Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16

the engine cost. The other costs In
cludc the Labor which le .u rrct'-
est cost In alrplaue construction, a.
the labor, which IS mostly haudWOrk
and must lie Of a highly specialized
and skilled type
Tulsa Number One" has aVunXi-
mum speed Of about ninety miles an
hour II Will DO this under Idca4
conditions but ordinarily the speed
is less depending upon atmospheric
condltiOnsarut wind currents q has
reached an altitude of ! 2 600 feet,
moro than two miles and Lieutenant
Brccne says II can beat tnat hoightI
by several thousand feet. The land
Ing speed is 30 miles an hour, which
means that when coming I'm frQB a
flight, the plane strikes the. ground
with speed Of 50 miles. Tho fly
ing speediowhiCh must be maintained
to keep the plane from drupp.ng to
the ground, Is 45 miles an hour In
case OF engine trouble, when this
speed cannot he kept up, the pilot
must volplane down TO safety or use
gomc other or the aylator's tricks 20
overcome engine trouble.
Meets All TSsts.
Tests Of the machine for speed,
stability. and climb have been made
and in everyone TULSA Number One"
has come through with honor, It
is declared to be fully as efficient as
the training planes the government 's
using In the instruction OF. cadet
aviators. The only difference ia that
the government planes are CON
trolled Prom both seats, while the
Tulsa machine ia controlled only
from the rear scat the front seat
being used only for an observer. The
necessity of a doub bic control is nee
cssnry in a traiulug machine because
the cadets lcaruing to fly arc accom-
panied by an expert aviator, and in
the event the cadet becomes nervous
and loses control OF the machine, the
other can take over the direction Of
the plane and pilot 1t until the cadet
gets his nerves together again.
Factory Planned Here.
The Tulsa Aircraft company. now
In the course OF formation, intends
to build a large factory here to con-
struct airplanes for government,
commercial and pleasure purposes.
Lieutenant Breene expects TO so to
Washington soon 10 take up the mat
ter of contracts with officials at
Washington, and it Is now possible
that the nation aircraft program is
going to be specded UP with the cp-
operation of the Sooner state,
It is said that the chances OF OBJ
tanning government contracts are eN,
II l.. al ~ tp In hot
training machines for use in the
aviation camps here ana abroad and
also to make hattie planes. the small,
speedy craft commonly described rs
pursuit planes. In addition larger
machines-will be constructed for
commercial purposes such as carry
ing mail
We are coming into the aF-ngc,
Lieutenant Breene predicts. He SAYS
that the airplane is coming into ia
vor and the possibilities of quantity
production and the greater knuwl-
edge tho war Is bringing of aircraft
will so cheaper their cost that they
may come into the same common use
as the automobile.
Looking forward to that, time the
Tulsa Aircraft company has dona-
ted its flying field 10 the city for
use USE as Il nun 'C.p1, ial,u'ilS 'lg'u'
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