New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-27
AIrT1WATIC PILOT
MAY GUIDE AMERICA
NewDate for Flight Makes
Possible Sperry Sta
bilizcr Equipment.

Now that there are two month";
which 10 prepare the Rodman " QUO
,,ako, airboat America FOR her o''"
,.oyacc il is expected that Lieu'e."oe
,oi'C Porte will have the adVantds :.
DCC" Srorrv stabilizcr for ms craiS
n. carc over to New YORK 10.
III, and tomorrow he will see flntci
49,. md talk over plans tor eur
ninc, Tho craft with the device, VII" Wi.
,,o, q $4,000 prize in France Ie0ei;CL,
a,,,o,art Porte IS suffering ,'s"1
..i;'noe;tion. which his friends mum
- dnc 10 the sudden relaNaClo. ,,sh
- .,oroopdous strain OF trying 10 rHon
~ iu,nyica 70 completion IN time ~
va 49, in August. He has been on t.e
a ~ eenostantIy for months. and ootn ne
10Y C.iorn H. Curtiss show the enece'
o. .bo anxiety they have undergoI.
% will remain away from nam
S,nort until the work OF repuiloins
~ hui Of the America IS so Tar uN'S'
,,a, as to require his presence. .ho
Hosnito the postp0nement OF uo
.,ansap4iantic fight unit October many
,,,on,bers of the Aero Club OF hIneIn.a
tnrn ovnresed the belief that toi1e
mnI no successful. President Alan H.
Uawley said last night i, a;ei-
81 onoer nights in October adu uln;
culties which are offset by tne post
bilitv Of equipping the macnIne Tbis
tho Sherry gyroscoplc staoli'4 - Go.
stabiIizer enabled Lawrence D. ~
who piloted a iyint boat htteo WIZ! eIe
instrument. to lei go OF the col,'.o'5
while fving in forty-mlle "'Hu @ .ha
while his mechanic promenaded ." '''e
lover planes of the machlhe'
NO aviator could have KEPT " NC
chine in the air under such COM l.'J -,
but the gyroscope not only Glu mo- . No.
otoJ bv tho high winds The stabilizer
can no sol 20 keep the machine gong
nm on A horizontal course. hying III
circles or descending. Il does all t'leSS
things more perfectly than any aviator
can do them. As it weighs only Ioity
mounds. it is not much for the America
TO carry $50. Va.
nortcd IS saving that the Rodman
Wonanaker project could not succeed
Mr.. Hawlcy said:
81 fear that. as this critic has not
seen the America and has not toiloWeu
the development Of the project cIoseIy'
ne is not in a position to pass JUG
ment. While qualified critics WIN
definite IDEAS are welcomed, the klna
Of critic who merely expresses DOUBT
,yi+bout more substantial base tnah
prejudice is unworthy o. considera-
ton
Commodore ]. Stuart Blackton' OF
the Atlantic Yacht Club. who IS chaIr
man of the marine flying committee OF
tho Aero Cir' ,:vcs this opinion:
There -oason why the flight
across the should not be posi-
bIc TODD. events in aeronautlcs
have pro. nothing is impossible.
and % .s-ructed boat. with
wide. similar to the bot
tom O.. ug hydroplanes. with
a rood o. power, ought 10 do
it."
A suggestion that the flight should
be made by way Of Flemish Cap, thus
making the longest jump $50 miles IN
stead of 1900. amused Porte greatly
when he was told of it last night.
Flemish Cap" he exclaimed. Why,
Flemish Cap is nothing but shoal.
There is no land there, not even a
lightship What would we do there?
81 dare say lot of people think 1t
is an island, but if they search for
ANYTHING like that they will find out
their mistake If such a plan as the
suggestion offers were feasible II
would have been quite within the range
of our foresight to think of 1t our
selves"