THE LADY IN THE AEROPLANE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 547, 30 June 1909, Page 3

THE LADY IN THE AEROPLANE.

& : .i'■''s■s& ■thV'lasit;riumber/bf-the./"Queeni"" ; M : rs/ :.' *,&/.' ; ? r 4- :^y,:v^ycaia.rnio6t.-interesting'' account ; of-a ;;'-/'!;£'.; Wilbur Wright -in ?'h' 3:i -wqnderfuJVaertiplahe-'i'Mr.'/Wright-was giving ; of'exhibitions in Rpme in; an .;:.i'i'ii;-aeroplane.^which- hp/built"'and,sold 1 ,to 'the «:-,"'' ;IfeKan\6oT©hiiiifflit'f6r;£iopO,\'aii4-eyerj6rio' %pp ..'''.who'iwishpd /to Obtain.-: tickets', 0f.;.; admission fr,:i'-'';^'te ,: ' l^^Vexhibiiipnai'fra'd. : 'to' become,' -first 'of V;':.;-;v::::'aU; ,: :membe privilege. |^''). :: '>',:-£6r.vwhich'''-.wpnjen paid.';so .francs'' and' men, ;}!.r; r ,'';,to' try/" the'-: ascpnt,;:>but;iMr.;'Wight,; sternly ;-:-,'--/ tefn^dj'atUast.oorisehtirig' to'take:one''lady. L> '':■:.'who.;'was : tp-;te :choßen. : 'by;ballot,'ahd;.Mra. fip-':■■ ;FrankXßeUcville icbuld;' -believe/ ih'er ;;;■/';.--'- 'hck:;whe!v:vshi);was:;tpld^thafc:slre-was/tlie fpp'i fortunate/ladv' 'and:asked,;.to','chctose a .day. V'.. 1:'!; for 'making:>'the'i'ascerifc' A:^; s ■; -;;: ■': . -'';'-'<"■'■;: \\-> ./;,/.v- The;aeroplahe started from, a'small'natural t/'J/i/hiU^ jj..:..:-';'; near':K6mer'arid,fbefore taking the, lady, Mr."i\'i'[ -IWright' took} three other passengers; in' sop-; ;:-.; -the,, othcra..; stood,:'andS "ph. watched -She wonderful'aeroplane [ making. its I' j;.-.;: 'graceful': flights/; hovering -like a .great-bird S-v ; v;; v grbund: sßwalixV-,;.;- W pi -' -..their"heads,'■;■*hilßi' l / i :'^Sflands;'and::,'shouted'.ithelri■ ; admiratlon;<'' , *;%'■•':.':;4 "WhenCrhy/timb came''(says the writer),;l f:tf, ; ;-;;yas- ! sd'iaiiaid ! ;'ofvbemg-'passed , oyer'that ~'l ?'ss.s'i;"hastily,'pushed :ny/wayito the'aeroplane and. ■r : -',i:. ,/V sdid/:.,lthopeKyPu'^ave/.not?foreotteh'me? 1 ' V.'..';f;..;Mr'..*:WrigbtMaughingly'dispellea-.my fears, '(p,'})'■ arid";showed me'■ nowY,to (climb into ', the aeroK' ; ''i''vrplanei"•■which''was rib.'easy 'matte'r;. indee,d p•■ : p:-- ne/litoallyYpushed/arid, half; lifted, mo,:intp | j; : charicp of- my. ,;,/ 'and;strings,;that *pp i>\:hung.:rpiirid; -iba-rruig;. my- way/ all of 'which' l<-,. ; '" wer8 'bf ,v.it'al.;imrwrtance.'-,: Once I.bad-clam-Safely firito.'the'frail structure I. found l ,p.:pi myself:- seated'; on; a 'part -.of .-the framework .which''l':can'.:'only .'.liken;te/a.-broad- shelf; j'; i'-^rey.feet : :huhg-over the edge; and':Mr..:Wright J ■•.; '::;.told:fine\to,, rest "them a .projecting /;.'