The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-05
.ELLYSON PILOTS
NEW AIR MACHINE.
He Will Be First Instructor.
Triad, Handled at Will,
Makes Great Speed.

In n nying machine called a trad,
which traverseS air and water with
equal facility. Lieutenant Theodore G..
Ellyson. Jr.. Richmond man. who
heads the aviators OF the United States
Navy, on Monday made a remarkable
night. Carrying passenger, Lieuten-
ant Ellyson guided the triad for four
teen miles in twenty minutes. running
for the most part through the water.
The passenger was Captain w. !.
Chambers also OF the navy. who had
been at the Glenn Curtiss aerodrome
at Hammondsport, y. Y. for a day or
two. Captain Chambers wished 10
catch a night train from Penn Yam
for Washington. and Lieutenant Ell
Tyson rushed him TO the station.
1t is now announced that about July
Is the navy Will open a regular train
ing school for government aviatora
at Annapolis. and that Lieutenant Ell
lyso nwnl be the nrst Instructor.
Probably there sill be a dozen pupila
TO begin with
Native of Richmond.
Lieutenant Eilyson is a son of H
Theodore Elyson. of Richmond. He
has been noted since his entrance into
the navy for his attachment to de-
parturcs from the ordinary. He de-
voted himself for a time to the study
of submarines. until attracted by the
neld offered in the air. For several
; months he has been acquainting him
self with the profession OF air navi-
cation.
During the past few weeks Lieuten-
ant kllyson has been receiving in
struction from Glenn Curtiss. one Of
the pioneer airmen. He is now a full
hedged air pilot. having been duly
licensed.
The triad in which the night from
Hammondsport was made. is the latest
thing in aviation. II Is u two-pass-
enger machine, but instead OF one oc-
cupant, sitting beside the other. they
are arranged side by side. and tho
plane can be controlled by either oc-
cupant, the operating device being
shifted at will. The flight referred 10
was the first made by naval officers
on the water and In the air.
Kept Close to Water.
For about three miles OF the twenty.
two traversed the triad was in the air
few feet above the water; for htteer
the last four miles the triads pom
toon are through the water. blowing
deeply.
The triad is the first to DC bull, for
the government 1t and another
| We're contracted for from Glenn H
Curtiss, to be delivered on July l.
| While they have no, as yet for
| many Dcci4 accepted py the govern
! mcnt. they are pronounced as per-
foctly satisfactory.
| y hfty- horsepow,r engine was used
! on Monday but as 81 Is not power
ful enough to raise the trad far
enough from the water with two pass
engers. Mr.. Curitss has made il a
seventy horsepower machine. II haa
both wheels and pontoon, so that .t
may aiight either or land or water
| Made Terrific Speed
After Landing Captain Chambers AZ
Penn Yam. Lieutenant Eilyson ran the
machine at terrific rate across the
lake on the water His speed was
estimated at forty-fve miles an hour.
| and it seemed as though he would
strike the opposite shore. Suddenly
he rose and circled about.
| People in hundreds of small boats
were waiting for sight OF the strange
air and water craft, and large crowds
lined the shores. S the triad APP
peared in view from around a point It
looked exactly the ms called n
darning needle. 1t sped past the fast
est motor boats like a fash, sending
out big rollers from its pontoon Cap
I tain Chambers stepped on dry land
without wetting the soles of his shoes.