Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-30
PLANE EVENTS OPEN TO ALL.
Full Particulars Of British Air
Competition Reach Here.
CONDITIONS ARE ANNOUNCED
British War office Is 10 Have
Option to Buy Any Ma
chine that wins
Prike.

NEW YORK. Jan. 3.-ENull particulars
Of the British War Office aeroplsne COM
petition for prizes amounting to sSS,Oeo
recently reached members of the Aero
Club Of America. Two prizes are open
10 the world for machines made in this
country. The first is Of $1,000 and the
second $4,000. The rest OF the prize
money is TO be competed for by British
subjects only. The British War office
is to have the option Of purchasing fos
5000 any machine awarded a prize. The
owners Of ten machines which are sub
mltted TO all the flying tests and are not
awarded a prize are to receive $500 for
each machine so tested. Wilbur Wright
and Glenn II. curtiss have both stated
that they will probably enter their BIZ
planes. The following conditions are
those required to be fulfilled by o mill
tary aeroplane:
I. Be delivered in a packing case suit
able for transport by rail. and not ex-
ceeding % feet by feet by . feet. The
case must be fitted with eyebolts to
facilitate handling.
.. Garry live load OF $50 pounds, in
addition to It's equipment OF instru-
ments. etc, with fuel and oil for four
and one half hours.
/ Q Fly for three hours loaded as in
| clause z, and maintain an altitude OF
500 feet for one hour, the first 1000
feet being attained at the rate OF 200
feet a minute, although rate OF rise OF
200 feet per minute Is desirable.
Z. Attain a speed Of not less than s.
miles per hour Tin calm, loaded as In
s. Plane down to ground in calm
from not more than 1000 feet with engine
stopped, during which time horizontal
distance OF not less than $500 feet must be
raversed before touching
Rise without damage from long grass.
clover or narrowed field In 100 yards In
q calm. loaded as in clause o
Land without damage on any cultivated
ground; including rough plow. % 4
up within u yards OF the point at which
II nrst touches the ground when landing
on smooth turf In a calm. II must be
capable OF being steered when running
slowly on the ground.
y Be capable OF change from flying
trim to road transport trim and travel
either on Its own wheels or on q trolley
on the road; width not to exceed ten feet.
Provide accommodation for a pilot
ana observer and the controls must be
capable OF use either by pilot or OBJ.
10, The pilots and observers yisws a,
the country below them 10 front ana
TANKS must be as open as possible. and
they should be shielded from the wind
sna able TO communicate with one an.
II. All parts Of aeroplane must be
strictly interchangeable, like parts with
one another and with spares from stock
| u Inc maker shall accurately supply
tne following particulars, which will BE-
verified BY official test: (al The horse
QnAhd Iva an. ~. 49,,
py the engine in a six hours run III
The engine weight. complete general ar
rangement drawtng). and whether air OF
water cooled. tel The intended fying
Of entire machine. ~ Fuel consumptior
per hour at declared horsepower. (gl
vi consumption per hour at declared
horsepower. fh) Capacity of tanks
IL The engine must be capable of be.
Ing started up by the pilot alone
u. Other desirable attributes are: (a)
standstill with engine running without
being held. Engine preferably capahls
o. being started from on board. fb) FL.
fective silencer fitted 10 engine lei
Strain on pilot as snail as possible. Id
Flexibility of speed: to allow Of landings
and observations being made at SLOW
speeds II required. while reserying a high
aecelsration for work in strong winds
safe angles Of descent. to allow OF choics
OF landing places in case Of engine fail.
ure. (h II IL desirable that the time and
number Of men required for the change
from flying trim to road trim. or packed
for transport by rail. and vice yesa
should he small. and these will be con.
Hdered I'm Judging the machine The time
for changing from road trim and packed
condition to flying trim to include up q
the moment OF leaving the ground "
Night, allowance being made for diff.
Guilty In starting engine. (gl Stability
and suitability for use in bad weather
and In = wind averaging twenty-five
miles an hour thirty feet from the GROUND
without undue risk 10 the pilot. Stability
In flight is of great Importance. M
The packing case FOR rail transport To b,
easily dismantied and assembled for use
and when dismantled should occupy 4
I email xuac% for STORAGE