The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-23
He Refuses TO Discuss Probable
Compromise on Patent
Royalties.
CANADA-LIKELY SOLUTION
Demands Might Force Curtiss
Out Of COuntry-Pegoud
!. Will Make Flights Here.

be announced In a few days. Glenn II.
Curtiss, builder OF the wanamaker aero
plane, came down from Hammondsport
yesterday morning to meet Lieut.. Porte.
who arrives on the Carmana, which is
due late to-day or tomorrow morning.
Details OF the plans will be worked out
then. and the actual entrants will be
decided upon.
Lieut.. John II. Towers. a prospective
entrant for the wanamaker- Curtiss flight.
will also meet Curtss and Lieut.. Porte
this week. He II coming North from
the navy aviation camp at Pensacola,
and II the arrangements are satisfactory
he will apply to Secretary Daniels for
permission to hy as the American pilot.
II he 10 not available. however. at least
a half dozen others are anxious for the
task. among them being John Lansing
Callan, now stationed at Pensacola, who
new $4,000 miles last summer. and WILL
lam 8. Luckey. winner Of the race around
Manhattan Island.
Airmen were wondering yesterday-be-
cause of the Wright company's intention
70 prosecute users Of unlicensed infring-
ing aeroplanes---whether Curtiss would
make any trial flights In this country
With the wanamaker-Curtiss machine. II
was said that by the time OF the race,
however, a compromise would be reached
between Curtiss and Wright or Curtiss
will be forced out Of the country. and
that contingency was not thought likely.
Mr.. Curtiss said last night that he was
not worrying about the possible friction
with the Wright company. There are
three things that we can do. ne adoed.
land one Is to devise a method or con-
troll that will not infringe on the Wright
patent. Another is to take the machine
out Of this country into Canada, and the
third to pay the royalty demanded by
Wright. These several channels are all
open except getting reasonable license
charge from the Wright company. That
il outside OF our control. However. the
matter Is still undecided because we do
not know what Is going to happen
Europe Has Important schedule.
Assurances that European aviators con-
slider the round the world race and
the Rodman ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS transat-
lantic contest entirely feasible have been
received at the Aero Club OF America In
the form of long list Of hying events to
take place In Europe during the summer.
These plans involve efforts on the part OF
sviators equal. at this stage OF the de-
velopment OF the art. to what they VIII
be called upon to do in the two contests
to be started from this contif' mt.
Twenty-one separate flying meets or
events are planned for the months from
April to October, beginning with the races
and meeting for hydroaeroplanes and n.y.
ing boats centring at Monte Carlo
April I-l5. shortly after. April IS. the
French entrant for the jacques Schneider
trophy will be picked at another contest
at Monte Carlo. The international Schnei-
der trophy will be contested for April 20.
Races and contests at St Petersburg
will be held April l5-22. The British
army and naval contests come April l-3o,
and three German contests in May. On
May 20-30 the London Paris-London aero
plane contest takes place, under the aus
pices Of the aero clubs OF France and
England Italy and France have other
contests plarned for dates in July. Au-
gust and Septt mber, and there will be
race also from Constantinople to Jerusa-
lem for Turkish aviators alone. Besides.
there are the Gordon Bennett race for
September 20-27 and several other avia-
ton meets.
PeGoud 20 Fly Here.
Alphonse Pegoud. the upside down
aviator" who Is now flying In Austria,
has announced his intention to come to
America In June TO demonstrate the possi-
4 letter to this effect came to the Aero
Club Of America yesterday from Herr
Leo Kronan of the Imperial Aero Club
Of Austria. Pegoud will 20 to Germany
soon. and remain there until late in
May. proceeding thence to this country.
Pegoud win demonstrate some OF the
most daring feats OF flying while on this
continent His proposed programme Of
flights startled the oficiais of the club.
Notwithstanding the remarkable perform
= ances of Lincoln Beachey and Frank A.
Miles. Pegoud 10 the man who taught
their aeroplanes turn over. Here are
eome Of the tricks he plans TO show:
Pegoufs waltz, ascent In spirals Of q
screw and descent head on. jumping the
waves, somersaults In air. ascent and
looping, series of looping the loop. verti-
cal corkscrew. all in one hight:' flying In
spirals head downward. chaloop. somer-
sauit Of the flying machines, a longer
flying with head downward. rapid fall
flying on the right and left wing, rapid
fan flying steerward. various turns Of the
hying machine and variations of spiral
flying and other feats.
rvtbutes 60 New Aero school.
Henry A. Wise Wood. vice. president
Of the club, expressed the views Of prom
inent airmen here regarding Pegoud's
work.
with the ascent OF Pegoud." he said
"airmanship has become a more highly
developed accomplishment The aero
plane 10 no longer a vessel to be ridden
on it, keel lest 1t founder. but an aston
ishingly worthy craft. capable of main
tanning with safety any posture in space
II matters only that II shan be right side
up at the moment Of landing.
1.-The old school taught men how to
conduct themselves In air DO long an con-
ditions were normal The new school, led
by Pegoud. Ia teaching them how to con-
duct themselves when conditions become
abnormal. In the new school men learn
the mastery Of the aeroplane when It 10
upon its nose or tail. or wing tip or back
however far from the normal II may DO
t08sed. Pegoud has shown men how
TO negotiate with safety the dangers Of
flying II 10 unfortunate he did not ar
rive earlier. for. In the light Of what he
has shown US. we now see that many
have gone to their death merely because
they did not know what we have learned
from this courageous master hier."
Allan r. Hawley. president OF the Aero
Club of America, could not say what In
ducemsnts had been offered to get Pegoud
70 come TO America. A big welcome will
b planned for him. however. when he
Arrives.
DArToH. Ohio. Feb. 2s-orviile Wright
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