The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-28
AVIATION IN CHAMBERSBURG.
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InruSL propeller (mOunteu III
the rear, as on the blplane), the
the monoplane is pulled through
the air steadily and surely, and
with the least possible strain on
the driving mechanism, and the
greatest amount of motor energy
Is employed in IN the actual act
of fight. That is to say, less
horse power Is wasted with the
tractor screw than with the thrust
propeller, and therefore that type
of flying machine which uses the
tractor screw must travel the
more easily through the air.
1t is an axiom so simple as to
require no explanation, that the
faster one flies the safer one Is IN
the air. An aeroplane gets off
the ground remains in the air,
and returns safely to earth only
through the medium of It's speed,
and the simpler the manner or
mechanism by which this speed
Is applied, the safer the machine.
So much for the abstract side of
the question. Concrete lllustra.
tions will, perhaps, be more IN.
terestlng to the reader.
That the monoplane is far safer
than the blplane can oe proved in
no easier fashion than by quot.
ing statistics. There are in
France at the present time ap.
proximate!y 1850 aeroplanes in
active daily use (these figures
were obtained from the Aero Club
Of France, Aug. y. OF course
f,5OO machines, approximately
3, 700 are monoplanes and fewer
than 800 biplanes, a pumeral ad.
vantage of about four and one.
lalf to one in favor of the mono
plane. From the very beginning
)f aviation France has been |
nonoplane country, and yet the |
leath roll shows that the fatal
olplane accidents outnumber the |
'atal monoplane accidents about
i've to one. A combination of |
,hese two sets of figures would
therefore seem to establish a ratio
'f safety OF about % to / in favor
If the monoplane.
But this is not all. France, the
lome, If not really the actual
'lrth place of the acroplane, is as
ar ahead of the rest of the world
n aviation as the United States
5 ahead of all other countries
With the railroad. This advanced
'otltlon was earned by France be
ause the monoplane was almost
nversally used among tn g
'rench airmen. For 1t Is ex-
remely significant that not one
lngle cross country race or tour
here monoplanes competed
galnst biplanes has ever been
ION by the blplane. The mono
lane has always won, and 1t has
1 almost every instance been a
fly horse. power monoplane
'hich was the victor.
Under the spur of Alfred
lolsant's activities, other Ameri
an manufacturers have had to
fer their machines for sale with
ut the numerous restrictions
nd royalty clauses that once at
lched to them, although even to.
ay the Molsant monoplane Is the
My machine whose bill of sale
as no strings attached to 1t, the
ther American manufacturers
Jill retaining percentage inter.
ST in the earning of those who
ny their product.
Aviation IN the United States is
ound to assume the same Won
erful proportions that the auto
obile intustry has. A decade
90, IN It's "get horse" days, |
lie motor car seemed to the pub.
3 the most ludlcrous and unreh.
Die of vehicles. Today 1t stands
ufth IN value IN the point of
merican exports, and the auto.
oblle exort trade of the United
tates today leads the world.
merlca has been slow in develop
e the aeroplane. There have
zen no such prizes either IN mum
'r or size in this country as have
zen bestowed in Europe. Meth. |