A WELLINGTON AEROPLANE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 743, 16 February 1910, Page 9

A WELLINGTON AEROPLANE.

!}A .mpdel-aerOplanej/abbut five',feet long; 1 mRdO: ;sevefal'. easy;:and/ graceful desoents/ iu' the- Masonic'.Hall .'yesterday' inorniiig/-i:that-,no'.engino'had/bebii'" provided.'Thei >TO?oiM e,l , to Jr' M r.^'William//■ J;' : ->H.' )&yM% lQiteflWlandor 'by birth;/but/now' ! has. doyisedv an. "aeroplane" |'whiph.;he is .confident/will Exhibit many'-.. tttnyt/inaohinß'>y'et','mado. : i I.Acroplanes: in''gfeaf'.'nu'mber^'havo'been' iiiade,tp fly;:what.Mr., Beach .is.aiixibus it'o.,aoMev6..is,an aefoplano that will not : drop.'with its .driver- like, a -stone.'ifvtlib jengine.;-should, break down; : He'believes Ijhat,. he/has-; solved;,this: problem,-'.:/r,-arid .about,:twenty, .citizens' of Wellington ; watohed' the ..working ■ rabdbl "of his' aero-' plane, : a graceful; ; cfaft:";ab'out-five'feet,in length,, descend.-'geritly- and . smobthly'tb' the.ground; when'-pfopelled'-intb,' the ~ air from 1 - the; top: of; fctten-zfee't ladde'r.->V 'Mr.'i ..Beach's ,mach'ineS'- , t<J?be a built £ affefV'theJ ?aSub*ie I ,' i ; >~l»ela nionopran'ei ■■■ ~'shsi other? ; «ajlf with-'a;.sepa'r'ate/pfbpeller>"l ; Eaoh;! ; sqt cpo-' ;sists ;bf ■ a-'lbng.:upper : v an'ciV"smal|"'ldwai'' plane. .Two■sets'-ot'pranes-'have/been.de-, ■ yispd, : iSo, that/ the;;air.; '• pressiii-e:,"shall' 1 be ; ; divided, lessening,the. resistance to' propulsion, and enabling r-a-': higher;" speed to>;be obtained. ' The' lower planes'.aro made just largo enoughto.'lift the/lbwor part'of the/framework,/including tho fouf/whoels' on which'"tho"inachino will, fun;,when on tho,ground.. The' driver-, will: sit at the .back,; in front/of 'tlio'tail l-uddor; ..In/front of,;him /will: ; be';two whepls,/: just./ like. the./ steering-: wheel: of a. .mbtor-car,, by. /which '-ho will .direct tho machine'/The/two propellers;' work-" ed ■' by : the. .engine",':iii/ opposite - dif cctiohs, yilLcauso /propulsion.. •;■■.';■.' .'/':,' ::-.::;'-. ■ The./machine vis./not;/entirely/like . a bird. ': "It is utterly useless .trying ,-to 1 build - aeroplanes" pn/the ,lihes' of : 'a ; bird,"' 'says-. Mr./.B6ach.':,.'•■;'' v ."'yo.t; , might:"as ; ', : .wbU ! ' 'taikT-'o'j; building'^'a : )o'c'onib'ti*e','likeVan/:ele-. - phant; i: pr.:an L pr"swKiu"' ff ho I 'inachin'e;' mil; be'huHt^'o'f''welL-sea'soii-; ed /'white; pine: and 'ifUflinijiftimi Tho' cost'.' of' its...cbnst"mctioh. is ; eSpect'ed/'tb: be'-a m'ero.soiig...lts/weight,/including, engine,, /will' be/abo'ut'Ccwt;'/'',Colonel/'Cody's'.in-' ventibh /«'6igh's''bV/;to"n./"riib'/inbde'l''with. /\vhich.:Mr;. Beach''.experiftiouted.yesterday, was heavy".out/of:;all 'proportion .to"'its, , siab./'He .explained ,/,that.;.ha' had''l been' unable., to '/get'-an? engine ,at'; o'nce'light 'enough/--and ■ strong, enough ,'to propel-this 'hibdel;: a 'smaller,.ino'del,. however, hadiu'ade'.'successful/flights. /Mr;; Beach;, who' claims' to'.havb■ .studied,'the aeroplane problem .closely .for three years; and'was for 'three ,'years with' Marconi; explained .his'ideas "in/ detail.to ; the;-spectators : of. tho'mbdol. Ho intends/to. "entcr'for tho prize" .'of. .£IO,OOO /offered by .the- Common-, 'wealth''Gbyorhment, for ithe.:.he"st/aerp-' 'jilaffe,- ;inyen ted .'by. : . an'/, Australian,"/cap/ "acity'-for; sideratiori. .//A-'.syfidicate is/being..-.formed' /ivith-a'/capital/ of ..'sliares'ol-. J£lo/ eachrCcfassist '"the.; inventor, to. ■ cotistru'et/'his/.ma'chihe.'and,;after enter- : ing/fof".- the- /cbnippti tion,' put/it -"oh/the market;/ The'-:syndicate' .will ; have ■ the selling'figHts M bf' the : -machine ;>'ten,.fully-/ paid-up-'snares/ will.rbe', alfbtte'd.ib.-the' iji- ; - ■ yoritof.'-'v The'limitecl'f.tpsts: held...yester.considered..promising;..., '/',•/:• ',