Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-19
BEACHY TOO DARING
Barred From Flights in War
Department Machines.
STUNTS AT COLLEGE PARK
Capt. Chandler Declares That They
Were Too Risky.
DECISION BY GEN. ALLEN
Venturesome Aviator, Displeased at
the Introduction, Leaves for
Philadelphia. :

As a result of some of the aerial
stunts at College Park yesterday.
Lincoln Beachy. regarded as one of the
best aviators in the United States, has
| been barred from flying any more War
Department machines. either at the park
or elsewhere. This does not mean that
Beachy may not fly any more at College
Park. or even that he may not be used
by Glenn Curtiss to demonstrate ma
chimes that have been ordered by the
| government. It means merely that he
will not be allowed hereafter to fly any
Of the machines owned by the govern
ment.
When asked about barring Beachy from
the machines. Gen. Allen. chief signal
officer. said today that there was no OBJ
lection to Beachy being used by his COM
pany as a demonstration. and that the
government had no objections to his
breaking up factory machines, or even to
risking his own neck, if he wished, so
long as he did not endanger either the
spectators or other aviators. There were
laws of the air. however, just as there
were laws of the road, and he would
have to observe them when he was fly -lg
in company with other aviators.
Daring Stunts at College Park.
What led to Beachy's exclusion was a
series of aerial performances in small
Curtiss machine put together at the park
by the enlisted men there. It is one Of
the smallest Curtiss machines, and was
the first experiment in assembling that
had been tried by the soldiers on the de-
tail. The aeroplane had been fitted with
a seventy five-horsepOwer engine, so
that it was usually fast with an abundant
reserve of power.
Beachy took the machine out for trial
Immediately after it was finished. When
he went into the air he said It was the
handiest machine he had ever operated.
He went into the air and spiraled down
and then did the same thing with his mo-
tor cut out. He darted at the ground
and at the roofs of houses, apparently
missing them only by inches, though he
really had good deal more margin than
that.
Circling Around Bigger Machine.
William Kabitzke, the Wright aviator
was there. testing one of the big weight
carrying machines ordered for the gov
eminent, aand while he was in the air
Beachy went up and played around him
like a porpoise around a ship. and it
looked to those on the ground as though
there were repeated chances for a col
lision. When Kabitzke came down he
said that Beachy's stunt had not inter-
fered with him and that the machines
were never closer than 200 feet.
Beachy Barred.
But Capt. Chandler, who is in charge of
the field, and who is himself an aviator.
said it was taking more chances tan
any man had a right to take, and he
told Beachy that he would not be allowed
in a government machine again. Beachy
was not pleased at the Introduction, and
left for Philadelphia last night.
Whether Beachy will appear at the
park again is a question. He probably
holds that his performance was safe, If
not sane, because he is really an excep-
tional aviator
Defended by Orville Wright.
Orville Wright said here recently that
he regarded Beachy as not only a skill
full but a safe aviator. He continued:
"Beachy does a good many things that
look risky, but he knows his machine, and
he does his spectacular stunts in a safe
way l have seen a good many men fly
who apparently were not doing things so
sensational as Beachy, but who, through