The chronicle=news., 1913-06-06
TO0UTRUNT TRAIN
WITH FLYING I
BOAT

minute In II flying boat" Is The
promise OF Harry y. Atwood of hos
ton. the long distance aviator whd
has been working ON his device In
this place In secret since the begin
ming of tho year. The flying boat
will be subjected to tests in Lake
Erie. OFF the government life SAVING
station at Marblehead. within the
next ten days.
Il. Il. Hanley, OF Providence. l.. l.. To
whom Atwood has agreed to sell II
for $4,000. II II fails TO come up &c
expectations II will be reconstructed
until |, does.
But II will navigate both water
and air. says Atwood. 1T will
make IL mile n minute aud then some
Detroit is az miles from Sandusky
as the crow flies. am ready 10
guarantee TO deliver u passenger NJ
Detroit within 20 minutes after set.
ting sail from Sandusky.
How about New York;" Atwood
was asked.
New York" said the aviator. II,
between 200 and $40 miles on IL di'
rect line. Flying oyer land Isn't n,
easy as flying over the water. whcr.
YOU can sail II you don't want "a
soar. But I believe tina, In my Fly
Ing boat shall be able to get Il
New York from Saniusky In les
than 90 hours. Later ON I hope to b,
able To reduce materially the time ol
the Twentieth Century Limited and
other fast trains
The flying boat" whose propclic,
Is In the air instead OF the water. T.
propelled In much the same manner
M mn acropinnc. although the mech.
anlsm II In the boat instead OF In
the rigging. n II IL In what In com
monty known as the hydro.acroplanc
III. while travelling. stofn'
should come up and I should fini
II necessary to do so. the plane,
could be released from the body BY
simply cutting eight slender wires
each on. of which Is within easy
reach Of the wheel AT which the or.
WI rhs NkWobu
"Thc boat. bcrcft Of flying rigging
would become an ordinary power
boat. II would stiii contain Its cn
cine propeller and ruticr and b,
reason OF the fac; that II Ii built
along peculiar lines. resembling to &
great extent the non.s!nkabic Graf;
Of the so-caiicd fish-beily type. oush
to. and I believe will. weather al
mos, any kind Of storm
The boat Is 10 feet long. The
planes surmouniink II measure 10
feet from end To end. The flying
boat as whole. weighs I.500
pounds. no,wiihstandin. the fac,
that II Ia constructed Of the lishtcsi
obiainablc. mostly violin
wood and bamboo. The motor weighs
?.O pounds. The total weight Of
the craft. with the aviator and two
will be approximately
two tons.
Atwood employs n dozen men In
his workship. prominent among
whom is Weldon u. Cooke. the Call
fornia endurance flyer. who. with Z
second "flyin; boat" upon which A..
wood will begin work within tn,
mex; few weeks. has entered the In
icrnaiional Great Lakes flying cruise.
which will start from Chicago Jul.
=. to finish at Detroit 10 days later
and George Lawson. who was At
woods mechanic on the nyiator's ST
Louis TO itosion flight.
Tho flying boat. n IL proves TO b'
the success that Atwood and Cook
predict. will rcvolu'ionizc flying. !
will enlarge th. field OF travel tt
such an extent. they think. that an
trip will he "a pastim'
rather than u possibility. Atwood
admits now that he had "flyinI
boat" in mind when he considered {
fligh, across the Atlantic some tim'
ago. And he may attempt this fligh'
in the not far distant future.
The demand for his craft In such
according to Atwood. that the "nyint
boat" in his opinion. will soon take
the place OF tn. automobile. which
Atwood saws. is rapidly losing IT.
charm among thosc who rcsortcd I,
motoring for the thrills that II i'm
parts.
Unless am much mistaken.
says Atwood. the flying boat" will
also take the place OF the stcan
yacht and In not so many years I,
come. the present type OF pleasure
craft will have been abandoned"
al, hpt ~ sshnnf" hs
Is building now Is what the first 10
como,ivc was compared to what tn,
future will he. Already he has plani
all nut completed for n fivc-passcn.
ger ship. work upon which will be.
gin as soon as the boat with which
he Ia about to experiment, has beer
operated.
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