The evening world., 1913-06-23
IN FLYING YACHT
He PLANS TO SAIL
OvERC|TY TONIGHT
Rich "Jack" Vilas's Luxurious
Sky and Water Boat to
Start at Westchester.
PULLMAN OF THE AIR.
Mahogany, Nickel and Gold in
Its Makeup-Shown on
Astor Roof. "
PULLMAN OF THE AIR.

II the weather. conditions are perfect
this evening at about O. clock or there.
abouts l.. A. villas. . wealthy young
Chicago sportsman known 10 his friends
as "Jack," will really look down on
New York by clrciing over and around
the Island Of Manhattan In the hrst
Night ever made by . hyins boat here.
He plsns to start from the westchester
Country Club. travel down tho Sound.
ny over or under the bridges. skirt
around the Battery and up the Hudson.
II the Harlem River furnishes the right
sort OF river course he will use this
method OF returning TO the Country
Club. Otherwise he will 90, back the
way he came. II the boat can so ~
fast as Villas says Il can the whole trip
should take les than an hour. II this
night Is successful Mr.. villas will take
q number OF others. In one OF them he
plans to circle In mid.air about the
Statue Of Liberty: In another he hopes
to rise from the East River and ny
overland to the Hudson.
The fiylnx boat has been on exhibition
several days on the Hotel Astor roof.
where II has been attracting . Great
deal OF attention and causing much
speculation a. to whether MIR. villas
could really nit from the waves to the
clouds. as inspired by fancy. In this
novel machine.
To Get this stunt Of AR. vilas's con-
fused with the tricks Of a common and
vulgar hydroplane Is to take the poetry
completely out Of 1t. To call . flying
boat q hydropiane 10 enough TO make
the flying boat rise up on it's ailerons
and shudder. It's like mlstaking . Pull
man for hand car. ...
COMFORT AND LUXURY IN THE
AIR or ON WATER.
fitting the steering gear toward you
you rise into the air without even
knowing that you have left the water.
Beside you In the mahogany cockpit
w1,ioh 10 equipped like the front seat Of
an automobile your companion lights Q
cigarette under the cover Of the spray
shield. A. you r3se TO . tho2sand fsst
or two, you look down through . purple
cloud ~ diaphonous - . pesk.a.boo
waist upon panorama which stretches
from Spuyten Duyvil to Bayonns. N. J.
Beneath you the waters Of the harbor
look like painted ocean. Cushioned In
luxury with the sohd boat beneath your
feet, you listen Q while 70 the wind
anSinE In the rigging and watch the
sun nash helosraphs on the aluminium
wings; then you look down condsscsnd-
,ngly In che direction Of the Podo Grounds
and say, II say. old top. its too bad
i N~lI A.
day like this playing , plsbsian game
like baseball"
Mr.. villas. who 10 only twsnty-six
years old. IL the hrst man to own and
operate . hying boat. He 10 the only
ono In the world who has passed the
license test The boat was made sSv-
eral weeks ago by the Curtiss Com.
pany, and Mr.. Villas made his nrst
| trials in Hammondsport. on Lake
Keuka. He made three hundred miles
on his trial test. and cossted, from "a
altitude Of two thousand feet. 600 feet
to the water.
The boat II Of . propeller tyDs. II
measures - feat In width. q fest In
length. II equipped with . 100 horse
power motor. and 10 expected to cover
IS miles an hour on water and 6 miles
an hour in the air. Nr. Villas hes In
troduced . plumber OF special features,
such a. aluminium wings. Q mahogany
propeller and mahogany stssrin0
wheels. and metal work completely
finished In nickel. His soA-platsd
monogram 10 on the hood.
PROMINENT MEN APPLY FOR A
CHANCE TO FLv.
Among the passengers who have Dc.
clared their willingness to accompany Mr..
Villas on his flights are Vincent Astor.
c. X. @. Billings and car1 T. Aksly. the
well known taxidsrmist and elephant
hunter who was with Coz. Roosevelt on
his African drip.
| A we'll known comic opera librettist
who visited the roof said that ne was