Evening star., 1912-11-21
GOES UP 2,03O FEET
kabitzke Makes Altitude Test
in New Aero.
ASCENDS IN TEN MINUTES
Aviators Discuss Grahame- Whites
Proposition to Fly Across the
Atlantic Ocean.
ASCENDS IN TEN MINUTES

William kabitZke, the Wright demon
strator, who has been testing new aero
planes for the War Department at Col
lege Park. yesterday made the altitude
test of 2.OG0 feet in ten minutes in one of
the new type c machines. He was thirty
feet above the altitude limit at the end
of the ten minutes. He started on the
two-hour endurance fight in the same
machine. but motor trouble caused him
to come down at the end of thirty-five
minutes.
Lieut.. Harold Geiger, who is to fly some
Of the hydro -aeroplanes at the Curtiss
camp this winter, has been ordered to
start for the Pacific coast December 1.
According to the latest advices from
Berlin, the German government is making
all possible speed in enlarging her aero
plane fleet. Her latest acquisition IS
flying boat with wheels from Glenn Cur
tiss, of the same type he is making for
the American navy. This machine IS
considered the widest development of the
aeroplane because. with folding, wheels,
it can operate on land, water or air.
Regarded as Ominous.
1t is not certain whether Germany s
haste in the matter Of military aeroplanes
Is another indication of the nearness OF
the long-discussed European war, but the
fact is that Russia and Austria are both
pushing preparations in the same direc-
ton, and the latest mail advices from that
region say the situation Is regarded as
ominous.
According to dispatches from London,
Claude Grahame-White, who has noWn
a great deal in this country and has
made flights in Washington, is contem-
plating transatlantic trip by acceptance
hot 10 started
building big machine for the under
taking. His own statement Is that the
aeroplane is to be of 1000 horsepower,
with four 25O-horsepower engines. 1t Is
not stated whether the craft is to EAEs
monoplane. biplane or multiplane ne
says 1t will be equipped with four pro-
pellers. two Of which will be enough to
drive it, while the other two can be in
course of repair, if necessary.
If this machine is ever built 1t will be
the most powerful aeroplane constructed.
more powerful even than any of the big
dirigibles, some Of which have run to 400
or 600 horsepower. The nearest ap-
proach to 1t in point Of power was the
historic steam-driven aeroplane OF Sir
Hiram Maxim, in 1892
Mr.. White says he expects to be able
to make the trip in from twenty to thirty
hours.
Trip Often Discussed.
The transatlantic trip for aeroplanes
has been discussed ever since areoplanes
were flown at all. Lincoln Beachy has
been reported to have contemplated the
trip and John Sloane of New York last
year actually made preparations to start,
choosing the northern route by way Of
Glace Bay. Both these trips contem-
plated the necessity of using hydro
aeroplanes for alighting on the water and
having a number of supply ships with
gasoline and lubricating oil stationed at
intervals from one side Of the ocean to
the other.
Those connected with aviation said at
the time that such a trip could be made,
although 1t would be costly perform
ance and would prove nothing new as to
the aeroplane's capability. II the ma
chine that Grahame- White talks Of is
really built. 1t will develop new possibiN-
ties in aeronautic engineering and be a
really valuable contribution to the art