The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-10-08
AIR DIPS
PLEASE JAPANESE

other incident in the progress of ono
Of the worlds most ancient races has
been written, largely by a Los Ang les
mar The japanese government has
purchased n complement of two hydro
planes and an aeroplane for use of tho
aruy and navy from r. r.. Young who,
with his charming wife, was royalty
treated in a recent visit to the Orient.
The demonstrator and teacher was also
an American. Louis Tlcrfeld. The party
has just returned.
Surrounded by many evidences of
a long stay in the land of cherry bios
SONS and the chyrsanthemums, Mr.. and
Mrs. Young yesterday recoun;ed the
story of their sojourn. Graphic pictures
of the first aviation meet, if il might be
called such, for there was hut one ma,
chine in the air at time, of some of
the principal people of the land, among
them the present Emperor and the new
Crown Prince, of first trials of Japan-
ESQ aviators, added interest to the story.
With an aviator, two mechanics, two
machines and numerous parts, Mr.. and
Mrs. Young left Los Angeles last April
for Nippon. They travelled Mt the invi-
tation of Emperor Mutsuhito, now dead,
and they had planned to make their ar,
rival spectacular. When within twen-
! ty-hve miles of Toxic hydroplane,
which had been assembled ON the deck
! of the Shire Maru, was lifted by der
: rick to the water So strong sea was
running, however, that the frail craft
! was Mt once washed against the sides
, of the big vessel and submerged. Had
il not been for the attached cables il
would have sunk and glimmering would
have gone some of the hopes of the
American salesman.
On arrival in Japan the first ex-
ploiters of the air of the Orient were
astounded to find Toxic decorated in
honor of their coming. They were
waited on at every turn by the highest
men in professional life and by the no.
bility, and held in awe and almost ven
Grafton by the common populace. A big
stretch of sand on the beach Mt Toxic
I was portioned off for the hangar station
and exhibition ground and from here
, all the tests were made
l Critical Tests.
=" For two weeks we were put to ev-
cry test under the sharp eyes of Japa-
( nese military and naval cxperts,'i said
e Young. ''And during those two weeks
e every man who could get away from
5 duties of any kind in any part of the
!. empire, and could find sufficient money
J. to travel to Toxic, was on hand to
J. witness these first demonstrations of
t the manbird in his conquest of the air.
= In the several years that / have gone
o from one aviation meet to another in
t this country or in Europe, / have never
; seen such crowds as we're attracted to
e the harbor city.
is 'tTha 1iscinlina was rignrnus~o fhn
n behavior marvellous. Distinctive lines
,. had been set for the people as bound
IL aries around the demonstration grounds.
D. Even the oceanside was bounded and
within the prescribed space only the lit.
tie police boats and several small craft
w belonging to high naval officials ven
3 tured within the lines Along the
"a boundaries stretched sampans and
10 iunks, with their peculiar lateen sails
III and their interesting sailors, They ran
for more than q mile out into the sea
60 on both sides
ID Thousands and thousands of the lit
b. tie brown men stood in line after line,
r. dressed in their peculiar combination
Of of half Occidental, half oriental garb.
w The schools We're given recess on vari-
n Gus days to allow the children to come
in down to the waterfront and see the
ships in the air. There was no flag
N ging in the enthusiasm as the days
m progressed and had IL been possible to
10 collect an entrance fee certainly would
g. be able at this time to retire from
N business for some years to come.
IS Mikado Is Interested.
I, - 'Crown Prince Yoshihito, the pres
- ent Emperor, and his son - now the
- - Crown Prince, were among the inter
= ested spectators and came down TO the
hangers nearly every day. Prince
u Shuma and several of the other mem
! bers of the highest nobility were ear
= ried ms passengers by Herield in the
" tests which demanded a showing of
passenger-carrying ability. Two of the
Japanese were taken up at one time
'e and one Of them was carried all the
IS way from Toxic to Yokohama With
y the usual intrcpidity of the nation, and
s. the spirit of the fatalist, it was no
d difficult matter to find volunteers who
n were willing to risk their lives in the
% tests.
d "In addition to carrying passengers,
e. we had to carry mail for three DAYS in
n succession between Toxic and Yoke
# hama, one hundred pounds each way.
n The delivery of messages from points
inland to the deck of battleships which
l. lay IN the harbor was another of the
l. tasks set for Herfeld to accomplish.
y Rising from the water starting on land,
D. throwing imitation bombs, altitude
IS climbing and speed tests were all re-
quested and shown ms only our Ameri-
e can aviators can show these things,
= with the result that at the end of two
n weeks the japanese government con
y tracted for three Curtis biplanes, two
4 of the hYdrODlanps and one of the II rict-
4 ~ aerOplane type for use in war. Adj
miral Sito designated three lieutenants
G % the navy TO como to this country and
y study directly under Curtis
a CATER our army tests, we gave long
/ distance flights under the auspices OF
a the Osaka Asahi Shimbun, or the Osaka
Sun, probably the most widely cireu-
lated paper ia the world, rs manage
n mont claiming 100000 subseribers.