New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
Novice Can Make New
York-Dayton Trip With
out Peril, Says Wright.
TO BE READY FOR
PUBLIC IN SPRING
Renders Travel i'm Air Safe as on
Railroads, Inventor
Declares.

Dayton, Ohio. Jan. Ito make flying
''foolproof' and practically az safe as
transportation by land is the main idea
on which Orville Wright is now working
out plans
His automatic stabilizer will enable ono
TO travel as safely by air as by train.
An unskiled operator can make trip
from Dayton to New York in absolute
safety with a stabilizer on his plane.
according to the inventor.
I'VE have invented an automatic sta
bility device which will revolutionize
aviation" said Mr.. Wright this after
noon. 1T is more accurate than any
aviator can be, and Will make flying fool
proof. or as nearly foolproof as any
thing can be. | have flown many miles
with 1t. and have never touched the con-
trolls. We are now simplifying 1t and ex-
pect to be able 10 bring il to the point
where it may be put i'm general use by
early spring.
I'VE hope to see the day when IL will be
just as safe To- board an aeropiane and
take a long trip as it is at present to
make Journey behind a locomotive. The
stability device will go long way toward
lHdhiIK lIlS UItdfn Il ItdllN, anu We
enthusiastic about it. Our device insures
lateral as well as fore and aft stability.
1t depends in part on electricity and We
shall soon have the mechanism so per-
fected that 1t will not get out of order,
and that means safety in flight
"As may be generally known. many Of
the accidents in aviation have been due
to what is called 'stalling' The aviator
lets his speed sag below a certain point
the point necessary TO secure sufficient
wind pressure on the wings to sustain the
machine-and it falls. Nothing can stop
it. II ne is travelling on an even keel
when he thus reduces his speed below
the danger point. his machine will slide
back. tail first, 10 the ground. our de-
vice prevents the plane from rising too
sharply. and If the speed falls below the
danger point IT automatically directs the
machine to the ground, so that it VIII re-
quire speed enough to sustain it,"
Discussing the futre of the aeroplane,
Mr.. Wright said:
The aeroplane will be used for COM
mercial purposes, especially as a means
OF speedy transportation over vast dis
tances. over waste places and deserts
the aeroplane will be used-in fact,
wherever water is not available. Mails
will be so carried doubtless over large
stretches Of territory in Texas, Utah and
New Mexico. Automatic stability is all
that is needed TO make il wholly practical,
and ] believe we have solved the pro-
blem."
Experiments with the Wright aero
boat have been made on the Miami
River. south of the city, and IT has
proved it's value, it is said. on the last
day of December, 1913. Orville Wright
appeared before a committee Of the
Aero Club of America, at Sims Station,
near Dayton, and demonstrated the sta
blizer. After the tests the committee
awarded him the Collier trophy, which
is given each year 10 the person making
the greatest advance in aeronautics.
During the demonstration Mr.. Wright
made seven complete circuits OF the
aviation grounds with his hands entire
" removed from the controlling device,
on which is a compensation preventing
the machine from turning turtle or Dip
ping, no matter at what angle the oper-
ator wishes TO swing the apparatus
The machine automatically righted IT.
self without the use OF hand device
and proved all that its inventor claimed