..'-' ■'-..bar* iandHo eliiig'tb:-one"of Mbe; wooden -sup-*f--.;v% -portfe close;beside: :if: , l:;fe'lt• ; "i'.f.v, : /He',then; tied ;ihy." skirtsground //my f ,; .- : ',;s'ankles withfa./.thiri'icbrd/ arid ;,we wero ready (' : imperative: ;j ///-./'I/was ..riot":to/speakito; him/.'and./onVnp.. Ac : i . : ''";.V:tiW^ «;;.K';./;; obine-V id ;contact.;;with<;• anjf important,' string f-\'. ;, ; ;i,',.. which; was;;fa«tened:.-from : .:Bi,de-: : 'to 'side ~in fi^':- -' - ; S0 ;pn vmy';-; perch,'!.'! I'-'/"/', take.irfie.-asi'highylas(fast,' as long'as you i',.; :,Vi"can !V'- : Atitliis ho'smiled, and;.when: I 'added ffv J < that;;lj hoped J :yi'as ; seated; as "he {wished he .fi}. iv^jtbld-iile:that.l bad..given' ! him• far,less''trouble ; IfC'-;;:'v-^'tteri^theyvstiiried;flip.engine," yvliich;,Bet ' : -'ft'Sr}£ inßiribtibnj a,;'pfppelle'r/. that' I -can-.'bes't ,ari;;.eriormouß.electric : ifan, 'project Aj-'i'irig.'from', the: back 'of .the; aeroplane. . Mr. y£"i Wright;jthen^leti'go.the.;brake, land we; prot'yi'.Xceeded down'Hbp;slight I 'mclirib/boirig'pushed ';::;?; .lio end; of; the'.track .tdgetthp-necessar} pv::impetus;t6,rise-'iri the air; and,so;.'faf. it ieli i'"'" 'ust;t:like':goingi,dPwn' the;..:waterV:shutp: ; af sarlV i .C^urfc;t,\.;':f; ;: : ; y;;y'-!" i i ,!:./;Y",u l /;; .we' : .-wcije ,' 'gbiric /i':V;;higher^and;highersPvew;thb:;hoads,'of -the /;!;.i-i.;yßPectators;:.who''receded / .-.Am'^lil' o I/bm 'V>KfAia ■?: t-hat.': : peo'ple; iwerpy clapping :;arid '■; appare'ntl} ■;'.>>,;! ,y;\cheenng,:';.but:ir ~/v;tl"V'J.tbe l rbar/pf;the.;'eiigine'. , ', v L'belieye,,in point. y/.c4 ■ :jbfvfapt,' : we;did';rlpi;attain : :a;greater;:altitude. i tbari:;that;ofJspme.'ye^y-;H■igh^hptels/;but-it; ! i';';;!;; ; , ■-;_ Beemed ; to; ime J much Aighprr^,;.-. I ( w »s; tremen-'.V-;,S'."'.'..'deiisly{impressed r ,w^ % v ; ''. ; .;iv of,that.'Cstrangey'nveiition,.'which seeriied ■■ so : '■;.'-v : . ,« : ;.fliriisilyj,.flung-- together,;'and; yet; under, the f'-"'rS'i .;?, iguidanpe' 'of(Mr.viWilbuf;'Wright,'; acted-.like ;:.;k; ■•-i; '•'■>: Bome'; ; iamed-Awikl.*'thing/:Answering :tp;" his '&jfiy; i'Jtbnch'^arid^.serisiblb.-'of;his,';cbhtrpl.;\As ;I ■ :':.;':;-: I ;..;ilobked;;rbuntl. moiat'thp marvellous'coristriic-; :ib K-i ;•: : tion Juv'-whipt ,wb!;hpth ;{were;seated--rwith;.no- :■-. ;i.;,!;:■ -,;'thing;between;;us.:and,eternity, .except,.a ! fpiv, ..'■-.^^;plariks'!and ? a'prop:'to;'our..back's—l could;,not ;:,::/ %-:;k help 'likening" it- in' ray ;own' mind to; a" rook's. !■''■'£.