The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-28
AVIATION At CHAMBERSBURG.
Thousands Of People See Paul Peck
Make Flights Over That City
Last Saturday Evening.


present time, there has been
growing interest IN aviation, al,
1t was left for the Wright Broth
ers, of Dayton, Ohio, to demon.
strate to the world the possibility
of sailing through the air withou
the aid of gas bag as in the cas-,
of balloons.
Every skater knows that ht
may skim over very thin ice If he
goes fast enough, and it Is the
velocity OF stone thrown thai
keeps 1t from dropping to the
earth the moment it leaves the
hand of the thrower.
Hence, with the invention OF
the gasoline engine and the dis.
covery of aluminium, metal light
er than wood, 1t was possible to
keep the flying machine going
through the air by supplying the
constantly wasting momentum;
and 1t would go on, and on. until
the power would be shut off, and
then it would drop to the earth.
If the momentum gwen to a
cannon ball as 1t leaves the mouth
OF the great gun would not weak.
en- as the ball goes forward, the
ball would never drop to the earth.
No problem IN mechanical art
has ever been solved that has
awakened enthusiasm so univer.
sallyas that of the flying machine.
Through the enterprise of the
Harrisburg Patriot, Harrisburg
was provided with a three days
exhibition last week, to which
thousands of persons from all
over the eastern part of the State
attended. This was not a money
scheme, for 1t was free
to every one.
so much interest had been
aroused in this section of the
State by the Harrisburg meet,
that Chambersburg took 1t upon
herself to have a similar exhlbi.
ion last Saturday, and thousands
'f people assembled to witness
he graceful flights of Paul Peck,
me of the most successful of
avlators.
The Disappointing feature of
he exhibition was the fact that
wing to the condition of the air,
he aviator could not make the
light until 5;32 o'clock IN the
vening, and some of the people
Who had gone to Chambersburg
N the train had to leave for home
t 5;l0 and thus MISS the sight.
While those who had gone ear.
in the day were wearied by the
Unavoidable delay, after the ma.
hlne went into the air, the ex.
lbltion was so thrilling and IN
erestlng that the lmpatlence was
oon forgotten. The aviator
allied over the city, encircling
he high splre of the Central T
'resbyterlan church, and giving I
uch an exhibition as was well :
'orth the money 1t cost, or the {
fort made in getting to see 1t.
The exhibition cost the citizens +
T Chambersburg 5000, which +
um was raised by popular sub. c
cription. O
Just now the following by Al f
-
ert 5. LIE Vino, IN the current 9
umber of The New York Clip +
er, will be oflnterest. He writes n
4 "Why the Monoplane WINS"
i'd says; =
If you, Mr.. Reader, had to move h
box weighing, say, two hundred v
for considerable dis c
nee, and this box were placed a
l small-wheeled truck, would 7
ou tie a rope to the front end of n
le truck and, walking erect, pull +,
le load or would you get behind A
le box, bend over it, and employ p
llf of your energies In maintain
g a cramped position? OF
'urse, you would pull. 1t is a
ndamental principle of mechan r.
S that 1t is far easier TO haul a o.
'avy load than it is to push 1t. n
nd 1t is IN the application of this +,
lie that monoplanes so com o.
etely outclass all present day /,
pes of blplanes.
Having a tractnr Snrom [nnn,,nt