The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31
FLYING A COSTLY SPORT
IBE FIShS tND ENPENSES NOW
81 ~ ran THE GAINS

German Grs~n Trmee'. chase ~ IN M.
press Train ~ IN auto the nishts
~ Won't Rloalst. IN australia Iapan
InrasJ Nbsui the drew ing Na,I~s %
0th~r Natisas TIE Freneh Presl-
d-nts PAY and Perqal-Iies seotIan.,
Naru D,seSNe rS the New spapers kIns
Georges CSSG the RIs Game sea-
sons Results IN BrHI.h Fast Afv,r..
iuNpoN. July 20 Those who harbor
tie notion that aeroplaning Ia a quick
-osd "a fame and fortune overlook both
'h~ r-k and the expense Although large
sums are being gwen in prizes at AVA
ton meetings u IL doubtful 10 many Of
'ns successful competitors do much
moro than recoup tho heavy expensce
~ which they are put
Tho initial cost of an aeropIane NAV he
anything between 81 900 and 5000. and
an unluoky accident may ruin the machine
t-eiore II has risen a dozen yards above
the ground; but apart from the risks
% machines and their pilots there must
- considered the expenses incurred BY
every competitor
the Bournemouth meeting found 10
necessary TO have the assistance Of Elk
teen mechanics. and their wages amounted
to a large sum. There 10 also the expense
Of transporting the machine 20 and from
the ground.
The maintenance o. an asroplane IL.
moreover. costly. every flight reducing
iU value and affecting its stability
~ -
and the airman's own expenses for lodR-
ing and travelling. A. a meeting like
that at Bournemouth $500 IL regarded
- the lowest sum that would cover the
expenses Of . man who new every day.
Passenger carrying has become a
recognized means Of increasing an avi-
a,or's income. Al the Bournemouth
meeting as much a. $50 was paid for n
short flight in an aeroplane. but the price
had dropped To SIS on the closing day.
The majority Of the seventy passengers
carried were friends OF the airmen and
paid nothing for tho privilege
Although aeroplane manufacturers are
making big profits for aviators the risks
and expenses outweigh the gains that are
a. present Offered them. For professional
flyers the outlook l. not made brighter
~ wv WHY tAND Nne nrt1 OF NeAUnY
amateurs willing IN buy machines and take
ne risks Of nying in them without con
siIerinG the cost
There are of course a few ayiatorS who
have gairei position which enables
hem to demand substantial fees for
exhibition fishts GrAhAms White. for
Irstsree. has te~n e7gagei a. fee Of
tlo 600 to give flights daily at the meet [,
iT A. nlankp~al l.asr, ,vw LII.
This retairing fes. II - sAid is the largest |
ever paid TO any aviator.
The German Crown Prince hes ,ust |
had an exciting ride Of ninety -four mile. !
= an automobile In an attempt 70 catch !
he Silesian express which he hal missed /
The distance was covered IN two hours
A. the Priv ce's car dashed up to Goer- .
litl station in Berlin the trFin was steam
Ing out The Prince. IL il reported shout.I /
10 his chauffeur. Catch II somehow'-
and a wild race began through the crowded .
outskirts OF Berlin. then on cross country
roads made soft ny heavy rain.
The trains first stopping place was
KaniN Wusterhauseu. but .he Prince
knew that IL was impossible for him -
catch i there and 40 dash cd on. tearing
~. Luton. a distance - sixty miles
- ten minutes Ia r. INST ~ the train de-
Isr'ed Ten minutes latar the motor
reached Lnbbenau. the centre 80 the
Nprec Forest The road vas lined with
"lIidren and their nurses IN huge multi
o. .l1red skirts. who watched the motor
." r-S' 20 IN" station which waa reached
Nt" ~" others Just a. the train lef,
n" Crown Prince promptly demanded
f.v telegraph that tho train should ~.
-'orred ~ rottb'Is. the reNt station. n"
''"H jumped into his motor and the
.ish hogan again through a canal inter
-~~'.d country.
''ttbus was finally reached at 1881.
p" minute after the train had Ief, ,
4 r'"cnl. however. was in readiness
~ ~" siding and fin Rine himself into its
: n gle carriage the Prince was whirIed
y huge express an CINE over the neat
CIV eight pIiles 20 Gorlitz. where the ct ,
I'-"-- was being held up for him.
Tho drive from Berlin to Cottbus. n
stance - ninety-four miles had been
lone IN two hours. while tho express had
yer.d ia 10 minutes rail distances ~
'"yen,y-two miles.
In = case brought before the Sydney {
~ :. W. Industrial Court Judge Heydon
-1s Riven a decision which has caused
rIrh disqualification among trade union O
80 inasmuch a. II establishes definitely Y
he legal right 81 non-uni onists to repre- 3
"' alton on Federal wages boards. q
The case arose out 81 the recent wharf 9
7porsrs' troubles connected with the a
''"sr strike In the coal mining industry
'r0n' iO non-union laborers who had
~" 10 the assistance Of the employers Il
"r" dismissed for no other reason than J.
~ they were non-uni onists. the union n
refusing to work alongside them y
'ai The dismissed workmen been union u
- their employers would have been n
lille 10 fine of siOO for each man 30 q
10 missed. or n total 81 ti5.ONO q
he Dismissed laborerS appealed and e,
mot with a strong opposition from, "
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