Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-02
IS PRACTICABlLITY OF AEROPLANE
TO BE Baked BY MOTHER NATURE

problem in the case OF the former is
complicated by the first requirement.
the conquest of that great force which.
do what we will. pulls us back TO earth
| the moment we dare to rise from Its
surface.
"No special motor appliance is re-
auired to keep afioat on the sea or TO
keep a stable position on land. but we
can only gain support in the air by
means of moving machinery analogous
to the wings Of a bird or by utilizing
something which is much lighter than
air and which therefore tends to float
upon it. The machinery in the former
case must obviously be in danger OF
breaking down. while the difficulty i'm
the latter case is the enormous bulk OF
floating gas that must be used.
I'm short the advance which is Yet
to he made in order To bring aviation
within the practical affairs OF daily lfe
must still be very far-reaching. Then.
| assuming that the great contamination
has been reached. will human organiza-
ton be able to stand aviation?
! This Is by no means certain II ono
takes into consideration the constant
| changes of atmospheric pressure with
their marked effect on respiratory and
! CirCulatory processes which journey
! through the air must entail
Hundreds OF arguments along this line
are advanced by men in the medical pro
fession and by scientists as prophecies
that the present generation viii never
| see the airShip in everyday use.
| Here are a few of the ter-known
aviators who have left the active list OF
airmen and who in all probability viii
never again take up seriously the pro-
| fession of flying:
Emile Dubonnet the French airman.
| has announced that the nerve strain OF
| travelling I'm n monoplane is more than
10 CT 10 ha jcvof fhaY nfn,-
| ployment.
The celebrated NJ Pauihan, vino
! established the first record for long flight
by crossing the English channel and sue
| cessfully landing in Great Britain. has
| retired. He recently declared that the
hazardous life affected his heart. He is
TO devote himself In the future entirely
| to CONSTITUTIONAL work.
! Another French aviator. NJ. Beriot.
quite widely known, has given
up all except experimental flying with
| new machines Of his own invention. He
never scars higher than forty or fifty
| feet from the ground now.
Henry Farman has entirely given up
flying save for trials in newly designed
machines, and the Wright brothers are
concerning themselves almost wholly with
building new machines.
| Armstrong Drexel. son of the Philadel-
phia millionaire banker, and brother OF
the Fiscountess Maidstone. who holds the
record for high flying. has. IT is said.
been advised by his physician that the
sport is trying to his heart and has
been begged by his family to quit.
-.
NJ. Fourier gave up flying several
months ago after being nearly frightened
to death half score of times by bad
falls
, NJ. Rougier retired several weeks
ago, after being dumped unceremoniously
into the sea at Nice, France, and NJ
Duray has been forced to give up flying.
crippled for life by blow from the pro-
peller of his machine.
A British airnan whose exploits some
months ago filled the daily newspapers
abroad has given up flying because of
repeated attacks of airsickness.
Mr.. Cockburn. a British aviator, Will
do no more exhibition flying.
Another Englishman. Mr. Gibbs. has
been compelled to retire temporarily al
the result of a fall at Wolverhampton.
England.
after this season.
Glenn II. Curtiss has very largely re-
linquished flying in favor Of construction.
Mr.. Somer has become a constructor
and rarely flies.
Mr.. Rawlinson has been obliged to dis
continue after his accident at Bourne
mouth. England.
Mortimer Singer, since a fall at Heliop-
OILS, ldst season, mas not HoWn AGAIN
The decision of these noted airmen to
: leave the field open to newcomers is
pointed to by many as additional proof
that the day when we will go shopping
in airships and discard the comfortable
, automobile Is still far distant. II these
men. they say, experienced and in many
cases inventors Of the winged ships they
| have driven, have had enough and are
forced by nature to quit the game there
! is not much prospect of the practice Of
: flying through the air becoming very
popular.