New-York tribune., 1920-09-12


internal troubles at the Aero Club
of America, which is the representa-
tive of the Federation Aeronautiuue
in this country.
The Cox entry has a set Of mys-
terious wings that will be fastened
on it only couple Of days before
the race. For testing purposes In
this country it was equipped with
another set Of wings twenty feet
wider than the racing wings. De-
spite the increased resistance Of the
extra wing surface, this remarkable
monoplane easily made a speed Of
$50 miles an hour on its initial test
without the throttle being fully
opened.
The Army Working Hard
The United States Army Air
Service is making quite an organ
lied effort to win the race, and be-
sides the specially designed Veyville-
Packard airplane is sending a COM
plete organization over to France
under command Of Captain Walter
G. Kilner, U. S. A.
The Verville-P Packard was de-
signed entirely by the army engineer
officers in the Office Of the chief Of
Air Service at the Engineering Di-
vision, McCook Field Dayton. Il
was constructed around the 600-
horsepower motor designed by Colo
mel j. G. Vincent. The machine has
already been flown at Dayton and
came up to all expectations of it.
The Air Service officials, however,
refuse to make public any details
about it, with the exception Of stat
ing that it is no freak, and will be
one of the new designs for use as a
scout or pursuit airplane in battle
tactics.
The personnel Of the army ex-
pedition consists Of Captains Kill
ner, Schroeder and Corliss C. Nose
ley, Lieutenant Alfred I. Puryear,
Sergeants Warren c. Bailey, John
Dolan, Homer Gorby, Oscar Psch,
John Ross, mechanics Joseph M.
Pallisard, George Tribbett, s. A,
Christensen and foreman assistant
Charles w. Dworack.
Captain KiIner is one of the old
est aeronautical officers in the
United States Army. He has had
wide experience both in this cour,e
try and France. In the latter coun-
try during the war he commanded
the Third Aviation Instruction Gen.
ter at Issoudun, and later all air
service training in the American
Expeditionsry Forces. He holds tho
Distinguished Service Medal, the
French Legion of Honor and the
English Order of St. Michael and
st. George.
Captain Moseley will go as alter
nate pilot to Captain Schroeder.
During the war Captain Moseley
served at the front with the 9th
Aero Squadron Of the First Pur-
suit Group. After the armistice
was signed he was chief test pilot
at the First Air Depot at Colombey
les Bellies. He has flown practically
every type Of French, British, Ger
man and American airplanes, and
represented the United States cir
service in flying at the inter-AIlied
games held in the Pershing Stadium
in Paris at the close of the war.
A Remarkable Machine
The Dayton Wright entry is the
most remarkable airplane ever con-
structed in the Western Hemisphere.
1t is designed to give the utmost
speed possible, and all factors Of
resistance have been reduced to the
minimum. Technically it is mono
plane with wings internally braced
and constructed on the cantilever !
principle. 1t has completely in
closed body and retractible chassis.
To the layman, however, this does
not convey any idea of the remark.
able characteristics Of this nsachius.
In fact, language can scarcely do sts
credit. The monoplane wing is 1as~H
tened on toy Of the body of the
machine. This wing has no outside
struts to support it, nor has it any
bracing wires.
The designers declare emphati-
cally that this wing is strong enough
to hold the machine in the air while
travelling at q speed Of 215 miles an
hour, and as a practical demonstra-
tion Of this they have had it photo
graphed with twelve men standing
on the wing.
The body is completely inclosed
and the pilot sits in a cabin cockpit,
obtaining vision through convenient
windows. There are two tremsaGous
portfolios directly beneath the en-