New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
OCEAN AIR CRAFT
CALLED AMERICA
Rodman Wanamaker Ca
bles the Name of the
Transatlantic Filler.
TO USE PIGEONS,
AND NOT WIRELESS
First Flight To-morrow-Niies
Shows Daring - Negligence
Caused Vienna Fatality.

The transatlantic air Graf: will he
called America. The name was cabled to
the Aero Club by Rodrian wanamaker
yesterday afternoon and was welcomed
by members Of the club, who pointed out
that the balloon which won the interna-
tional race IL. 1900 and 1910 bore the same
name. Yachtsmen, who say that the
plane is boat after all, were elatcd,
some OF them calling 10 mind the record
Of the yacht that 1rst lifted the cup.
Messages have been sent by the Aero
Club TO the aero clubs of England, Spain
and Portugal. advising them Of the de-
parture for Europe Of Sumner r. Hol-
lander and J. Lansing Callan, who will
establish supply stations at the Azores
and Vigo, Spain, where the flyer will stop
on her trip across the Atlantic.
Carrier pigeons. and not wireless, will
be- used by Lieutenant Porte on his trans
atlantic fight, according TO Glenn Cur
tiss When seen at the Hotel Astor last
night Mr.. Curtiss said he thought the
pigeons about ten times as effective as
wireless and fifty times as light as the
equipment for wireless.
why, your wireless apparatus would
weigh a hundred POUNDS, and II could
reach only 100 or $50 miles," he added,
while the pigeon, granted he weighs as
much as two pounds, can hy a thousand
miles. With birds. too, you don't run any
risk from sparks, which constitute a
grave peril to an aeroplane."
Mr.. Curtlss said the first fight of the
boat would be made tomorrow.
The interest aroused by the transit
lantic flight has apparently spurred some
Of the local pilots to greater efforts.
Charles F. Niles played tag with death
at Garden City yesterday. looping the
loop. diving 2Oo0 feet. and sailing cor
several minutes upside down He also
made the "corkscrew dive" which most
New Workers thought the peculiar trick
Of Beachey and Peeoud-pivotng first on
one wing and then on another. and swing
ing his Moisant plane around almost In
its own length Time and again he
turned his machinc over, and from ALI
altitude Of 500 feet volplaned down to
within 90 or 2oD feet Of the earth. upside
down all the way: and then, turning on
his motor, shot the plane swiftly down
ward. letting 1t glide away right side up
with only a few score feet between him
and the ground.
Yesterdays fatal accident near Vienna.
when an aeroplane crashed into a dirigi-
Bile, was more or less the result Of the
increased aeronautical traffic in Europe,
according TO members Of the Aero CLUB.
They said the percentage Of accidents
to the activity displayed was on the
Continent. a fair one. One OF them said
Europeans undertake to fly with less
preparation than Americans make tor
an automobile trip. He laid the loss Of
life abroad to negligence.
To show the advantage which Europe
possesses in aeronautics, Henry Wood
house. editor OF Flying" pointed out
that there were more than 1900 machines
( In operation abroad to the eighty or one
| hundred in this country. The number OF
| European pilots runs up to 1000, no.
/ counting the 5000 who go up without tan
! ing the trouble 10 secure license or tic
5000 more who are in aviation schools
| Our own pilots scarcely number three
: hundred.