Arizona republican., 1910-12-30
Grahame Whites Prophecy for the AeropIane.

diate future is received with reserva-
 ton. it is profoundly significant tha the men best qualified to speak or the subject-the Wright brothers Curtiss. Hoxsey and Grahame- White
 for eNample-enthusias predict that the perfected aeroplane-the fly
 ing machine as safe means oi
 travel-will come in the very near [ future. Indeed, this consummatior !. is no further off than the new year according to some of them. A most
 developments was made in London a
 few days ago by Mir. Grahame- White
 as cabled to the New York Sun II
 is the belief of this very intelligent
 aviator that the year 1911 will wit
 ness the actual development of a great new industry. The advance ment of the aeroplane. he points out.
 has been checked by three defects in
 the machines themselves. inability to
 combat winds, constructional weak
 nesses. and the unreliability of the | engines. These defects, which made
 aeroplanes mere playthings in their
 early stages of development. are all
 ready being overcome in an alto
 gether surprising way.
 That they will be overcome and I Aa Twin ha aal | for everyday use" says Grahame- White. 'is my firm conviction. Take 1 flying in winds With the aerOplanes
 we had in the beginning it was only
 possible to ascend when the wind was as low as four or five miles an hour. Now l find it quite possible
 to remain in the air and control the machine in a wind of twenty-five miles. From this to ability to fly in even stronger winds it is merely question of greater speed
 ''I have become an ardent advocate of high speed flying" continues Mir. Grahame- White. Speed gives you power to overcome attacks of sudden wind gusts, which are the airmen's peril In a high speed monoplane. for example, you dash through an adverse gust in the same way that fast torpedo boat destroyer thrusts her way through an opposing wave. For this reason in my constructional work I shall devote my earnest at tention to a high speed machine.
 Far greater weight and rigidity of construction are bound to come. and with them will dawn an era of aerial travel at a speed of 100 miles an hour. At such speed it will be possible to pilot a machine through anything short of an actual gae. When We have this machine. which it is my intention to strive for con structionally. regular aerial services will become not only possible but profitable.
 The engine problems says Grahame- White. "are solving them selves. With the scepticism with which some people always view a new idea. it was contended in the infancy of the aeroplane that no petrol motor would stand the strain of propeling an aeroplane because of the necessary lightness and the high speed at which it would have to be run The answer to these critics has been overwhelming. Even while our aeroplanes. and particularly the pro- pellers, are admittedly imperfect, thereby imposing upon the engine most difficult conditions, flights of three, five and six hours are already evoking no particular comment. To a certain extent. indeed. the dura ton of flight has now become mat ter of petrol carrying. I have not elf fn the success of the flying machine en- zine.
 Next there is the question of safety Here l am face to face with a grave misconception. People gen. orally have come to the conclusion that flying is highly dangerous and will always remain so. As Drac- ticaI flier l say there is very little danger in it now, and that in the future there will be no rIore risk in an aerial journey than in moving from point to point in a railway | train.
 At present, reckoning expert fliers | and pupils who can pilot machines | off the ground, there are estimated 1 to be 5000 airmen throughout the | world To teach these men to navi- i gate a new element with crude, cX perimental machines and absolutely 1 no data to go upon, what has the | death roll amounted 10? Less thar | thirty, and in this particular cOnnec- | ton it is significant tc recall as a | that nine men were killed | in one great motor car race. Ana | lyzing the deaths that have taken | place, it is possible to draw a 2rac | tical lesson from each. Thus a set | of circumstances which brought about | any one of these fatalities is not | likely to occur again.
 "Inexperienee, foolhardiness and | weakness have been responsible for practically all the dc- cidents which have taken place. Given a good machine. careful, well trained pilot, and proper weather con- ditions. flying is already as safe as and very soon it promises to be safer.
 Next summer" says Grahame- White, practically for the first time people will be able to enjoy the sen sa tion of air travel. Ready for trials in the spring will be the first type of a machine which one might call an air car It will be a strongly built A 100 horsepower en- zine will propel it. It will have body like a motor car, with four
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