•U.:;'\ nest; -, made .untidily, of ;.stickß ; ''and';wp]ded'ta>';' '';^'.: : , , :::';;gether : ;in"':what; looks iliko;' a.Vbapbazard,fa.Bh-. : r:'•;?': -i'V-'pn/-'and*whichyis enough;:.' to v^fS::-;;ißtand,thbi'.straih'f.bf higl/;wirids in tall trees, ■; ''ijo v'arid '^many'r;young■ 3 ? ; ;" fc y-l -birds;':;',Th'e? aeroplariej; which ;I'' cannot (pre-' i~fi:, ; ; '^i ; -,tenH: : .teyuidefstand;sPientifically'j'i'bas ./the; '-: ■■&} -';appearai)co;''aiid;'seeniß.{tb, ! : ;.::•;,' ;;;■•;' he: blown Ktpge'therjfTjust,'a'; number'of "planks sliafts v . an d;; nothing,/more;:. except;; the' \': : ififting 'i-; -v .i.aecuVate'-directions it:-rrassesses '..i ;>'y;,j;sßtrerigth" to : ;bear;::t]ie' ;i ;weiEht;.'of a.a-^fheayy; l;'iV.A:v ; ';' : -'jmdtp,r;an^^ ;.;.-;;■'-;.:- 7felt;'rio',bscill_atio i ns. a ;',\Ve..s^^ V' : : ■'■■■■'. cleaye.'tlie;;'air..:'-like;;someVrhbnstor • bird/ in \i ; 'S-V -steady-flight.-, arid about in ;Y":.;■"■'..; : ;;V free;'ample^cUrvys ; ;,formiug'enprmpus : :circlcs, l-t~&^;;'ixt::a;speed;:pf -some;fprtyj(miles;to;hour: The, t: .; ,'...••■>/ .'first'two .circles'.were, achieved.jit a cbnsider- !:':■ :':^:;-':;:;.ablo"altitudey"butyfor;fche'third Mr.,:Wright, ;'':-;;-;i;Sv;; descended ■ close/; igrbund^ l \lt :-felt; as' ':-.. ■'-,- were /skimming -along and "almost; clip-: •. ; -.;' : -''r':< ■'':')'■' ping.-; the - grass.'vTnori /we/rb&dgain,. and i;',/:;;:.. beforai.the;/fiDish/i;just';;for.;an : experiment ■'?' --'''-'^'."":.!''.** ;■ show'Vhis ; JMwer Vand;' control,vMri.:CWright '&-■■<?■■ /;;madb-/thd ;aeroplane 1 go/ swooping up /arid v-;;/:::; : - ;;^'down;likej;a' : switchbacli/,orj : "tb.describe it j; '.;';;.;. inore: poetically, r ,in{C, a-.ship/'risirig and /fall-; ■■ -/7S\M-ing over mountMnouß/'wavesy/-/Afterwards ; .'i-r/^we tojthe-ground, ;and, ; 'y;^V:as/tlie : aeroplane '.--.iaintictl'".with;j runners'"Jikb ■ ■p- '■-. '';a';sleigh', ; .:thero 'striking; ,the ,:'-V-earth, arid.'weiglidod,gently, along;thbg'ras3' ■;./:,-for' a-few.tj'ards until we.canie to. a. stand-*"■-.''.still'^^with'maryeUbus'-.preciDion quite.close, to >i:;; :l i,our/.pbint:of ; doparture,-whero'l found myself / S;/ : .;.^immediately;^urrburided:-' l -by vcongratulating ,' i rieridsV'alr eager io ask .me: question a.;'; /; ,?;->■<:.': ;.'.'l/will cb'rifessi'.-thajE.-the only drawback to k sM 3> arii'bther'iviso 'ideal .trip*, was; that for- some j' ;'-':;; .timei-after\varcls;;l ;_felt; : almost,deafened on the', . noise- the .'/engine/.made,;, bo » : .''S-';yclMe/to"ray;head.^;.;; i ,- PPP-p;. ■••:-. ,v - : -'';-.'