New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-03
American Eagle Builders
Invite Nations to Race
With $1,000, 900 Craft
Hcldingl0OPassengers
Forecast Fleets of
Trans-Ocean FLYERS
Venture of Sportsmen and
Big Scientists Is Headed
by Rear Admiral Fiske

A group of prominent American en-
glneers and sportsmen yesterday issued
challenge by cable to the nations of
the world, over the signature of Rear
Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, U. S. NJ Gre
tlred), to enter into a competition to
circumnavigate the world with COM
mercial hydro-airplane of 100 pas
senger capacity. The message was sent
to the air ministries of Great Britain,
France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, Cuba, Mexico, Bra
zil, the Argentine Republic, Chile,
Peru, Japan AMI China
The challenge to Great Britain, vir-
tually duplicate of those sent to the
other countries, follows:
Air Ministry of Great Britain. Lon
| don, England
group of British aronautical engineers
! and sportsmen the compliments of
American group affiliated in the prof.
ect to build hydru-a1rpIane of 1O0-pas-
senger capacity to circumnavigate the
world for advancement of commercial
| AERIAL navigation. Also, please convey
| friendly challenge to compete with
British ship. Conditions of contest
and details by mail upon receipt of as
surances of competitive interest"
To Stimulate Aviation
The message was signed "America n
Eagle, by Admiral Fiske," who, at the
Hotel Pennsylvania last night, said the
American Eagle represented group of
| engineers and sportsmen who were in
terested in a plan to span a period of
ten or twelve years in CONNIE rcial avia-
tion in one or two years by stimulating
| the concentrated interest of the best
| brains of all nations. The American
! Eagle is not business project or pri-
| Fate enterprise Of any kind, said the
! Admiral.
The plane will be equipped to fv
| over both land and water. it will cost
Sl,OOO,0OO, AND will take twelve months
to complete. All work will be done in
New York, The T1achne will have the
| appear ice esyf*s'ine double .decked
;,noner' re, ANs. = y thegrear will iiNbe be-
l'along hipland lines. 1t will REQUIRE a
crew of about thirty five men, and the
number of passengers to be convened
besides the crew will be about siXtv-
| five.
The challenge followed the organiza-
tion or a group as trust estate under
the name Of The American Eagle, which
has been adopted as the name for the
| ship when completed, according to Cv-
RI y. Assmus, secretary of the group.
MT. Assmus announced as a few of the
engineers, aeronautical experts and
scientists who are affiliated with the
undertaking: Charles W. Burrows.
| Charles H. Day, Duval La Chapelle'
Frederick Charavay, l. S. Kaufman, l.
E. Glover, ]. H. Steenson, Joshua Ward
and Captain Hugo Sundstedt.
Captain Sundstedt has been selected
| as designing engineer of The American
Eagle, and his preliminary draft has
received tacit acceptance. Captain
Sundstedt gave up a naval career to
take up aeronautics with Bleriot in
1902 During the World War he was
ice, and he holds honors for having
made the first trans Baltic fight, the
Paris-Stockholm flight and many 9TH
ers. He has been identified with Amer
ican aeronautical activities since the
close of the war.
Magnetic Expert Interested
DR.. Charles W. Burrows formerly
| was chief of the magnetic section of
the United States Bureau of Standards S
at Washington, where he served during
the war. He also formerly was Of the
department of physics of the Univer-
sty of Michigan. He will act as ad-
ministrative engineer to pass on every
detail of the construction and equip
ment of The American Eagle.
The board of consulting engineers
includes Charles H. Day, who built the
first tractor airplane in the United
States and also the American Handley-
Paige Caproni bomber. He is engineer
in charge of structure. Duval La Cha
pelle, who was with Orville Wright in
France and is regarded an authority on
pontoons, will look after the pontoon
construction.
Frederick Charavay, one of the fore
most designers of propellers, will look
after this phase of the huge Am erican
plane.
F. A. Robertson, chief engineer of
the Splitdorf Electric Company, and
a recognized authority on ignition, is
| in charge of electrical design and in
stallation. I. S. Kaufman, another
member of the engineering staff, re-
ceived a prize from the government
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