The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04
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6lclImnRn. VIRGINIA

tho WriEhts are putting on some Of
their new machines. and Is a reyerston
to the old box kite idea of the Vol
sins. and to the British patent Issued
10 'he Wrights about 1910. 1t was
somewhat of help to the machine.
too. though not world startling.
The glider itself was pretty piece
OF work. 1t was only Lbs pounds IN
weight. too light for motor but
OF excellent workmanship
i's performances. Orville Wright said,
was all mat had been hoped for 1t
lhis was interesting. but no rovolu,
tionary.
Favorable Wind Awuitcd.
Days were spent i'll waiting for q
favorable "ind. AS the aeropiane hac
no motor, II had TO depend on the fore.
OF the wind to raise IL. This could moi
happen with less than a thirty-mil.
WIND, and fifty-mile wind was better.
Inc conditions. too. on tho winds Swept
sand slope of XIII Down were peculiar.
Inc wind coming in from the unob-
htructed stretch of the Atlantic and
striking the face of the hill naturally
was shot up into the air. This rising
currentu nder the planes was what the
aviator wanted. but the wind Increased
IN force rapidly from the surface OF
tho ground upward. AT twelve fee,
nigh II was blowing twice as fast az
"a me STouhu itseil. The machine vas
ABOUT twenty-five feet long from front
TO rear. and In consequence OF this
Whcn itw as first started from the s!op.
ing face of the hill the front Of tho
fhacninew as in "a thirty milo wind,
whiie the tail was In wind that WIS
travelling only hftee miles an hour
Inc aeropiane had TO be balanced
10 meet this condition. and before this
balance was attained Orvillc had ono
had anil
machine turned over from front To
rear and the aviator escaped only by
turning IS the glider turned. but in
the opposite direction, SO that when
he landed he was right side up and
not even shaken by the fall.
SCARED Like Piece of Pnper.
When the acroplane had been bal
anced and the wind was at its best
about "A ntty-mile gale-thc glider.
with Oryille as the aviator, was turned
loose and scared into tho air like a
piece or paper caught In "a gust 1t
was such wind as flying machine
had never faced before. but with the
uis controls and careful rtecrins; on
the part OF Ny Wright the machine
lowered 100 feet above the ground
By steering down the machine could
DE made TO move forward into the
wind. though in such advances II lost
the front of the machine up. but II
the tilt were too much the aeroplnc
was carried backward. The longest
hover was minutes IS seconds There
wis no apparent reason why the ayi-
ator could not have gone higher and
stayed longer had he so desired
How much the question of personal
skill enters into eight OF that sort
was indicated by the fact that ogu-
II L..
could not send the machine UP and
stay UP nr could orvile His best
soar Was about a minute.
Nothing Practical shown.
Mr.. Wright said there was nothing
practical demonstrated by the expert.
mcnts. 1t vas imposs BILE, he said TO
have a Hill made to order facing atty
mile wind whenever one wanted to-
iiy, SO there was not likely to be any
practical outcome TO the experiments
y, the same time. II may be said that
the work marked the start OF serious
trials in soaring flight. The machine
with which Orvillc Wright was dying
would glide at an angle OF one In nine
The best OF the soaring birds glide al
an angle as small as one in 800, so
man has a good deal to catch IN.
However, II is possible that man can
I improve his apparatus in this respect.
and with larger personal skin may
in time be able to do something with
soaring hight.
AS Mr.. Wright also observed, the
birds all carry = power plant OF some
sort with them. much smaller In pro
portion than the plants man Is now
compelled TO use IN his machines. ana
one OF of the FIRST outcomes OF the
new line OF research probably will be-
IN Vi N 70
with much smaller power plant than
II has been necessary to use hereto
fore.