The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-21
FLYING IN MEXICO DIFFICULTY
RaREFIED ara 90 CAPITAL
MIST ne OVERCOME.
sensr DraRsa. Flrxt TO ENpcrimeni Oown
There. Tets - CReNPeeted ProblesRs
He HAD Co Meet Two Neeidents
-SlaGhme WoulSln't 30 "a An % FlPut.

NuffHs NeUa - eNpRrtfU EFouAFttta
He Had Co Meet i've Accidents
-Saacnme WOuldnI DO al an 90 FlPst.
Alberto BraniG. who has arrived at
the Imperial on his way to Europe. II
regarded a. the father OF aerial navi-
satio0 In Mexico. for hc L. the only indi-
vid0al in the country that owns an aero
plane and he is the only man Who has
ever done any dying in that country.
SeAOr BraniH, who h apparently about
10 years old. makes HE home in the city
Of Mexico. although he has q little farm
which IL bigger than many q European
princiPali,y. covering over sixty square
miles. and where he raises everything
from cane TO cattle; and he owns q few
mines. He docs a great deal Of travel
ling. was at Reims last year during
aviation week and became 80 Cnthusl-
astic over aeSonautics that he qualified
"a pilot and engineer. bought NotHin
b.plane, had IL equipped with a very
powerful engine and then took II To Mex
ice TO show the people down there how
ships sail in the air in France.
Bat while ! had rcckoned on the fact
thar Mexico city is 100 feet above -s.a
level and that the air II In consequence
much rarefed. did not reckon on the
difference IL would make with the engine
Of an airrhip.- said Senor BraniH yes
terday. 4 got q big engine because I
knew IL wouki take more power to make
the aeroplane ay. or rather TO raise 10.
nut IN spite OF that came to grief. I
have succeeded in gong mp to 100 feet
above the ground. but Il was all the engine
would do
1T was a little over six months ago
that l got my machine over. 1 had had
. ~ Horsepower specially constructed
engine put on IL. and Ia October I started
TO experiment on a dig field abont two
miles outside of the capital. Well. |
could not rise at all. The trouble was
with the carbureter. II was not hxeI
for that altitude. ! had To alter Il so
that u would give Ices gasolene and more
air found was getting oaiy 800 rcvolu-
tons a minute instead of the ! ..OO ought
20 have. When had adjusted the car
buretsr ] could only get i.OO0 revolutions.
and AZ TIE weight cf the machine without
an occupant was 90 pounds this was not
enough. II was a full week before could
get up IN the air az all
Then had two ACCIDENTS. On thefirst
occasion ! had fail II twenty five feet.
On the second ! mad got up 20 an altitude
% seventy-nve feet when the engine
stopped. and the only reason that / e.
capped awe was that ] MANAGED to slant
the machine. A. q was. the seropian.
was almost demolished the engine
wrecked. and ny arm was 40 badly in
jured that had to carry ~ IN a shnS for a
month. Fortunately l had brought over
an expert from the factory n France
and he was able to repair the DAMAGE
to the bipIane. though II took him a flIl
month to do 90.
-1fierward took up a passenger and
few about twenty feet aEove the ground
Tor a mile. Then I rave novn alone
for n much ~ two miles. but I an gong
over to Par.s especially 20 see what "a
the ma: er with NV machine PerhAps
with an even bigger engine ! can over
come the d sadVanta - Of rarehed air
The man who has not sNper. m.en;ei
viii not realize tho difference beeween the
hft ne power ct AR on the sea level and az
an ATTITUDE oG over a mile ard a third
level have q d ffi~,tty IN getting no above
the ground at the city of Mexico
know tecaGse took three kinds cf birds.
q non.S them ;wo buzzards which had teen
caught for mo a. Vera C-uz up there
One u the buZga rCi- attempted 10 fiy, bus
could no., ard fainng to The ground was
killed The other 400 short a stance
and then ahgh,"d on n tree fred ont
The o,hcr birds coIid cover oniy a few
yards
There IL another asropiane IN MEXICO.
a B.Sriot. Vn.cE yas bought Nv a cigarette
factory for adVertissn: PURPOSES rhsv
have not vet been able 20 ce y up IN me
air though hey brought a Fr@nC hrrau
over to demonstrate with ,i
MY brother has purchased a Snltc7-
Duno1t DefuoiEelle a"ruplaTe and e1-
poets tn have y within two weeks
myself may buy diTiE.ble airship IN
France. with n bigEs- bailoon than ",
ordinarily used. We are Just about 70 form