The Washington times., 1928-12-13

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lit,te man ii the idol of the aero
naaItics conferences. Even Linq.
bergl and his legend fades beside
the romantic glanor about the lit
tie giant Of the air--the man wno
conquered the last frontier 81
nature--O -OrVille Wright:
He arrived in washington yes
terday at 12:45 p. M, oIlsa tram
long overdue. He slipped into tne
Carlton Hotel through a croWaeua
lobby where he was not recOes !ilIsu
and into his rooms.
Apparently Wright was. gralsIut q
for the lack of recognltioIa' az
though he made the HEST aiF-
plane flight when most OF tne
delegates III the lobby were SPIN
ming tops 80
Az the afternoon session ~ lhe
United states Chamber OF Com.
merces auditorium, he was glVen
4 rousing greeting by airmen q
many nations as he tried 70 steaI
unobtrusively to his seal. fie
bowed but did not otherwise reply
to the applause and did nls van.
islling net again. IL
III. is not generally known tnas =
Wright for many wears mas SUI.
fered. from an injured hip received
when he, crashed with an ar
plane al Fort Myer-an accIdent
which killed Lieutenant Selfridge.
who accompanied him on the
flight. Il
Due to this injury. he II prl.
able t0 endure any proflOunceds
81 prolonged vibration. That is
WHY he has. never flown since
about 1911. That is why he WAS
given special cushions On the
train from Dayton. Ohio, ~
Washington And that is why
he was given feather PED az
the Carlton.
Reporters who sought him out
found him very uIleon1nn ive.
He replied to their questions in
monosylables and frequently an.
swered. with faint smile.
wouldn't care 4 to asay
He refused 10 be drawn Into
4 statement concerning his CON.
troversy with the Smithsonian
Institution, which has OfficfaHy
accorded the late Prof. Langley
the honor OF being the first In
ventpr Of d heavier than-air ma.
chine capable sof flying
Because the aerOnautics con.
ference is mainly a get-together
Of world fIiers, with special en-
ptiasiss on, goodwill irs was indt
Gated that Wright would not
countenance any reference to
the Langley fright contr0Ye
during the injecting.
Rumors OF the invention OF g
real fog g.penetrating ray for avia.
tors were rife 4 I the conferences
afternoon session yesterday. al
though none could be. found to
take responsibility for the report.
Several delegates said they had
heard OF the Invention. but de-
clined to elaborate on the infor.
nation.
fThe only uniformed man At
tending the air meeting Is. Ayfa.
tor Commander Oscar Morales
Lopez, OF the Guaternalan army.
Attired fn ID natty khaki oiIt-
fit considerably resembling the
United States Army garb. ne
Furnished the ong note OF. coiOr
In the auditorium filled with men
clad elegantly, but somberiY,
during the afternoon session.
Clarence Chamberlin. hero Of
the New York Berlin flight. re.
vealed during the luncheon hour
ait the Carlton. that he is work.
ing on q f0olproof plane at the
New York airport.
Chanberlin. like Wright and
Lindbergh. is fond Of speaking In
.monosyllables. III at all. An in.
tervieW with him is pleasant. but
largely nonproductive. It runs
like this:
interviewer: "IIave You any
new long flights in mind?"
Chamberlain: No"
Have you any ideas to offer to
the conference?p
"No."
what do you think will be ac-
plished by the conferenceg"
"WelI-la long pausel-It ought
to help in some Of these problems
OF International flights. Those
questions need study"
Speaking Of interna tional flights.
what are they doing about GUS
tom supervision IN Europe? Do
planes stop at borders?"
'eWell, not at the borders. but
they have regularly designated
stations. When was. over there.
we flew over Belgium without
stopping. IL we nad had to come
down for, fuel or anything, while
we. were In. Belgium. we wouldn't
have had the. REQUIRED papers"
What are you working on
now?"
up at the New York airport.
we're trying to make, foolprOof
plane. so that flying will be safe
for people who don't know much
about it. We're getting along
pretty well with it, too. 1t will
be only question of time before
it's fully developed
He informed the. interviewer
that he had come to Washington
alone. but would be joined here,
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