and his
learning along aviation lines Is con-
siderable. He will get his degree from
Virginia and then go to Boston Tech.
to make aerodynamics his profession.
Professor Armistead Dobie. a re-
cent initiate. has drawn up a charter
of incorporation for the Aero Club
which must be incorporated before II
can be affiliated with the Aero Club
OF America. Other faculty initiates
are Professors Hoxton. Hancock, Bird
twho got In on his namel, Newcomb,
and Humphreys. Outside members
are Mr., j. III. Lindsay. editor OF the
Charlottesville Progress: Mr. Conway,
cf the Conway Printing Company, and
Lieutenant Galbraithe. naval attache.