The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-28
Aviator Janus Will Give Elk
l4lbiticns This Afternoon
at River.
DEPARTS CAIRO FRIDAY
Newspaper Representative
Taking Moving Pictures
Accompanies Aviator.

The long expected Benost hydro
plane arrived here yesterday after
noon at 500 o'clock, alighted in the
waters of tine Ohio river between
Fifth and Sixth street and quickly
glided TO the shore The machine
was placed on two boards and drawn
partially up on the bank, where it
remained the center of attraction all
afternoon.
w II. Trefts, representative of
the st. Louis Post Dispatch. is ac-
companying Janus on the trip, He is
taking moving pictures Of the flight
from the hydroplane.
The machine IS what is known as
a biplane, Type XII Nc. 81 manu-
facrured by Repoist Aircraft Co, Of
St Louis Tho frame work is built
OF fyo-ply laminated spruce rods tied
together with soft steel 60 strand
cables. each with a tensile strength
of $500 pounds. This frame work
is covered with Mad cloth made of
double woven linen. This cloth is
painted with silver aluminium. The
engines are six cylinder Roberts
make, constructed of magalium.
composite metal combining the light
moss of aluminium with the strength
Of east iron On the inside is a core
Of light gray iron. The engines de-
yelop 80 horse power and weigh 250
pounds,
The spread Of the hydroplano is
35 feet, exclusive of the. ailerons,
which add 10 feet making a total of
4 feet over all. 1t measures %
feet inches from nose to tail,
The weight of the hydroplane, in
Guiding IS gallons of water in the
radiator, 30 gallons of gasoline and
Aviator Janus is 9S2 pounds. In
addition to this load, the machine
carried on the trip a case OF Falstatf
beer consigned by the Lemp Brewing
Co, OF st. Louis, TO Hon Martin
Behrman, mayor of New Orleans, as
an advertisement for which the
company pays $1,000, moving pic
ture camera weighing 4 ; pounds and
Mr. Trefts, who will experience
trouble in making the scales register
more than 130 pounds. Two suit
cases add 30 pounds more to the
burden, This machine has carried
into the air at Chicago fully 1900
pounds.
The hydroplane is propelled by al
two bladcd wooden screw placed at
the toward end and directly connect
ed to the engine by steel shaft.
Directly under tho body of the ma
chine, and in line with the center of
gravity, is placed an oblong, rectang-
ular wooden pontoon constructed Of
thin spruce planks capable of sus-
tanning weight slightly exceeding
one ton floating on the water.
1t is upon this pontoon that the
hydroplane glides over the water
gaining momentum before rising into
the air for sfight.
The machine cost $4,000.
On the present trip the machine
carries mixed cargo consisting of
mail express and passengers. Ten
letters have been entrusted to Janus
to be delivered to persons residing in
cities along, the rivers. One of these
letters was yesterday delivered to
Claude Winter, Of this city. 1t was
fromla business firm in st, Louis and
is the first aeroplane letter ever de-
livered to any person in Cairo.
In the party arriving in Cairo yes
terday were Thomas Benoist, presi
dent of the Benoist Aircraft Co., Jack
Henning, vice-president, Tony Jan
nus. aviator, Harry Anthon, press