The New York herald., 1922-07-03
Plans Double Deck Hydro
airplane to Carry 100 Per-
sons, Including Crew.
DETAILS PARTLY READY
Experts in Every Phase to Aid
in Building Practical Air
craft for Trade Uses.

America proposes to race the world
in aviation. She has challenged the
principal nations to meet her
in a race around the globe with
plane of 100 passenger capacity
costing, s1,ooo,od-. BY means of
such \race. IN which they are con-
fident OF victory a group of American
aeronauticaI engineers and sportsmen
have associated themselves under the
name American Eagle, with Rear Ad-
miral Bradley A. Fiske, retired, as
honorary president. The association
has no money making aims and Is en-
tirely altruistic. A statement Of its
purpose and ambitions was issued yes
terday from its Office at 1457 Broad
way.
The challenge was issued in a cable
Admiral Fiske to the Air Ministries Of
Great Britain, France. Italy, Spain,
Portugal. Belgium, Norway. Sweden,
Denmark. Cuba. Mexico Brazil, Argen-
tine Republic. Chile, Peru, Japan and
China. The challenge to Great Britain,
Of which those to the other countries
are practically duplicates, follows:
please. convey to representative
group Of British aeronautical engireers
and sportsmen the compliments of
American group affiliated in the rro-
ject to build hydroairplane of hundred
passenger capacity to circumnavigate
the world for advancement of ,om-
merc.al aerial navigation Also. please
convey friendly challenge to compete
with British ship. Conditions of con-
test and details by mail upon receipt
Of assurance of competitive I'M t,rest.
Details Partly Worked Out.
Cyril o. Assmus secretary of the
American Eagle. explained yesterday
that the project had been thought out by
a large group of American engineers of
international celebrity who believe that
the era OF commercial aerial navigation
on big scale is at hand. Details for
financing and building the enormous
fiier have been worked out. he said and
members of the group are prepared to
put their scientific opinions to a p:scti-
cal test In an international coatest. The
names of several men prominent IL fl
riancial and sporting circles who are in
terested are to be announced later.
The flight Is to be carried OFT rege rd-
less of whether the other countries In
vited to participate accept the ;hallcrge.
which, according to Mr.. ASS nus. was
issued principally to quicken .ntere - of
the public in commercial flyini; an re-
4, ~ 1at e.rtf
avenue OF travel.
Mr.. Assmus said that the plane would
probably be built in New York at a cost
OF about S1.000.000 and would require
from nine to twelve months for its con-
struction. 1t will carry 100 passengers,
including a crew OF about thirty-seven
men. The plane. which will bear the
rame OF the organization. will re double
decked with a monoplane fro:t and a
biplane rear.
Details of the construction have not
been fully decided upon and any person
in the United States is eligible to offer
any device or Improvement to be incor-
GRATED in its construction. All devices
submitted will BE passed upcn BY n
board OF engineers under whose super
vision the actual construction Is To be
made. Efficiency in operation rather
than speed of travel will be che decid-
ing factor in the competition between
the nations.
Prominent Engineers I'm Group.
The statement concerning the pro-
posed flight issued by the American
Eagle follows. in part:
"The challenge followed the organiza-
ton OF the group as trust estate under
the name Of the American Eagle. which
has been adopted for the name of
the air ship when completed. Among
the prominent engineers, aeronautical
experts and scientists included in the
group are the following: Charles w.
Burrowes. Ph.D. Charles II. Day. A. E.
NJ: Duval La Chapelle. Frederick
Charavay. NJ F.; I. $. Kaufman. b. S..
c. E.; I. r. Glover, B. s.; J. II. Steen-
son; Joshua Ward. B. s.. NJ. E.. and
Capt. Hugo Sundstcdt.
THE latter has been named design
ing engineer OF the American Eagle and
his preliminary draft has received tacit
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