Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-01
British Machine Is Built Like
an Arrow for Gusty
Winds.
INTERESTING STORY TOLD
OF INVENTORS STRUGGLES
Inspiration for the idea Created BY
the Novelist, H. G.
Wells.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

LONDON. August %. 1913.
The conquest of the air Is complete
An aeroplane shaped like an arrow ha,
been evolved, which refuses to turn
turtle in the most gusty wind. So sim.
pie IL the control Of this machine that
novice can learn to pilot IL within an
hour. It's stability Is such that an ex-
pert aviator has performed q step.
dance on tho driving seat while the
machine has flown unattended at a
height OF 500 feet The British wal
office has two Of these machines on
order, and 1t 10 stated that another IL
to be built in France and handed over
to the French government.
The creation of this flying arrow
which refuses to be upset. provides
probably the greatest romance in the
history OF aviation. 1t is a story OF the
triumph OF logged British pluck over
omcial rebuff and physical disability.
The inventor, j. w. Dunno. ex-lieuten-
sunering from the after effects OF en-
teric fever caught during the South
African campaign. His aeroplane,
which has often been driven by him
curing the experimental stages. might
be termed an aircraft for invalids. AS
a matter of fact, one of it's subsidiary
virtues Is the fact that it imposes no
physical strain upon the pilot.
Inspiration of Novelist.
The story. as told by Mr.. Dunno,
opens with an inspiration created by
the novelist, H. G. Wells In fact. the
original designs Of this machine were
guarded by Mr.. Wells for Mr.. Dunno
on his return to South Africa. when
invalided home in 1901" said Mr..
Dunno, II developed an interest in the
possibilities of flight Mr.. Wells in
sistence on the first Importance Of
staDillty Impressed me, and l set to
Work to evolve flying machine which
should have as its first merit safety.
Next to safety l aimed at stability and
simplicity.
Within two years l had made 1900
models, and from the small models
d full-sized machine! Ny research was
conducted Independently Of the Wright
brothers experiments, and the result is
that my machine is the only one today
that has not the Wright method of con-
troll.
after had proceeded some distance
with my experiments, continued Mr.
Dunno, II turned my attention to bird
flight. l observed that no bird had a
vertical rudder, and that no bird ac-
customed to flying under seagoing con-
ditions had a tail. I also noticed that
seagoing birds flew with their wings
sloped back. and that they changed their
direction of fight by raising the tips OF
the wings. These natural facts so CO.
incided with my preconceived ideas Of the
WINGED that l was on the right track.
Suggested to War Office.
I'm 1905 Col capper suggested to the
war office that my invention should re-
ceive their attention. Under their auspices
glider was built, and then a biplane.
The latter, which had only a twenty.
horsepower engine, actually few. Through
the kindly interest of the Marques OF
Tullibardine. these experiments were car
ried out at Blair Atholl. the experimental
grounds being guarded by the marques
gillies. When Col. Capper left the bal
loon factory in 1908 the war Office aban-
doned interest in aeroplanes, and Col
Cody and myself were told to CO. and
take our machines with US. Then Wright
came over and revived an interest.
THE machine. which arrived safely ir
Paris the other day. in spite of bad
weather en- route is in principle and de-
sign the same as that for which the wal
ONCE had no use in 1908. The only essen.
tial difference lies in the substitution of q
Gnome engine for the all-British engine
with the support Of the Marques OF
Tullibardine came to Eastchurch In
1900. My first machine was completed in
1910. and we did an initial flight Of be-
tween four and five miles. This was fol.
lowed by an official test under the super.
vision Of the Aeronautical Society, Or.
Vile Wright acting as one OF the off1cia
observers During those tests let go Of
the control levers and wrote a note. Their
] built monoplane on the same prin
ciple, and again demonstrated the stabil
ity Of the machine by writing In mid-air
I found that the machine would fly q
straight course of two miles uncontrolled
One-Handed Man Ran It.
Following the monoplane built new
biplane with single propeller. On thi.