Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-07-08
gines to test them out. they started

g1nes to test them out. They started
again easily. upon cranking and we
went ahead getting up to SO miles an
hour when h took h atr. She went
as easily as a toy balloon is pulled here
and there by a string. We shot up
about 100 feet and then continued at
that elevation for about three miles.
flying in a straight line. Behind and
over us h motors sung with q sure
IL Curtiss has done nothing else he has
built two fine motors. I depressed her
and We came down as easily asa leaf.
In this flight I had taken her but lit
tie out OF Il straight coarse. We tried
no banking but we used u wing flaps
us what she could do when it becomes
necessary. 1t is a rule of Mr.. Curtis
and other good builders not to try sharp.
turns during the early flight. The boat
has to first find herself before the more
ditiFcalt manueve are one though
with.
Runs Easy AZ Liner.
We about faced nicely, the rudder
working like a liners and then started
nome. This time I put her through
some OF her PAGES. We flew through
ABOUT 10 degrees OF a cycle steering
from side to side n climbing and de-
Spending with a precision that was
good to realize.
On our back trip I saw over to one
sue q the lake a motor boat holding
the tribune correspondent and 1 laid
my course toward him, passing about
AZ reef over him and about 20 feet to
n side. Flying around. pylons takes
less accuracy than that. I mention this
TO snow the finesse with which her
course a be laid. On the way out I
mace the Jumps; in going back I maNe
n sustained flight. She seemed to
TQ1OiCa and vyoc o11O,,.l - - IL,
she acted quite as If that were her
naive element: Every foot OF her wing
surfaces vas doing its duty splendidly
ana carrying the weight as II it were
no.hing; Certainly her lifting power
tha mt.le 70 be asked for. I shut off
water a quarter Of a mile from the
landing stage and she shot ahead under
neI own momentum for a considerable
showing how lightly she sits
on the water. T opened the throttle
fshan ,,,a ana she speeded on the surface
the ar. When we pulled her out again
sne was found to be quite. shinshana
.soI one tnlng was wrong, in fact her
xaaious parts were in better snaps after
e ene .Lnlng up than they had been be-
1ore she was broken in.
Mr.. Surttiss and I have agreed ,,nor
oHe ange-on that we believe will.
ald ner greatly in leaving the water
Wnen she carries her full load. h
rs 20 attach two water planes to either
slGe OF her hull about anddships. This
VIII give her greater and Smoother
planlng surface to make her rise to
tne waters top and skim along before
she mounts. Her hull is built to carry
a neavy load and offers great resist
ance to the water as she is driven
through it. -'e>
The hydroplanes will reduce this re-
Instance thus easing the strain when
she starts up. The machine weighed
yesterday about $500 pounds. When
she Is fully equipped and has her tanks
full OF petrol SHE will go about 5000
pounds. That increased weight holds
no fear for us for we did not use ali
U power yesterday.
Today I shalr make further FLIGHTS.
IN TACT I shall continue them clear
l hope to be able to leave for New
Foundland. although it is quite sure
That I shall not be able to get away
LOT announcer sever days.
We plan to nave the boat follow on
July 4, reaching ST. Johns on July 9.
Then she will be. reassembled and tried
out under actual flying conditions. I
do not look for this to take more than
q week. I sincerely believe that we
shall be off On our transatlantic voy-
age by July is or is. The outcome is
in the lap OF God. But If the ingenuity
OF Mr.. Curtiss and III confidence Of
my assistant and myself play a part
in Shaping the result we shall go along
way toward reaching England.