The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01
TAILLBSS ABROPLANE
| MAY RIVAL WRIGHT'S
New Control Arrangements Said
to Obviate "Basic Patent"
Royalties Difficulty.
VERTICAL FINS ARE USED
Preliminary Trial Of Boland
Machine to BE Made From
Newark To-day.

A Boland aeroplane. operated without
rudders. ailerons or warping planes. said
20 be the only machine not infringing
OH patents owned by Orviiie Wright. win
be flown from the Boland Aeroplanc and
this morning. with w. Leonard Bonpy
as pilot
This will be a preliminary trial trip
and II successfuI trial will be arranged
for the United States army aviation au-
thorities. The machine is called the Bo-
land Tsiiless Military Air Scout.
II Is generally understood among svi-
ators and inventors that II there Is any
machine In this country that does not
Infringe on the Wright patents that ma
chine is the one built by the Boland
company; many inventors. however, do
not believe II Ia possible to construct n
machine that will not infringe.
The Boland company claims its patents
are basic, and announces II Ia ready to
license aviators and to assure them alb
solute protection. The machine has what
its inventors call lib control" which
takes the place Of the ailerons on the
Wright type.
Uses Two Vertical Fine.
This control consists OF two vertical
fms. one at each end Of the planes, which
the inventors say will bring the machine
about faster and In "A smaller space than
the devices of the wriShts.
lnglis NJ. Uppercu. president Of the
Detroit Cadillac Motor Car Realty Com
pany OF New York. who Ii interested In
the Boland company, said yesterday
I'VE do not intend to pay any royalties
to Orville Wright or to anybody else
Our patents are basic. and we are now
ready to license fiers and to guarantee
them protection. We are going right
ahead and will build machines.
The attitude Of the wrights has KEEP
out foreign machines from the Untet
States and has held aviation back. Other
have laid down their lives In the develop
ment Of the IDEAS that made the Wrgh
patents possible and Orville Wright u
now reapinG the benefit III II had no
bes for the manufacturing work Of Gtei
H. Curtiss Americas would not be on tn
ovation map to-day.
Americans Eater Bennett Race
II hooks a. though America would hav
three entries In the Coup International
d'Avlatiun. TO be held In France late u
September. The Aero Club of Americs
cabled two entries yesterday. making
three In all, and this is the full numbe
day was the last day for sending In en-
tries and although II 10 not assured tina
three Americans will fly there tho Aer
Club wanted to be OH the safe side
4 cable came to the Aero Club yester
day asking that one entry he held 10
Charles T. weymann. who won the ever,
for America when II WAS held in Bingham
in 1911. Grover c. Bergdoll will also ente
the race. according to tho following teie
gram received at tho Aero Club las
night:
Alan X. HawIey, President Aero Club o
America:
Grover c. Bergdoll Of the Aero Gu
Of Pennsylvania Is having special
constructed aeroplane built by the Wrigf
Company for the next Gordon Benne'
race. Kindly have reservation made g
that he can be entered as a member 9
the team for the United States.
&C. Z. WINNIE,
president Aero Club of Pennsylvania
The following wire was received fros
Mr.. Bergdoll:
You advance entry fec ard make entr
ct once and I will send you check In
t0w days"