The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02
WANAMAKER TO TRY
OYER OCEAN FLIGHT
Orders Gigantic Triplanc to
Carey Out Trip Delayed
by tho War.
PILOT not YET PICKED
Huge Machine Is Predicted 10
Make the Voyage in
Thirty Hours.
NOT YET PICKED

Rodnr,n Wananaker il preparing
again for y hight across the Atlantic
Ocean In an %acroplanc. \ machine In
now under construction for the trip-one
that makes the old America, once in
tended to he the first caravel NJ the air.
look like II puny scouting machine In
comparison-a giant triplane. larger
than anything ever before devised,
mounted with motors capable Of develop
ing $500 horsepower. The new Wanna
maker acroplanc viii cross the ocean. It
is predicted. in thirty hours of contiru-
Gus flight.
Mr.. Wanamaher made the formal am
nouncement Of his plan last night to the
Nero club Of America through Alan U.
Hawley. its president. The plan. how
ever. had been known TO the CLUB officials
for many weeks. and Glenn II. Curtiss.
the designer. has been at the Nero Club
frequently during the last " weeks
, conferriug on the project.
Mr.. Wanamaker's announcement fol-
loWs:
"pEH Mn. HAwLEy S~uppleinenting
my letter Of February 4. 1914, to the
Nero cluh Of America signifying my
intention Of making n surely scientific
test Of a~eronauticsl power by ro%in
tho ocean in one flight. ! beg to advise
you OF the following developments
Pursuing my purpose to build an
aircraft that will cross the ocean, the
America rransoceanic Company was
Incorporated and the company. acting
for me. has placed an order with the
Curtiss A~eroplanc Company for "A new
craft that will have more than ten times
the power OF the old one. II Will Toe Of
special design. entirely different from
any aircraft heretofore built and e~pe-
cially adapted for alighting on and ris-
ing from rough seas. and therefore
eminently fitted for the transatlantic
fiisht. 1t is now under construction and
will be tested at the Atlantic Coast
Aeronautical station at Newport News.
Oliver Asks AO~OprratiOn.
Wien completed and accepted. and a:
the right time. the new America will
make the attempt to cross the Atlantic.
in which project | again venture To 81,
the cooperation of the Aero Club OF
America. of your affiliated clubs and
of our own and foreign Governments.
who may be interested in the flight.
II still believe tina, the first CROSSING
OF tn. ocean viii bring quickly in It's
train aerial liners which will regularly
cross in the air from continent TO con-
tinent. "A faith which ! expressed in my
letter 81 February \, l?la.
II still believe that the first crossing
OF the Atlantic Ocean will only mark ar
epoch IN aerial navigation. and this faith
In it's future is another important rea.
son for the existence of the American
Transoceanic Company. | hope 10 Sc.
the day when this company will b'
running aerial Liners regularly acros,
the Atlantic and other oceans. Re,
s~pectfully. "RopMAS WANAMAKER."
The full details Of construction OF the
new air liner are being kept secret. bu
IL is known that DESIGNS were prepa-eC
, los Glenn II. Curtiss and w. Startling Bur
cess. VINO since the amalsamation Of I'll,
Curtiss and tho Burgess companies ar.
working together. The machine L. a tri
plan. on the general lines OF those nov
being constructed Tor the British Gov
nmeu II ie larger, however. ant
equipped with engines of far grcate'
:. COVER.
The triplares now in use on the othe
side carry six motors of lGo horsc-powe
eacn. witt an auxiliary motor of 81
, horsepower for startirS, lighting ant
prACulsion on the surface Of the sea
a., The new America is 10 have six twciv,
!, cylinder motors Of "A new design. develop
ir.s 800 hore power each. or ! 500 in all. I
. Il. the first time that engines even ap
proXimating the power of these have eve
!; been installed IN any heavier than al
n machine, With thssn the craft will b
Il capable of l00 miles an hour, carrying
crew Of six persons, together with fue
$ provisions. Instruments and equipmen
needed for the tight, which will TAX
about thirty hours.
Route Yet ~ he Fi.rd.
II is understood that the night is cor
n tcmplated for the early part Of this sun
mer. The route has not been decide
upon. but will probably he that take
for the former America. from 81. john
y. T.. Mr.. Wanamaker will not max
the trip in person. The pilot Cor II
trip has not yet been decided upon. NJ
D Hawley said last night that IT was NJ
y Wanamaker's wish to. obtain Lieu
Porte. who was to have been the pilot .
tho first America. but owing 10 the fao
that he has been recalled To his oN
u country by the war il is doubtful II
can accept. In this case the honor
being the Columbus OF the air will /
offered t. some OF the prominent Amer
can aviators.
Aviation men regard the prospect
a transatlantic flight far differently no
than they did in 1914. when Mr.. Wan;
maker first projected the idea, II III
V bceu conceded on numberless occasion
u since the exploits OF aeroplanes in Il
war became known that any one OF Il
'e super-Americas being shipped to Il
W Allies could make the trip with lit
~ trouble.
" The new Wanamalier machine is .
e far ahead Of the old America as 81
Is was ahead Of all aircraft before III
:. time. Aeronautical experts have g,
~ pressed full confidence that this ne
80 venture will be "A success. Among the
", are Mr.. Hawley, Henry A, Wise Woo
~ president Of the Society Of Aeronaut
~. Engineers Elmer A, Sperry. inven''
&c of tho gyroscopic stabilizer and memb
OF the Naval Consulting Board La,
~ renee Il. Sperry, Ray u. Price, 10,
=, HAYS Hammond, Jr,. Henry Woodhous
~ Howard Huntingdon. secretary Of q
.an Aero club. and Prof, David Todd, WI
'' has studied the meteorological condition
~ 10 he met IN the light.
- The old America was heralded by NJ
" Wanamaker in February, 1914, as 4
first serious contender for the offer
-. Lord NorthcliTe of the London ia
:" Mail of $50. O0O for the first Allan,
w. flight, The course was planned fro
~ Newfoundland 10 England In three leg
-. the first to the Azores, thence 10 Wis
!" Spain, and thence to Plymouth, I'm
land. The war. however. brought pla
10 "A stop after many delays and chang
mi I'm details Of construction after tcstiI