Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-14
TURKEY TROTS IN AIR
Lieut.. Arnold Puts AeropIane
Through New Stunt.
MACHINES FOR MANEUvERS
Four Officers Will Participate in
Events to Be Conducted Near
New York.

Flying at College Park yesterday was
restricted to practice flights by the off,
GERS still there. Capt. Chas. de Forest
Chandler. in charge Of the school, took
some flights alone in the Wright machine
and afterward with Lieut.. Sherman as a
passenger. Lieut.. Harry Arnold made a
few flights alone and tried out the aerial
turkey trot," which has caught the
fancy of the officers with the Wright ma
chine. They are not taking any chances
on accidents, however. as every one Is
looking forward to the use Of aeroplanes
in the maneuvers that are to be held
around New York city in conjunction with
some of the regiments of the National
Guard This is the first time that aero
planes will have been used in the maneu-
vers.
Two Aeros to Be Sent.
1t has now been decided to send two
machines and four officers These prob
ably will be Capt. Chandler and Lieut.
Milling and Lieut.. Arnold and Lieut..
Kirkland, paired as enumerated. This will
give one machine and two officers with
the necessary enlisted men and mechanics
to each side. The machines have not been
SeleCleu, out PROBABLY VIII De the NE1Rnt
and the Burgess-Wright, If the new en-
gines that have been ordered for them ar
rive and can be installed in time. This
Will give the opposing sides in the ma
neuver machines practically equal speed.
There is a possibility that the new Bur-
CESS canard and the new Wright, both of
which are ready for shipment, may be
used. The Burgess Is a hydroplane, but
can be fitted with wheels for land serv-
Ice. Both OF these machines are to have
nrsV 1~,.A hi,
spective speeds are not certain.
Kirkland at Marblehead.
Lieut.. Kirkland is still at Marblehead
overseeing the assembling Of the new
Burgess machine. and taking course in
INCORPORATING. Lieut.. Geiger. who is to
fly one of the Curtiss machines, is at
Hammondsport, getting the same sort of
training.
Curtiss, who was the original de-
veloper OF the hydrO-aeroplane, has de-
signed a new sort of air and water
craft. 1t has not yet been determined
what service disposition will be made
OF the new machine, but it is expected
to be eventually used both in the army
and navy for water work.
The new machine is more of a boat
with wings than a flying machine with
floats. The body is a regular speed
beat body with spray hood in front
protecting the aviator and passenger.
They sit side by side low down in the
body of the boat and the boat is at
tached close to the lower plane of the
machine, while the engine is close un-
der the upper plane.
Has Tested Air Boat.
Curtiss himself has made a number
of flights with the air boat and ex-
presses himself as better satisfied with
the balance and general performance
than with any of the previous water
machines he has turned out. The ma
chine also has been tried by the navy
fiiers. Hugh Robinson and Beckwith
Havens. both experienced hydro fiiers
Lieut.. T. G. Ellyson, one of the navy
aviators; Capt. w. l. Chambers, In
charge of aviation for the navy, and
Lieut.. Harold Geiger of the army, all
have tried the machine and have ex-
pressed themselves pleased with it's
speed In the air and its hardness in
the water.