Airships

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13715, 3 October 1908, Page 2 (Supplement)

Airships

TESTS IK TWO COUNTRIES.: A Washington: mtbsage states that Captain liald win has made a series .«<{-. (iifceet* ful Hightß «t Fort Meyer, the Government testing .ground, and made a loner tiifHtt oi half au hour, having litis, nituhip mider iwifeet control, during the whole time. He hat, not vet, however, fulfilled the ciitdj? tiotis- hud down by the Uuvtfratneiit of making 16 miles an hour, having accomplished thus far with the speediest lUght 4.5 miles in 23.5 minutes. Captain, I'ajdwin says that certain cliango in hU airship will he necetwary in order, to . tntet the Government requirement. In his flight Ite manoeuvred his machine ,I>erfectly, and sailed against, a ten-mile vnd. but defects in ignition prevented hiin get i ting hh full power. He i* now engaged, in correcting these and other deject*. U»v-. ernment uftß-inhv who. have, watched the preliminary trials, arc delighted with the, machine, and bcliuve it will be accepted by the Government. The Wright brbtheri* expect to uiako their test at Fori Meyer with the machine left in ths> country. .Mr Orville Wright will carry out the test here. The-maehinc to be used, its tin.improvement on the one, now being wed by Mr Wilbur Wright so successfully in Fiance.

When Mr Henry Fnrmau decided l,i> go to America to give demonstration!) .of his skill w an aeronaut. Mr,Wilbur Wright, his American rival, selected; France for tv similar purpose. Some weeks ago the Amcrcian took 1»i» aeroplane to Le Mnn*i and began putting it together in n nhcd tm the local racecourse. Aftenvaid* he ivrried out a successful trial flighi in the pieaince of experts, newspaper repreifenwitiws. and photographs, which ha» evoked the praxes of all the critic* who \iitu<.»cd it. On Hie machine being brought from the shed it wax placed on the starting rails. Mr W r right took his scat- on hoard and set his motor goingThe aeroplane iti.*e gracefully, epeedily attaining a height of about thirty. f«=t. The American twice made the clreuH of the racecourse, negotiating fchnrp cornet* with apparent case. In this respect tho Wright aeroplane is superior t«>. tliJ)t<. <•( Mr Furman, for the latter, while experimenting :«l 1.-sy-les-Moulinliiis, lieyu' ««.-emcd thoroughly at home when taking corners The Wright aeroplane, «n the contrary, took tin- tuns, at a high rate of upeed. During his < xptriiiuntnl fliguj Mr Wright l-tnaintd in the air linin 46 >«c, but neither th/.-, nor the distance covered, appro:i< hn« Mr Farinau's In- • ivrord at, liovks-Moulineaux. It ill bul fair !•• add lliat -Mr Wlightl announced this wi.iild he but n prili'minary r.pin in order to init hix mitchine and" iKv.-ortain if evciytbing in working projxily. He promise* big thing* shortly in ;!i>> way of acnal journeys. He- w going to attempt a much longer (light in a few (iavr,. but as hv dim. not wish to \i~' liam|*nd by the pii>eiuv of tdght*»-er»'i the exact date i* b ing k< pt mm lit. The Wtigiit. aeroplane. --, und< r olfer to a Fivnch f>yndic.ite fur. i' m i-aid, til" sum of £Z).Qm. but the wmi|d be. ■!, lo.iiul. litfi.i- the biigiiin is i»nrliid'd, th.M the m.ohitic. lanvuig mo Itlifl. r-h.,11 acomplish an unbroken (light of il lllii-is. ; Ttiioiigh ilf aid «f piivrfd" ii,»inbuti'.n» Mm A'ustrfi-Huiigaiiiin military authority* ale now <n.ilji.| :,, umlei lake tin* i:o» rtiurtion "if a 'ltligiblt- aitidiip. whiill.ltiik ■•I tinids im !fii iw-t (•• pieionlrd than •'milig. It, i> pt>i|«,.-<ii t>i adopt a retni tlgid tvji,-. -iioilar t., I lie l'ar»rval pat • t.-tn. in |'irft-r.-m-n t«. tin- ngtd Zepjudin »in«h I. lb- (Jsrttiian War Oflke !l,l« |l|l>mi<-. ,i :l- .., ~|„ ia!... n . and the lil'.t Ari.irit-Hiingatiaii aii-'up «t!l !«■ built in It. tiin' I>y siu: (ii-tiii,iti Motor Airship t'fiinji.iiiy.