Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-28
MEALS same DAY
1000 MILESAPAR7
Breakfast In Newfoundland,
Dinner In ireland.
IF 100 MILE SPEED IS KEPT UP
Alexander Graham Bell Says AeropIane
That Could Support Itself Two Miles
Up Might Cross Ocean In Thirteen
Hours-New Facts About the Flying
Boat America.

The possibility of a transatlantic
ocean flight in heavier than air ma.
chine in thirteen hours is pointed out
in communication to the National
Geographic society, at Washington,
from DR.. Alexander Graham Bell, in
ventor of the telephone and former
president of the society.
THE distance from Newfoundland
to Ireland is less than 1000 miles"
says DR.. Bell. This means that If you
go at 100 miles an hour you will cross
the Atlantic in twenty hours-less than
day. We already have machines that
could cross the ocean if their engines
can keep going for twenty hours. OF
course, these are exceptional machines,
but even the ordinary machines of to-
day make fifty miles an hour with ease.
Now, flying machine flies faster
as you go higher up. because the rarer
air offers less resistance to the motion,
while the propeller gives the same push
with the same power, whatever the ele-
walton. AS you get into the rarer air
the propeller spins around faster. A
fifty mile an hour machine flying two
miles high in the air-and we have
machines that have gone twice as high
as that-will fly much faster than fifty
miles an hour. Then at an elevation
of two miles high in the air there is a
constant wind blowing in the general
direction of Europe having velocity
anywhere from twenty-five to fifty
miles an hour.
America to Europe In a Day.
LAS net result of all these things
binary machine that is able to support
itself in the air at an elevation of two
miles high will attain a speed of at
least 100 miles an hour in the direc-
tion of Europe. and that means going
from America to Europe in a single
day. Calculation shows that. taking |
all these circumstances into consider
alton. our best machines should be
able to cross the Atlantic in thirteen
hours | hardly dare say it aloud for
to know that it is not only possible,
but probable. that the passage may be
made I'm single day. But if. as | i'm
agine. It can he done in thirteen hours
you may take an early breakfast in
and a late dinner in
ireland the same night"
Here is a general description of the
Rodman Wanamaker transatlantic fly
ng boat, the America. in which Lieu
.enant Porte will attempt to cross the
ocean:
Length over all. thirty-four feet;
ength of hull. thirty feet; width of
lull. four feet: depth of hull. six feet;
ength of cabin. seven feet; height of
,abin, FIVE feet; width of cabin, four
eet spread upper wing, seventy-fOur
eet spread lower wing, forty-siT feet.
Weight, empty. approximately 5000
,ounds weight. full loaded, 5000
Speed. from sixty-two to six
y-five miles per hour in still air. To
his add or substract speed of wind !
machine is travelling with or against. =
Within sight of the operators are the I
Walton instruments, tachometers. to
how the speed of the two motors; |
neroids, to show the altitude of the l
Machine; wind speed gauge. showing a
peed of the machine through the air;
showing the lateral and
longitudinal flying angles; fuel and oil
auges. showing contents Of tanks. In = =
he after part of the cabin are Lieu !.
fnant Porte's navigation instruments l
his sextant. chart table, gauges for u
howing drift. speed over the water,
tc
Description of the Americas Wings.
The wings of the flying boat are
omposed of seven sections-a center
anel Of 10 by feet above the power
liant. four main sections two upper
nd two lower) approximately is by s
eet and two overhangs on the upper Il
urface measuring 10 by feet each. I
he shape of the wings is known as o
he n. z. l.. wing section. which. after S
xperiments Mt the national physical Il
lboratory, TeddingtOn. England. was a
Dnsidered most efficient for this work. C
he wing frames are built up solidly p
ash and spruce. covered with a
eavy ribbed silk. which is coated Il
18th special water and fireproof T
laterial b
The aerial rudder for turning from $,
1T TO right has depth Of five feet r
nd n length of four and One-half feet 0
he flippers. or rudders for steering up \
r down. are located on either side of il
lie main rudder. and their dimensions
re 6 by AZ feet.
Two propellers. one to each motor.
re bolted direct to the motor shafts. q
hey turn at a maximum speed Of .250 u
, 1900 revolutions per minute. a
Stops "Rubbering" at Postcards. 2
In the weekly bulletin issued by C,
Fay Of San Francisco there p
as an announcement that hereafter b
We demerits will be imposed where it b
shown that a distributor is wasting a
me looking at the pictures on post 81
lrds or peruSing the correspondence VI
D the reverse side Of the postcards Of