Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
YANKEES ANXIOUS 10 FLY
Americans Show They Are Not Afraid
Of others.
Av1ATORs SHOW INTEREST
Ruuor that Foreigners Have Ameri-
cans Bluffed out r. shown to ne
without OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and Wright Give Advice.


NEW YORK, Oct S--There is no rea-
son TO fear that because the majority OF
the worlds flying records are now held
abroad that the Americans are going to
be completely outclassed at the coming in
ternatlonal aviation tournament. In every
event, except those in which speed will be
specially called for the foreigners will find
the Americans keen and dangerous con-
testants
There have been stories to the effect
that the American avlators fear the for
elgners and that they intend to virtually
boycott the meeting. According TO these
stories the Americans are arranging 70
gracefully avoid meeting the foreigners
by standing out for the guarantees that
some OF the French champions are getting,
As a matter OF fact Wilbur Wright, Glenn
H. Curtiss, Charles X. Hamilton Captain
Baldwin and other prominent American
flyers and sportsmen, are doing ali in their
power TO promote the success of the coming
meet Wilbur Wright and Charles X. Ham
llton have even gone so far as to visit
belmont Park and make suggestions to
those responsible for preparing the hvla-
ton field. Besides the Americans VINO
will fly in Amercan-made machines, John
3. Moissant, Henry Weymann and j. Arm
strong Drexel with French monoplanes, will
compete under the coors OF this country.
For months last the whole energy Of the
Wrights' laboratory, at Dayton, o., and
that OF Curtiss ct Hammondsport, N Y,
has been centered in producing new ma
chimes and motors designed to keep the
speed trophy on this side. Those who are
closest to these constructors have conf
IDENTIFY predicted that the real surprise Of
he Iii he hsr a
markable advance in the American biplane.
AS Elerict, the Antoinette company and
Marman will strive hard to uphold the repu-
tation OF their machines, the tournament
will be a battle between the constructors
OF two continents.
Hamilton shows speed.
Recently Charles X. Hamilton tested a
biplane, the. surfaces OF which were cut
down to their lowest lifting margin. II
mounted a motor of 100 horsepower, the
most powerful ever used on flying ma
chine. At Sacramento, in his first attempt
to drive this arrow, Hamilton was so sur
prised with its speed that he lost con-
troll and came to grief. The Wrights ma
chine, Il is reliably reported, made two
miles a minute. The Wrights prepare
/ tons for competing for the big speed trophy
have been most carefully guarded, but It
/ 10 hAANHh NAAaA NAt9 uA1 a. WIN pAA a AeN~Ahb
biplane designed TO make seventy miles
an hour. Walter Brooldns has shown what
the Wright machine can do in a cross
country flight 1t has also on more than
one occasion proved that it is no laggard
in high climbing
America Is behind Europe in the number
of It's aviators; but in the quality OF it's
| sky pilots It has every reason to be proud.
Those American aviators who have shown
that they can really fly are confident that
they will get away with many of the big
\ money prizes, and they are not, therefore,
asking for any guarantees. So far not one
demand for a guarantee has been mace
70 the officers of the tournament by an
American aviator The Aero Corporation,
limited, states that It has a sum Of money
which 1t Is willing to distribute among
American aviators who have pilots
licenses and want to attend the meet and
who are too poor to stand the expense of
moving their machines to Belmont Park.
Much has been made OF the guarantees
offered to the French and other foreign
aviators. Except in the case of Leon
Morane, who is worth large sum OF
money to the promoters Of any meet, moi
one OF the visiting aviRtors will get any
more than his bare expenses. The ex-
penses Of the members OF the teams foI
the international trophy will presumably
be paid by the clubs they represent. Sew
eral other foreign aviators entered for the
open events have written that they are
quite willing 20 pay their own way ovel
and take their chances with the rest al
winning some Of the money prizes.
Fast Flying Promised.
Some astonishing fast flying will be seer
on the Hampstead Plains aviation field Il
the expectations b. T. Rabbit Hyde hai
for his monoplane are fulfilled. In de
signing his aeroplane Mr. HYDE has ignored
at least three principles which heretofore
have been regarded as essential to success
in a heavier-than-asr machine He intends
TO drive the narrow side OF the supporting
plane through the air first; has the CONVEX
side OF the big wing downward, and hal
the motor and propeller at the rear instead
Of IN front as In all other monoplanes.
It is Mr.. Hydes theory, and he has mad
many experiments with models. that wheI
once in the air the big plane will exert a
much lifting force In the position In which
, he has fixed II as IL It were placed to Gu
the air with its longest side toward tn
front. He believes, tco, that he will con
siderably reduce head resistance by short
ening the cutting surface He is building
! the supporting surface convex side dow
also. with the idea OF minimizing friction
n A round bottom boat he points out, i
faster than one with q fiat bottom.
Lateral balance will be automaticaIl!
gained By two tin keels one on each sid
OF the plane. There win be air spaces be
tween these 'stabilizers and the bis plane
The novel feature OF these fins is thei
size which together cover as much area a
the supporting plane. Mr. Hyde says tina
balancing fins on previous machines hav
proved useless because OF their insignifi
J cant size A five-oylinder, l0o-horsepowe
) Anzani motor has been purchased for thi
new flyer. The engine. fuel tank and avia
tor win be supported In the chassis beloy
) the carrying surface. The machine nov
being put together at Mineola Is thirty
, one feet long. fourteen feet wide an
! stands eighteen feet high. II rests Of
three wheels two in the center Of the ma
chine and one At the rear. The monoplan
c is being built strong and heavy. II /
proves a success Mr.. Hyde win at ono
start TO build second machine standin
thirty feet high.