New-York tribune., 1910-11-11
PARIS AVIATION ''SALON'
prooress of Mans Aerial Cam
uaign Demonstrated.
Paris. October .. .:

second international exhibition Of
,.cornotion. opened ten days ago
Minister of Commerce. has only
uS '" -, received it's fun complement OF
'H -. The delay was caused by the
-. railroad strike The Grand Pal
-, e +be champs EIysees is beautifully
5oo-,+sd with flowers and drapery in
shades of yellow. in harmony
I,,,,dreds of apricot cOlored bal
a;rigfbles. aeroplanes and box
chrvsanthemums of every hue.
- from deep orange to the palest
eet off the show with brilliant
1ao,+ while the topaz tints OF the cleo
-. ,ieb+iDs illuminate the amber silk
t,~+ures of the inflated balloons.
=. compared with last years show.
to are less striking novelties. The
areat feature this year Is the develop
-. and rerfection Of detail. There is
,ordercv- as was the case during the
oa-1ios+ stages of the automobile IN
drstrv. 70 construct framework IN metal
;rstead Of wood. For instance the
r,.-s.,,.+ binIane is made almost entirely
: s+oe1 and aluminium. The public are
.+.-actad br the Voisin biplane for mill
-o-v- accommodating. provided with light'
quick firing gun.
The aim Of inventors now seems 20 De
/ 20 give greater range and fe1lblllty 10
the wings. which resemble more closeiy
than ever the long. sweeping wings OF
| the hawk. There is also a tendency 70
combine the advantages Of the mono
plane with those Of the biplane,
| During the autumn manPuvres 1t was
found that the observation officers IT
biplanes we're frequently prevented from
seeing what was going on below them
bv the expanse Of silk, while observers
in monoplanes were enabled to obtain
n7uch fuller view of the enemys posi-
tions. Several aeToplanes in the exnloi-
ton appear at first sight 10 he mono
planes. but on closer examination II Is
found that they retain the advantages OF
the double bearing surface Of the bi
Uisne. and would technically be included
| in that class.
The Compagnfe Generale de Navlga
ton Aerienne exhibits a number O.
Wright biplanes with large rectangular
propellers The Paulhan biplane claims
To have attained the greatest fexibil1ty
The Gangler, FISH shaped. monoplane na
wings so flexible that they can be curved
downward in case Of a fall, so that the!
form 2. parachute The new Henry Far
man racing machines have aluminium
supports The Maurice Farn1an mill
tsrv biplanes are extremely fat an'
wide.
The Sloane "bicur7e" is q curious air
craft. in which the pilot is seated oenln
the motor instead Of in front Of IT, Il
which case he is liable. in the event OF
fall. to have the whole motor crasl
down upon his back. Moreover in tn
Sloane ''bicurve' the pilot IS astern an
outside the two planes, so that if he fan
the motor and the aeroplane Itself Woul
he wrecked before he would come in con
Ia ct with the ground.
The tendency OF the motor is to follo7
| the Gnome type. with cylinders turnln
like wheels The Gnome company ex
hlbits a 14-cylinder, 1OO-horsepower en-
pine and it's standard 50-horsepowe
engine with seven cylinders. which pro
duces 200 revolutions minute, with
consumption of eighteen litres Of petr'
and six pounds OF lubriCating oil
= hour.
= The Robert Esnault- Pelterie moto
commonly called the ''R- E. P. is
5-cylinder engine. giving 90 horse
mower. This r. E P" motor, tested 0
an officer delegated by the Ministry
War. developed during four consecuriV
hours 61.S horsepower at 1.l5O revolt
t,ons It consumed 24T grams of petr'
and "a grams Of oil horsepower hour
II weighs three hundred pounds
, The Panhard & Levassor ComPan
exhibits a fixed 4-cylnder engine. Dc
. veloping 12O horsepower. The Bose
magnetic. which gave excellent result
during the latest feats accomplished I
Latham. Morane. Bleriot. Legagneu
and Wynmalen. seems TO be in generi
use great variety of the Antoinetr
= motors are exhibited, the most high
Fl ! spoken of being the S-cylinder 20 hors'
, power.
- The show contains a number Of II
$ genious devices to enable aeroplane ne
r Drvtes 10 master the iutricactes of col
{ trolling motor and machine while searf
: on the ground IN small models balance
on the ground Another invention, calle
the ..Vautour." is a small hippOdrom
L eight wards in diameter, upon whiC
working models of new aeroplanes ms
be put through all sorts Of tests, Il
force being supplied by attachment fro
: a central motor. This promises TO be
Z great use to inventors. The aeroplaI
y salon is a decided success. now that Il
termination of the railroad strike HI
- enabled the exhibits to be brought I
# gether and permitted tourists 10 arrt7
y IN Paris c. 7. 3.