The Detroit times., 1910-06-23
IWRIGHTs CONDUCT
!. AVIATION SCHOOL
Wizards of the Air Instruct Men Who
Will Exhibit Their Machines
at Aero Meets.

| DAYTON. o., June pa day at
the aviation school with the Wright
brothers, or even an hour. II that hour
be spent IN the aerodrome when the
| famous inventors are grooming their
big birds OF the air AID teaching their
pupils" Is sufficient 10 let the most
casual observer into the secret OF
Wright success. That secret may be
stated in a very brief formula:
KNOW IT."
These men make IL their business
10 kaow everything about the matter
in hand from the evidence OF their
own eyes and hands. They take moth
ing for granted: take nobo6y's word
for anything. For vital and essential
matters they trust only themselves.
Wilbur trusts Orville and Orville
trusts Wilbur-in most matters at any
rate-but there's the limit
They are at their aviation school
bright and early In the morning,
while a good many people are still In
bed. There are q half dozen pupils
working in the aerodrome tuning ND
the Wright machines, but most OF the
work is done by tho Wrights. They
don't merely oversee the work-they
do IL, with their own hands, mean
while teaching the mysteries OF sue
cessful flying TO a group or young
fellows who may sometime astonish
the world with daring seats OF Tying.
Only the men who will exhibit the
Wright machines at the various aero
meets and purchasers Of machines are
admitted TO this wonderful school OF
| flying.
Orville. neatly dressed in dark blue.
spruce and clean, works with fine re-
gard for the wellbeing of his clothes.
Nevertheless he Is in the midst or
things. Wilbur is less careful as 70
his garments. He wears an old suit,
decidedly the worse for hard wear.
and IL he gets cylinder OIL on his
trousers 1t does not worry him. He
shucks OF his coat and gets down on
the floor to make some adjustment
on a motor that is TO be installed In
one of the machines TO be assembled.
In their school room" they are the
busiest OF the busy. There one sees
Wilbur standing at bench carefully
filing down some part OF q motor:
yonder is Orville climbing about a
newly assembled aerop|ane that has
never yet been tried out. Again one
sees Wilbur squatting on the floor,
busy with soldering iron.
Presently Orville goes over 20
where one Of his 'schooi boys" Is max
ing a strong cord, doubling and twist
ing string AID waxing II with beeswax.
He quietly tells how 1t should De
done. The cord is TO serve on the
motor for throwing the switch when
the aviator wishes to stop. Then lie
comes back and makes some final ad-
justment OF the newly assembled ma
chine. Wilbur comes over TO cast an
elder brother eyes over the thing, TO
feel few stays aud say a word or
two.
Results, A few minutes later the
untried biplane is taken out upon the
schools aviation field. large tract
Of land near Dayton, and Orville gives
II try before any OF his pupils" are
allowed TO take chances with IL.
He takes the machine out In as
matter Of fact a way as one might a
new bicycle He knows II will fly.
His hands have heired make IL; his
eyes have seen its every component
part.
He flies four or five miles and comes
down on the spot from which he had
started. AMI then the graduates OF the
aviation school are given opportun-
tiles 10 duplicate their teachers stunt