The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-07
MonOpIane Of Dinosauric Pro.
portions Will Carry Eight
or Ten Passengers.
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-F FIVE
MILES AN HOUR PLANNED
Colossal Aerial Craft Repre-
sents First Attempt at Com
mercial Utility.

NEW YORK Dec. s.-The largest
heavier than-air flying craft In tho world
"a monoplane-is nearing completion a.
Genessee Valley park, Rochester. and vii
make it's flight before Christmas day. II
is as different from the present type oi
mir crnft-the Wright. Curtiss and Blerlo'
machInes-as the Lusitania Is from Full
TOMS Clermont though It embodies the
first principles OF the preceding craft
just as tho Clermonts working principle
is found in tho big Cunarder.
Inventors. managers and aviators who
have seen the machine John r. Cooley Is
constructing at Rochester, say that IT
will solve the one big problem OF avia
tion-safety. The Cooley craft Is OF dino
sauric outline and proportion, and carries
the suggestion stIll further in general
appearance II weighs $500 pounds, is
equipped with two six cylinder ninety
horse power Elbridge engines. which Will
run Independently OF each other. and
when used together, are capable OF driv-
Ing the plane at the speed OF i25 miles
an hour. carrying elgh, or ten passengers.
II is constructed Of spruce wood. tipped
off with piano wire. The soaring ap-
paratus Is OF Irish Maid aeronauic cloth.
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viii consist OF i54s square feet, modelled
like birds wing.
Four Sets of Wings.
There will be four sets Of wings. eacn
independent OF the other The wings are
set at right angles to the car, and arc
held rigid In that position by l2S plano
wires OF a tested strength OF 1000 pounds
each.
The mechanism Is entirely closed. md
the engineer and aviator as well as an
assistant are housed In closed cabin
with portfolios covered with glass, similar
The craft combines all the features
which by expert aviators are conSld :
cred essential TO aeronauttcal navigation,
and tho first serious effort OF actual COM
mercial utility is made.
The craft is equipped with a complete
electrical device for signaling and also
for illumination. The pneumatic control
is operated by carbonated gas carried In
n tank, and the tubular lubricating sys-
tenn Is so arranged that the engineer does
not" have to leave his seat to oil any
part of the mechanism,
Movable Spars.
One of the special features Is the NOV
able front and rear spars. by which the
plane Is made to take the air. The
spars. which are attached 10 the aIles,
are arranged in such manner that they
can be thrown up or down, causing the
planes and car to TIT up or down.
There would be but one setback to
prevent the flight OF our monoplane,
said Manager Goldcnson today, and he
hastened to explain. "All the established
laws OF nature would have to go back
on us. Our entire weight Will be less
thnn two pounds TO the square foot Of
supporting surface. Machines Weighing
five pounds to the foot have flown. Our
motive power Is also proportionatoly
greater.
Ninety Eight per cent OF the weight
Of the monoplane Is downward weight
below the wings surfsce-and the wings
are at right angles to the weight To
Illustrate my meaning more clearly.
side wind would not tilt our plane but
would move the whole machine sideways.
We have proved this In tests Of our
models. We have started models upside
down and they would right themselves
I'm the air and settle down 10 earth Just
as YOU have seen thousands and thou
sands OF pigeons do