The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-03

have YOU noticed that all these accidents have hap
peued TO Norton gyroscope mschinesp'
"well. what Of thst!'' | replied. "Isu't il Just
barely possible that Norton is the wrong track in
applying the gyroscope 70 acropanel can Z say
know much about either the cyroscopc or the aero
plane. but from what hear the fellows at the Office
say it would 10 that tho gyroscopc is a
pretty good thing keep OF aeropane, not 10 put
or 1T
"'why:" asked Kennedy blandly.
Well, it seems 20 from what the experts say,
that anything which tends to keep your machine in
one position is lust what YOU don Z want in aero
plane. What surprises them, they saw is that the
thing 10 work well up 10 certain point
tia, the accidents don happen Why, our
man on tho aviation field tells that when that
poor fellow Browne killed he had all but sue
ceeded in bringing his machine TO dead stop in the
air. In other words he would have the Brooks
prize for perfect motionlessness in place And
then Herriek the day before, going about seventy
miles hour when be collapsed They said il was
heart failure
''Then il WASH Z the gyro.cope in that case'' said
Kennedy with rising infection.
mo" ] admitted reluctantly perhaps not
could see that ! had been rash in talking so long.
Kennedy had only been sounding TO what the
newspapers thought Of it. His next remark
characteristics
Morton has asked me to look into the thing he
ssd quietly. 'If his invention is failure, he is
ruined man. All his money is in IT, he is suing
FOR infringing his patent and he is liable for dam
ages 70 the heirs according his agreement with
Browne and Herrick. | have known Norton
time, in fact, he worked out his ideas at the univer
sitv physical laboratory. ! have flown in his
chine, and il is the most marvellous biplanc |
". Walter | YOU TO get Belmore Park 5
sgument from tho Star and go out 10 the aviation
meet With me tomorrow. | II take you the field,
around the machiues-you can get enough local color
TO do dozen Star specials later on. -
The regular contests did not begin until the after
noon. but Kennedy and decided to make day of it,
sc TO
the park where the flights being held.
We found Charles Norton, the inventor, anxously
mt work with his mechanicians in the big temporary
she'd that had been accorded him. and was dign6ed
with the of hangar.
81 knew YOU would come. professor, - he exclaimed
running forward 10 meet us.
'of course, - echoed Kennedy. ''I'm too much in.
terestcd in this invention of yours not to help YOU
Norton. You know what I've always thought Of it
We told YOU often that it is the important ad-
vance since the original discovery by the Wrigbts
planes y ""'Pi's '"e
''Im Just fixing up NV third machine said Nor.
prize, at least far this meet is concerned for
don 7 believe shall get my fourth and newest
| eouldn I pay for til am ruined If don t win
that $4,000 Brooks prize And, besides, couple Of
report TO the war department on j. d have stood
here had been ike the trials vou 5%nh saw By BUT se Een
,., nedy be ADDED, and bis face drawn and tragic
right Two men dcadthuk Of Gtr" IT, This afternoon ~S
m going to Nv myself | IN not afraid 10 90 anv
beaten
It was easy to see why Kennedy was fascinated by
II was not foolhardiness II was doCred de,ermipa
non. faith in himself and in his own ability to
triumph over every obstacle
VIC nov slowly entered the shed whore two men
were working over Norton S bpane. One OF the men
was trenebman; JauIette. who had worked with Far
map, silent, dark browed. weather beaten fellow
Ni'h sort Of suleg poIiteuess. The other man was
nn American ROY Sinclair. tall, 1.-THE, why chap
with scanned and furrowed face and a loose ionted
n,, very dtd. manner h whieh marked him born bird
not 10 hy that day. much 20 as relief was reading
Wc we're ntTod1eed to him him and he seemed 20 b..
a very eomranionsbe sort of fellow, though not
- Mr.. Norton" he said, after the Introduction.
DtsTSs GOfS S an account Of Your Injunction against
frisndy." /" he added, indicating the article
Norton read il and frowucd Hump, Tn show
beaGno ER'ISGn N pn NC OF 1 the
IN N the patept ohee as the lawyers call it. viii hci
II m wrong h. wrong and all Cyroscope patent.
are are vr9ne and II IN right, by George m first in
sd noi' lnS' go 'su I u he appealed to Ken.
Kennedy shrugged his shoulders non.commi,,alIv q,
Il be had never heard OF the patent bsicc or tho
-yroscope in his life. The were listening wbc,bcy
or not from loyalty could not toll
ssteyer YOU cali s'fcd Ken"ed2 %fsa
first that allowed IN ST 7sTDaFsT Ts sg moD
trust your word OF honor not 10 publish a line cY
cent such a. o. h after you write it''
vs. Norton directed, the mcchanicisns vhcelcd tbo
acIoplsne ont on the field IN front OF toe she'd 10
ono about. - '"''' W
Now 'his is the gyITcscoPe, - began Norton point
iag out thing snessed in an aluminium sheath which
Weighed all told perhaps fourteen or dftcsu nonnJs
iou .rc, The gyros"opc IS really hvwhrcl p'orr,ed
on simhals and turn suv Of its arcs 80 ,bs. =
sn assume any angie IN space. Wheu II Al 70, t
ois YOU can turn II easily. Bnt when set rcyov;,
J, isnds TO persist always in tho plano which il was
! took hold % i, and Il did turn readily n ,,y
side 49, "''e "fNnee' IN
q
-. lsttiF eish Vacuum IN that aluminium
see; went on Norton. There : very little frirtio,
~ 'nat account The power % rotate tho hvwbset j.
obtained from this little dynamo here run nv ,hc 80,
s1sln' watch also turns the propelcrs Of tbe aero
But suppose tho engine stop.. how about The w.,