New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-30

roee into the air to make a long Jump tor home
uo eoorncd 70 have unusually good control Of the -.
chine for novice 1t rode on even keel IN spite Of d
;,d. hut as he ncared us and II became dangerous t
ban 70 come any farther with the power Of his eng,.
80, IN fill force, we that he was struggling g,S
eoncthing with his right hand and that he was troul
suddenly and without word Of warning there we,
s md explosions 80 fast that they seemed Ike M,
h;ts and pieces Of something vent flying an ahlm
borob the air and the acroplanc sank % the ground
H. G;r1 that has been shot and there n smashed nv
" thousand fragments And the aviator He crawI5
,,t of the wrcckagc unscathcd. How be escaped is
mystery We learned that he he'd trei ~ stop his en-
,;gc ON the first lump down the field; but the throt
Gre Gre had broken and he had not thought 70 cut 81 he
spark ,,... ,,.,o- ,..:...t.,.,
there was nothing for It but TO turn on The ground al
,l speed and try 10 stop the engine on 'nc way back
II yas irving 10 reach the throttle when The czpoo,
i,r.,,rrod An examination showed rs that The head.
e ali four cylinders had blown completely If; frag
1cnte Of iron and steel had been hurcd through Ne
planes and had snapped guy "ires, and The whole
framework had crumped IKE an egg ''H. Yet the
a,iotor had not received 50 much as a scratch.
xLOIr get 10 be fatalist in spite Of yourself if YOU
1 watch these fcdglings long. Last summer there
were twentv-scvcn machines IN the Enclosure Of the
Acronautical Society, and nearly dozen IN the rSer
at;on of the Aero Club Of America a 'i''ic farthe,
oinng tbc edge Of the same flying field DO not believe
thorn was one Of these machines that Wa not smashed
something in the nving months and onc we're mashed
Dozens Of times Yet not one Of the cdgng was baig
hurt.
bcar the grinding and shrekng Of pintcrei wood yog
see the whole thing roll over into a shapc.o mass
claoc with the aviator buried somewhere IN L. and
Won run down the field 70 gather up s remains but
when YOU get there you find him calmly lighting cg
arctic or softly swearing to himself or d"og anyone
the thousand and one things that you would nave taken
a., bo ,ro,tII never be able 20 90 again
hack 70 the she'd with the pieces and put them together
ne fast rs possible 50 that he can take i oar andtyan
over again
and in addition, the twenty big hangar a. Belmon,
Park. only few miles away, are all taken Tor flying
men Flcdglings are springng up cycryH "ra. Where
thcy get the money 70 spend on these expensive play
things and how they can afford the time y take are
questions that no one seems TO ask. Only every once
in awhile. one Of the familiar faces "i.. i,appear
week or two will elapsc, and then hi machine will be
tokcn from the she'd and dumped ON '.a "5oncyam'
behind the big building No explanation 81. be asked
or given. It will be generally Gndcr'.i that the
fcdglings finances have become e%han' .rl mat he
IS no longer able to pay rent for his ". " 'ae she'd
THIS ~boncvard." as the ayators cal. r. q pathetic
L looking heap Of shattered acrop.an. ~ mashed
hopes. Here piled Unfortunately .-..r Ike so
much Junk, are all that remains o., iAe, upon
which men have spent hundreds Of doa- and many
hopeful hours Of experiment and non work
Some Of them actually flew, and then Oh. money gave
out. Others-frcaks Of the weirdcst '.r. furnished
amusement to spectators and despair ~ ',- builder,
and were finally piled among the hop.. t4iInre
Still others, showing excellent workman Up and goot
ideas. were thrown here because their inventors anil
builders did not fully realize the COS, " construction
and went broke when the work was pert-r. only Mi
finished.
Under the pile you can still see the tr.- work Of
fantastic thing conceived by a young japanese l.
failed. The inventor had no more moneE. and today
YOU will find him in a she'd behind Mcia.- IN hoa
doing aeropanc workmanship that mar... o, hant
craft all for someone clsc.
Out in the boncyard there is another mon.r itv.
was built to follow the lines Of bird as they might have
boon soon b man with bad case Of astig .sm Not