The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-05-17
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Great Aeronautic Exhibition Is
the Crown of Triumph For HUI
man Perseverance In En-
deavor to Fathom Mystery
of How to Soar Midst
the Clouds.

AHE international aerOnautlc eX
hibition which opens under the
auspices of the Aero Club or
America IN the new Ora 81
Central palace, New York, May ., con-
hnuing to May lS, again turns puDilc
attention in the direction of the sub
ject of aviation. OF interest, there
fore. IL q glance at the art OF human
Digit, tedious progress indeed until
recent years. For centuries man had
been ambitious TO fly like the birds or
the air. and we read that Simon the
magician, at the beginning or the
Christian era, was the first aviator
to meet with mishap in attempting to
fiy. Il is recorded of Simon that after
endeavoring TO bribe st. Peter to dis
close the secret Of the descent or the
Holy Ghost he made flying machine
when, after being immortalized in verse
and In bronze, he smashed himself to
pieces OF the Roman pavement
Olivier of Malmesbury, an English
monk, is said TO have constructed Il
set OF leg and arm wings which cost
him a broken leg In 1860 A. ID. Jean
Baptiste Dante also broke a leg with
a pair Of wings he built In the fifteenth
century. In fact, broken legs were
quite fashionable among early avia-
tors. General Andre Guillaume Res
nier, who wanted to affix wings to
Napoleon's soldiers, got the flying
mania In 1900, when he was seventy
one years old, and in sailing over a
castle wall he broke limb.
Recent Roadway Is Marvellous.
Looking backward at the history OF
aviation the ludicrous side Of the eff
forts to fly being in constant evidence
until a comparatively late date anC
the tragic side still adding TO its toll
of human life, 1t seems n quick ano
hardly credible jump TO the success %
present times. when bird men circle
around the tops Of big cities triies
buildings and fly over the heads o.
pedestrians. This. of course, is not D
daily occurrence, but the spectacle Il
so frequent that ii is no longer mark
ed 10y gasps of establishment. Grea
distances are covered by our day Dir,
men Zone has crossed the cOntinen
from the Atlantic To the Pacific.
mile minute has been left far behint
as a speed record. and the modern fly
Ing device obeys the human will, goin:
this way or that as the aviator ma.
wish.
Army experts have been convince,
that the aeroplane is destined 10 pla.
an important part in future wars an
some believe that they will effect
complete revolution of war methods
In Hamburg. Germany, the fnishin
touches have been put on an airshi
harbor, the most important structur
OF the Kind in the world. 1t will b
used by Count Zeppelin for maxim
training trips 10 the English. Swedish
Danish and Norwegian coasts, and
Germany has another war this stru'
ture will he utilized as the base froI
which ai-ships will do scouting dut
for the German squadron on the Mort
sea
By special act OF congress the foreig
machines shown Ut the new Gran
Central palace enter the United STATE
free OF drty. The purpose OF the 2,
hibition Is 10 show what designer
builders and aviators have accomplis
ed. Various makes Of aeroplanes. M
tors and propellers will be tested (,
their efficiency and as much attentic
will be given the technical az the spe
taeular features OF aviation. The sho
probably will become an annual insi
tuition. like the horse shcw.