The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-28
BIG SHIPS Will
FLY over SEA
GRAHAM WHITE EXPECTS TO SEE
BIG PASSENGER AIR CRAFT
FLYING OVER
OCEAN.

Boston. Mass. Sept. 2S.-The two
Harvard aeronautical meets have been
notable. not only for their freedom
from accident but as marking great
progress in aviation. They do not.
hOWeyr, Indicate that exhibition flying
can be- made very profitable. This year
fifteen subscribers guaranteed $1,000
each, and they viii probably be called
upon 20 pay in about $4,000 to cover
the deficit
Both this year and last. Claude era
Ihame- White-for three years now che
/ leading English aviator-has brought
lover the newest machines and been
I the star performer But Mr.. Grahamc
/ White is not a mere entertainer; nor
docs he believe in air-stunts Where
IAN who preceded him have failed. he
alone has made progress. lie smashed
a dozen machines and put more than
$500, 900 into the dying business before
he turned the corner. other pioneers
in the field had not the money To
spend. but Grahame-Whi father
was one Of the largest land owners in
the south of England and the latter's
father was mayor of Southampton, and
presented 10 that town the cannon
some OF them from Waterloo-that now
decorate the promenade which comes
into view when one lands at this port
from an ocean liner. II was this May
or Grahame- White OF Southampton
who gave the dinner TO General Cor
don when the latter last departed from
England for Khartum.
Automobillng was Claude Whites
FIRST sport and he is still an enthusiast
In that line. as is demonstrated by his
nine automobiles. with the latest of
which ne is now visiting friends on the
north and south shores, Of Massachu-
sctts bay. This machine is a Belgian
invention. thermo- siphon water cooled.
carries its own dynamo and storage
battery for interior and exterior light
ing, and with it's bicycle wheels birds
eye maple Interior and long low canary
colored limousine body. Is the most
striking machine that has yet appear
ed around Boston. When IL stops at
the sidewalk clear. The Liverpool
strike prevented Mr. Gralame- White |
having his new invention, the Grahame
White baby biplane, at the Boston
meet Had II arrived, he would have |
entered for the Nashua, Worcester and |
Providence flights. but with his new
Newport machine which he operated |
Ia la. 10 Of nj 10.
care TO take the risk. He said he pre-
ferred 10 he a live man." rather than |
to take the chances OF being a dead |
hero.
Caution, with steady and continuous |
action, Is the secret of Mr. Grahame- !
Whites progress and success. He re- |
CARDS every accident or misfortune as
a hindrancc In mans progress i'm the |
art Of lying. When he made his dou-
BILE Night this year over Boston Har-
Dor around Boston light, he circled the
pylons several times awaiting the re-
mOval ~ "a biplanc machine from the I
held and only came dawn as darkness
approached. 81 landing inonoplane, Il
here II no control ~ the machine af-
ter you touch the ground; no brake nor
direction can De given a. ~ this land. II
ng, where he had 10 touch bad ground. II
bo escaped With only "a bruise 10 his II
upper lip. In New York, tho next woek
ho cut his lower lip and took several II
shin bruises But he only laughs nj Il
these slight mishaps. IL believes that
Inventions Of the future will lmprovo
the accuracy and safety ~ landing
The get away In "A monoDlana or n nj ii
plane is now easy, but the safe ana i
sure landing Is thing yet a. be- i'm
proved. His Newport machine has ,
speed Of seventy-five miles an hour
and cannot be brought down beIo,,
sixty. He wished however 10 max.
this faster and cabled Neiuport for
speedier wings. Nieuport cabled back II
and IL was the last cable he ever sent
declining to make any faster wings