New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-08
TO FLY TO WASHINGTON
|. AND BACK IN ARMY TEST
C. NJ. Wood, in MOnOpIane. viii
Leave Hampstead for Nations
Capital at 4::30 A. M. To-day.
RETURNS THIS AFTERNOON
Special Train Carrying Military
Officers to Speed with the
Aviator, Who Tells Tribune
He'll Surely Succeed.

In demonstration to prove that an
American military type OF aeroplane
hearing vital dispatches in time OF war
can reliably travel both ways between
New York and Washington. a tactical
route long considered by the army flying
I corps. c. Mury.n Wood. an aviator. is
scheduled 70 start from Hampstead al
$50 o'clock this morning According "a
the forecast be should have fine weather
aloft
Wood ~ the helm Of the new Kauter-
Moisant monoplane Blueb!rd. Is instruct
ed 20 pace a fast special train. made no
OF a powerful engine and two coaches.
which will leave the old Pennsylvania
I station At the same minute that the
m0noplane IS due 90 rise from Hemp
stead The special will convey Major
General Thomas a. Barry. commanding
the Department of the East. Major Sam
uel Rcbcr vice-prcs!dert Of tho Aero
club of America. and the onicla. ohscrv-
ers and recorders.
The aviator viii maintain an altitude
OF 900 feet throughout the n.Eht In Or
der 10 minimize the chances of Interrupt
ton. Monop!ane and train will make
their nonstop trip together. Tor Wood
IS instructed to pace the special with
him and enable the Official observer to
watch his movements closely.
After leaving Baltimore Wood will
look ahead for the first glimpse Of the
Washington Monument The three lofty
wireless towers ~ Fort Myer viii next
become his objective point. for he must
leave the special and dart toward the
government post and alight on the grass
plot Immediately In front OF the towers.
instead ~ coming down on the rougher
parade ground made historic by the
Wright brothers demonstrations and &C.
cidents.
The running time Of the special train
will be- three and half hours TO the
capital. and the monoplane IS expected
10 have no trouble in keeping up for
the 226 miles. the longest nonstop prac-
teal flight made on the Eastern coast.
Wood will carry twenty-eight gallons OF
easolene fuel and ten pounds Of castor
oil bringing the whole weight Of the
craft up % 100 pounds
on landing at Fort Myer the aviator
and monoplane are expected to go
through with the second part OF the
demonstration. one OF the most important
I'm the military use Of acroplanes. which
includes knocking down the whole APP
paratus I'm two minutes and twenty one
seconds and setting II up In four minutes
and twenty-five seconds.
Immediately after this demonstration
Wood is due 10 start on his return trip
to New York. and II the schedule Is main
tanned throughout he should get away for
New York about . o'clock in the after
noon
Wood made the following statement FOR
The Tribune.
My chief aim throughout the flight will
b, 10 maintain an altitude 81 5000 feet
The reason for this is that my machine
f. very fast one an1 requires good.
long run after coming 10 the ground In
unfamiliar country.
while I shall always try 90 follow
the railway, there is no reason why
cause me 10 lose the tracks After leav-
ing Philadelphia ! can. II necessary FOL
low the Della ware River TO Whining
ton. I'm case of doubt | can follow
the Susquehanna River to Havre de
Grace, or there is the Ray 10 Baltimore
and the Potomac River to Washington. I
see no danger OF getting lost If there
are no clouds"
ON the eve Of the flight Major Miguel
LebriJa. chief Of the aviation corps Of the
Mexican federal army. sent the follow
ing wireless from the steamship Lorraine.
then $50 miles at sea, I'm care Of The
Tribune:
Aviator e. Murvin Wood
Garden city to Washington and return"