New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-13
London Acknowledges En-
try of Wanamaker Aero
plane in Ocean Race.
AVIATOR MUST FACE
DANGERS ON TRIP
Journey May Be Attempted In
September, as Weather Is
Favorable Then.

The application ~ the Aero Club OF
America 10 enter tho Rodnan Wsnamak
er aeroplane in the contest for the Lon
don Daily Mall prize for 5000 to the
FIRST aviator TO ny across the Atlantic
ocean was acknowledred yesterday by
the Royal Aero Club OF London.
Alan r. Hawley, president OF the Amer
lean organization, on receipt Of the mes
SAGE. announced that formal entry. a.
companied by fee OF 800 would BE-
mailed to-day. The rules for the Fight
stipulate that the trip shall be made in
not more than seventy-two hours and
that an aeroplane en- route shall come 10
rest only on the water.
Harry A. Wise Wood. chairman OF the
committee on marine nying OF the Aero
Club. who will make report shortly
10 Rodman Vsnamaker. spent several
hours Yesterday oveT the pilot charts
issued by the photographic Bureau Of
the United States navy.
81 am not ready 10 make any ofTcisi
announcements u''AdfEQs VI one
any advice. but il ] personally we're TO
attempt the trip. with the intention Of
getting there. 7 should fy in September"
Pointing TO the chart. he continued:
In September the transatlantic steam
ship lane moves north several degrees.
so that II the Wsnsmsker avistors leave
ST. Johns, Newfoundland, which is in lat
itude a. degrees north and Az for the
southern end OF Ireland they Will pick NJ
the steamer course Al a point from so
10 10 miles OF the irish coast. Just -
a matter OF precaution it might he well
10 fy over waters piled ~ steamers.
While il ie true that the percentage
OF foggy days Immediately or NewfoJnd-
| land is greater I'm September tran In July
or August. and the same holds true % the
waters near the British Isles. tho per
centsge OF togey days in mldocean ia
less. something like an average OF per
cent. The average number OF calm days.
days in which the aviator would have 10
wind 10 aid him II hc few from west 70
, east, varies nom two 10 six. Then. pro
vsiling winds instead OF blowing directly
east. blow southeast The weather coz
hlAO0e arc ABOUT a. ldNOf3Dlf IN ofRl'u
Der as At any other time OF the year"
In July and August. Mr. Wood declared.
tho proposed line Of fight for the power
ful aeroplsne Glenn Curtiss is building
especially for the trip would lie Ia the
south. II the machine came 10 grief. he
said before il had traversed more than
| a third OF the distance 10 Ireland, the
| Labrador current, which sweeps down
from the north, would carry ii across the
steamships path. The machine, as an
nounced, will be OF the hydroplane type
capable Of travelling on the water under
its own power. One. it alights. how
ever. il cannot rise again into the air.
If the aeroplane should be forced 10 the
surface after the first third Of the Jour
ney. however it would probably be caught
in the current OF the Gulf Stream and
carried far to the north.
Regarding tho meteorological conditions
prevailing over the ocean. the late Profos-
sor a Lawrence Rotch wrote
THE prevailing surface winds. such
as the trades. blow with much greater
regularity than on the continents and.
although they are stronger. yet tn. vcloc-
lly lI-I rcSe0 HipNH Iivi' St'"is N'Nt
height, and there is marked absence Of
gusts caused BY the Irregularities % the
ground. There is little variation in the
wind between day and night
Summing up the difficulties which the
avators who Will pilot the Wansmaker
aeroplane will have 20 contend with. Mr..
Wood declared that besides the uncertain
tv of the weather al sea, there was the
unsettled question OF how high the fog
extended above the water. That and the
probable strength Of the wind AZ an att
tude Of about ten thousand feet AZ which
the aviators will probably ny, unless IN
foreseen circumstances cause them 20 60
higher or lower would have 10 he de-
termed by actual experiment. Even n
the ocean IL not crossed on the hrst al
TEMPT he declared, 1t would establish i'm
nortant scientific facts that would be OF
value.
Another obstacle that would attend the
night would b. the difficulty OF having
an ocean patrol OF vessels along the line
OF fight. They would have 10 be either
private Yachts or wsrships. II was said.
because the commercial lines were not al
all interested in furthering the cause OF
aeronautics