East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-06
SECOND AERONAUT|CAL
EXPOSITION IS OPENED
IN NEW YORK TODAY
Machines Vary in Size and
Price From Giant Freight
ers to Small Sport Planes
for Land and Water.

4, NEW YORK, March 6.-The finest
oustom-built motor car will hardly
compare in luxurious fittings and ar
rangements for personal comfort with
some OF the new American-built air
craft 10 be shown at the Second Aero
nautical Exposition which opened
here today. American aircraft de-
signers apparently have laid stress on
comfort and luxury.
The machines vary in size and price
from giant freighters costing several
thousand dollars to the smaller sport
planes for land and water.
These first wholly popular flyabouts
are said to be reasonably low in price.
comparing favorably with motor cars.
8 Passenger Limousine.
One of the planes is the Curtiss Ea-
gle an eight passenger limousine, the
first three-motored airplane to be
built in the United States. Entering
an accessible side door. one finds him
self in a comfortable cabin with indi-
vidual wicker chairs and windows
through which the outside world can
be plainly seen. The motors are equip
ped with a self-starter. The machine
has a speed of 107 miles an hour.
Another giant entry is the Glenn L.
Martin twelve passenger transport.
The seating arrangements are unique.
Four passengers, including the pilot,
are carried up in the nose of the
plane and eight more are seated in
leather upholstered chairs in the main
body, both compartments being con-
nected by a sliding door. The whole
huge body is enclosed. the nose e.
ing cowied over with n celluloid COM
position allowing the pilot good vlsi-
i!ity.
Nom -Brcakablc Windows.
Windows of non -breakable glass in
the sides give the passengers an un-
surpassed view of the country. Under
test with full load of twelve passen-
gers this Martin transport disclosed
remarkable speed and slim. ApproHi-
mately two miles a minute has been
maintained with full load. This ship
is designed for long distance flights.
The length of the Martin plane is 46
feet, width II feet, height ID feet 1t
has a four wheel landing gear and is
driven by two Liberty motors of 400
horsepower each.
Another feature of the exposition is
the new Thomas Morse twin-engined
mail plane, powered with two Hispa-
no ?Suiza motors, both being placed In
a center nacelle. one drives pusher
propeller and the other tractor pro-
peller.
Leather padded cockpits, instru-
ment boards as complete as those OF
high priced automobiles. self-starters.
telephones, wicker chairs, chairs will
velvet cushions. compartments uphoi
stored in Spanish leather. Vanit'
cases, room for a game and foldinl
tables for luncheon while in flight arr
some of the features of these new
commercial flying limousines The
aeromarine flying boat for instance
has weather proof cabin finely up
holstered and sound proof.
sFIyabouts' Attract.
Dwarfed by comparison with the
larger airplanes. nevertheless. the
small flyabout machines will attract
much attention. promoters say. Built
10 sell for $500 up these airplanes are
capable of being parked in the ordi-
nary "flivyer" garage.
The Gallaudet "chummy flyabout'
Which carries two people is only IS