Valdez daily prospector., 1914-01-07
TO PARIS BY AERO
 IN THIRTY HOURS
Inventor Expects to Cross Ocean In Machine of Own Design.
IS PRACTICAL, SAY EXPERTS
NortheIiffe Prize Competitor Building Two "sea Planes" Along New Lines. Another Inventor Believes His Bird AeropIans Forestails Accident-Naval Flying Boats Approach Perfection.

Another Inventor Believes His Bird AeropIane ForestaIls Aeeident-Naval
 Flying eoats Approach Perfection.
 With new achievements in aviation for 1913, further great strides in man flying" are in sight. One aero plane inventor expects to fly from New York to Paris in thirty hours. and another has an invention which. he thinks, assures absolute safety in the air.
 Charles E. Smith of Newark, N. J.. is the man who hopes to accomplish the record flight to Paris. He will compete for the $55,OO0 Northcliffe prize in August. Smith has begun building two machines at q cost of $15.OOO each.
 The many new features in his air and water craft, Smith declares, make it totally different from anything ever before seen in this country or Europe. Bird men who have seen the machine and talked with the inventor in his laboratory in Newark say his idea is entirely practical.
 The inventor claims to have solved the problem of carrying sufficient gas oline for a trip of at least 4,O00 miles and is confident that his craft will ex- ceed speed of 100 miles an hour. With this speed. he contends, he can cross from Newfoundland to England in twenty hours, making the journey in one spurt without landing, or he can sail from New York to Paris in less than thirty hours. also continuous flying.
 Share0 Opinion of Graham Bell. Smith holds the same opinion which was recently expressed by Graham Bell, who for years has been interest ed deeply in affairs of air travel. that the only craft capable of making the transatlantic trip is one so constructed that it can soar to an altitude of five miles and then make the journey in one tremendous glide at high rate of speed. The Newark man estimates that gradual drop in altitude of foot to the mile will accelerate great ly the work of two propellers and is of the opinion that the velocity of the machine will increase until toward the end of the trip speed of 15O miles an hour will be reached.
 Applying all the known principles of mechanics, studying the structure of birds and their mode of flight and watching the results obtained by each new machine invented. he became con- filent that he was on the right track. Less resistance. more stability and a practical assurance against accidents were the three main points he work ed on,
 Should he prove successful in his transatlantic flight Smith will begin immediately the construction of sev. eral larger machines for the transpor- tation of passengers and freight
 Builds Bird Aerop!ane.
 Ernest Mother of Detroit has per. fected bird shaped aeroplane which he believes will solve the problem "f safety in the air He has substituted wings for the planes of the flying machines now in use and has made the backbone of the machine similar to birds body. The wings may be raised or lowered, contracted or ex. banded at tue will of the operator.
 Mother has Deen at work on his plane for ten years and recently ob tained his patents The machine is built entirely of steel and aluminium. It will be propelled by a gasoline motor.
 Better Flying Boats.
 With the closing of the United States aviation camp at Hammonds- port N Y.. and shipment south Of Uncle Sam's new fleet of flying boats. it is announced that as direct results of the summers season of flying and experimental work under the direction of Captain Washington 1. Chambers there has been developed ! larger and more seaworthy type of flying boat, q combination craft adapted to either land or water flying. which Captain Chambers has named the "OwI" type. and q practical automatic stabilizing device