The Washington times., 1913-08-11
AVIATOR TO MAKE
MORE TESTS TODAY
Record-Breaking Operator to
Circle Washington Monu-
ment in the "BIuebird."

Under careful observation Of intel
States experts, G. Murvin Wood. the
daring young Kansas aviator who broke
three records in his fight from Hemp
stead nla;ns to Gaithcrsburg Saturday
will this afternoon give the first Of a
series of demonstrations that will keen
him IN Washington a week or ten days
Al 80 O'Clock he will circle " ash
tnrtcE Monument. and ny over the Mall
and the polo grounds. II Wood lies
as high as he usually does, residents Of
the city will rot See the machine unless
they are on the lookout. for the
Moisant monoplane at S.G0 feet in the
air looks much like a bird with out
stretched wings. and makes less noise
than the biplanes that have been seen
here.
The fight will start from Fort Myer.
and the aviator will return there imme-
diately after circIing the Monument
He will give demonstrations of his
ability TO take down. put up, start. and
stop the machine before the army Of
fiCers. In q similar demonstration be-
fore the officials OF the Brooklyn navy
yard recently, Wood stripped the ma
chine ready for insertion into a side
door express car in two minutes and
twenty-One seconds, and put it up again
in four minutes and twenty-five seconds.
On Bluebird.
Today's demonstrations will be made
in The BIuebird. -" the car in which the
aviator made the recOrd-breaking trip
from Hampstead Plains. He will be ac-
companied by "MonOplane." the bulldog
mascot of the Moisant aviation camps.
S. S. Jerwan. chief pilot of the school.
and owner of the mascot, brought him
down here today on request of J. r.
Hail. manager of the demonstrations
that are being given here. 1t is claimed
he is the only dog who has asCended in
monoplane.
The committee which will inspect
tOday's demonstrations at Fort Myer
consists of General SCrivens and Col
oncl Garard L. s. A, and Major Rus
sell, Lieutenant Milling, and Lieuten-
ant Arnold, of the aviation corps. 1t
is a coincidence that Lieutenant Mill
ing. one of the inspectors this after
noon. is holder of the three records
broken by Wood in his New York to
Washington race. Lieutenant Milling
made the duration. speed. ard dis
tanCe in a flight of 224 miles in four
hours from San Antonio to Texas
City.
To6ay's demonstrations will be
Chiefly those in which Mr.. Wood may
show his machine TO the best advan-
taee. In addition to stripping and
Setting uo the machine, he will dem
onstrate the rapidity with which the
machine, may he set in motion, and
also how il may be brought to a stop.
Government Tests.
Subsequent demonstrations will be
Government tests, in which the ma
chine will be put through the most
rigid examination. Since the mono
plane is all eady used by all the big
world powers except the United
States, the officials Of the company
have no fear that it will not stand
the tests subjected TO It today.
The fact that the machine will not
be seen this afternoon unless the
residents watch carefully for it is as
serted by the builders to be an argu-
Ment In favor Of its adoption by the
GoNtrnmeut. The wings Of the Blue
bird are now painted white. and II is
sald II they were painted blue the
machlne could not be seen against
tnr sky at an altitude Of 2 600 feet
II is expected a large crowd will wit
ness the demonstrations because II is
not only record breaking machine and
driver, but ii is the first monopIane
ever seen in Washington. Wood de-
clares, however, that he does not in
tend 10 do any circus stunts" M
business, said the lanky aviator. is
TO show the army folks that we have
machine particularly adapted for Their
purposes in speed. endurance, and all
the ether qualities that are necessarv !
1or a Spying machine"
). p Hail, manager OF the fights |
announced today that the fight and |
demonstrations will positively be made
unless weather interferes