New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-20
Ocean Airboat Finished and
Aviator Finds Her in
Good Working Order.
NOW FOR TEST OF
QUALITIES IN FLIGHT
Pilots in No Fear of Not Beng
Picked Up at Sea in Case
of Accident.
lr, r.,cc-,nh 20 Tho rrLhnne J


Hammondsport y. Y. June 19.-To-
day marked the practical completion oil
the Rodman Wanamaker transatlantic
living boat shortly after noon the
final control was connected up and
Lieutenant John cyril Porte took his
Mace i'm the craft and proceeded ia
r,anipulate the levers TO satisfy him
self that all was in working order H'
announced later that everything was
perfectly satisfactory.
II had been planned to transport Tue
big machine from the CurtiSs Factory
10 the shore Of Lake Keuka this after
noon. but heavy storm prevented.
The machine will be carried in sec
lions to the flying grounds, and tha'
there may be no chance Of breaNage
tho various sections will be carried by
Curtiss employees.
Glenn II. Curtiss went 10 New DIN
tonight. and his absence to-morro"
will delay the removal Of the maci'''l'
until sunday or Monday. BY Iues-
day al the latest the flying qualities oil
The Yanamaker boat will be tested
No Patent lnfringements'
The controls used on the new flyer
arc understood not to infringe on 'ne
Wright patents on the Wright ma
chino the wings are warped simultane-
ouslv. and when the plane tlllS lhe
warming device causes sufficient pres
e,,rc on the low side of the machine 10
hiring IL up to the level of the hlgher
side ,u
The .Wanamaker machine has been
cited with special fats which do not
and cannot act simultaneously ana
,bcir action is just the reverse OF the
WEIGHT device I'm that the flap is raised
instead Of lowered, and the reSulllilS
pressure forces the high side OF tne
machine down These flaps cannot o[
l..ressed hploW the normal plane Vi
,ba eupportiug surfaces and do not aC'
i'm conjunction with the Tudder as IN the
Wright machine.
The CllrtiSs company, as well as Lleu-
tenant Porte. has received many cor
cr9tulations on the choice Of j. LansIi's
CaIIan as a probable third pilot for th'
\y,namallpr boat Callan has hau d
wide experience in his capacity as cUIGi
Instructor in the CurtlsS Schooi' H'
has flown more than $4,000 miles Will
ont an accident and last year maue
record of 1850 miles in three coISecu-
i've DAYS an average of $40 miles 9
Nav. Ills skill will prove a valuable
asset to the expedition after leaving
Inc Azores. Callau is tWenty-siX years
old. 49,,
Lieutenant Porte said to-day that nc
ocean patrol had been arranged fol
and that the greatest need of patro
vessels would be about the Azores. H
plans to make two stops there-one a.
FLORES at the western end of the group
and the other at Fayal at the Eastern
end. c,-
The supply station at Nigo, Spain
will bc arranged for by ROdman Wana'
makers representative sumner X. Hol
lender who is now i'm England.
Porte said that ne had not been al
,ised ms To what had been done there
hut presumed everything was all right
When Porte and Hallett make thei
flight there will be from eighty to one
hundred vessels on the ocean between
America and Europe. which greatly in
,rcases the possibility Of their pens
picked up i'm case of accident.
The ayiatOrs evidently do not an
titipatc being cast away, and Porte
announced to-day that he would take
only fresh food. such as boiled eggs
cooked meats and bread, with him
Also ne said hc would not wait To-
moonlight nights if he did not succeed
i'm getting away i'm time TO take ad'
vantage Of the fun moon July 10. H'
saws that with the instruments Will
which the machine is equipped it vii
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