The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-13
Monster AeropIane
Being Built Here
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James J. O'Malley, of Chicago, rep
resenting Congressman McDermott.
Arthur D. Smith, Milford, George
III. Davidson, Bridgeport.
ALI these men will form part of the
'crer'' of the flying machine. which is
built on a scale that entities it to
be known as the ocean liner of the
air.
The pilot will have before him his
spirit level, Paragraph, speed indica-
tor, compass and all other accessories
so that it will not be necessary for
him to turn his eyes aside at all in
controlling the flight of the machine.
A steering wheel similar to an auto.
mobile wheel will be in his hand and
all the movements necessary to con-
troll the machine will be the natural
movements of the body, in balancing,
so that the pilot will not have to puz-
zle out any elaborate combinations
when he runs up against air currents,
but may act simply as he would in
balancing on the ground.
The flyer will be equipped with
three pontoons, two forward and one
supporting the tail, so that the ma
chine may alight on water, Or arise
from it.
you may say said the inventor to
a Farmer reporter this noon, that in
cideptaily we have discovered the fin
est natural aviation field in the State
of Connecticut, and when the public
sees il, they will be perfectly delighted
with it,
'Tt is here that we will assemble
our machine and make our start for
the public flights which we intend to
give over the city of Bridgeport.
am rot speaking of the Bridgeport
Aerodrome, but of another field which
we have found. am not yet ready
to disclose it's location, as we do not
wish to be troubled by crowds when
we are assembling the Big machine
ana putting on the finishing touches.
81 intend to give the people of
Bridgeport a fine series of exhibition
fights. Furthermore the company
Producing and running this type of
machine will be known as the Bridge
port Aeronautic Company, and you
may be assured that it will be a great
day for the Park City when we make
that $4,000 flight for the Hearst
prize.
I'VE have been in communication
with Mr.. Hearst on this matter and
have a splendid letter from him en-
couragipg US in the matter. With
Congressman McDermott's assistant I
have gone over every airship patent
that ever was taken out in this coun-
try and I have a number of novel fea-
lures not embodied in any of them.
All of these have been patented.
Mr.. McDermott has employed sew
eral aeronautic experts to criticise the
machine, and all of them believe that
it viii be a big success. There is no
question whatever about the machines
ability to fly and the great factors of
safety and stability which are incor-
porated in it, The only question con-
Germs the speed it will maintain.
Mr.. McDermott has such confidence
in it that he is willing to bet that
can fly in it from Bridgeport to Chi
cago in nine hours. / will not say
as much as that myself For my
part I am content with offering to bet |
that 1 can fly from Bridgeport to Chi
cago in ten hours.
THE motors are new and very
successful type of aeroplane motors |!
with some very excellent features in |
in them. For instance, if a |
spark should miss in a single cylinder, |
1 should know it Immediately, from |
my seat