The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-07
FLYING FEVER WON'T LAST
WILBT'R WRIGHT SAYS IEROS
HlUE TO M PERFECTED.

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Wilbur Wright. who arrived IN New
York yesterday on business. discussed
hying machines in the afternoon at the
Office Of his attorney. Plny W. Williamson.
at MS Broadway He thinks that within
two years a hull may follow the period Of
excitement and that there will be more
hard work ahead for the inventors.
The cream IL being skinned by those
who ara in the exhibition business and
are doing nothing to broaden the art
he said while the hard work OF perfect
ing the machine to a practical plane will
fall upon the shoulders OF those interested
IN the science.
Nine-tenths OF the machines sold
abroad have been bought with the sole
object Of money making and with no
thought Of tho future OF the Aeroplane.
II IL this sort Of person that has caused
litigation and IL using up tho time Of
men thar might be better employed.
There has been much talk Of q flying
machine monopoly WITHOUT this tenn
porary monopoly. which amounts to a
patent protection, u would be impossible
for an inventor to obtain capital with
which TO develop his ideas When man
invests his money he wants some assur-
ance for hrs risks In "A monopoly he -
enabled To expend = greater amount of
capital with the feeling that there will
be a return.
When a man discovers a gold mine u
becomes his property. but when q man
discovers an idea IL IL his for only period
An inventor II IN luck II he gets l pet
cent OF the returns from his invention.
The money made in flying machines has
been greatly overestim lied. and there IL
much speculation as to the future
Mr.. Wright was asked II the sporting
element would not keep u alive. He
doubted very much u u would. and said
its popularity probably would vane as
had that Of the racing bicycle. He said
until the hytng machine can he perfected
, TO he used a real pleasure craft Il will
have no place 81 secunty. Mr.. Wright
believes however. thst the flying ma
chine can he brought to this plane. he
sad the purpose IN exhibiting the Wright
machine ~ 10 RAISE money with which to
carry on experiments.
We have twenty-five machines In con-
struction IN our Dayton factory he sad.
and these will BE- used for giving flights
over the country. We Will not denver
machines To customers before September
A. We want TO reserve the hrst machines
for our own use We have established a
camp Al Dayton for training aviAtors
similar To the one At Montgomery, Ala
Five men are now being taught by my
brother Orviile At Mont gomery The
est ate used for aviation grounds comprises
200 or 90 aCres. The centre Of a cot
ton FIELD has been cleared for a starting
and landing point"
When reminded that several inventors
IN this country we're changing their ma
chimes to the NotsIn type Mr.. Wright said
ne didn't care what they did a. long a.
they didn : make Use Of has patent without
paving n. said there Is no patent on
The Nolsin.
Il Was SAID AT the Hotel Wolcott that
Armonde Dulait Of Chartered Belgium
~ here TO negotiate with the Wright
brothers IN regard to the purchase OF NY
ing machines for his country Mr.. Wright
would not confirm the report.