MILE-A-MINUTE AIRSHIP.
Mr. Wilbur Wright has broken a :ustom and made an aeroplane prediction. He says that the sixty-milcs-an-hour aeroplane is not only a possibility, but that it is practically here under the guise of the U. S.A. Government's machine which is now operating at College Park, Washington. Mr. Wright was led to nake this prophecy as a result of his experience a few days since, when he made a speed of 45.82 miles an hour, and unofficially broke the world's record for the closed kilometer. Mr. Wright remarked that with the power plant now installed in the Government aeroplane, he could make a machine that would travel from sixty to seventy miles an hour with one person on board. He said he would do this by making the planes smaller and lighter, and lessening the amount of head resistance of the machine. He would probably sharpen the entering edge of the planes, flatten the curve and change the pitch of the propeller to suit the increased speed that would be expected of it.
By the way, Mr. Wright has installed on his new machine a third lever corresponding to the one with which he controls the wing tips and rear rudder. The intention is to allow the pupil to hold this lever lightly and thereby acquire the "feel" of the machine in the air. Later, in his instructions he is allowed to take the place of the operator and manage the machine while the expert sits beside him, ready to aid him with the wing tip lever if he sees the machine is getting beyond the control of the novice. In Paris, anyone wishing to learn flying has only to apply to the Aviation School, just as he might go to a riding school. He will find 20 different ships from which to choose, including monoplanes, biplanes, and multiplanes, and excellent pilots to instruct him in the handling of the machines. The apparatus chosen by the beginner will be wheeled out on the grass for his use, and he will have a clear space of several miles in which to take his first lessons. Moreover, there is being mapped out an aerial circuit which will be about one hundred miles each way, and will be the most interesting aeroplane tour of the future. It will be ready by next year, and a circuit of this course may be one of the big prize competitions. The route will be staked out by high pyramids, ten kilometres apart, arid the longest run without a landing-place will be thirty kilometres. At short intervals there will be repair and housing sheds, with expert mechanics always handy.—"Popular Science Sittings."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 366, 3 June 1911, Page 2
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445MILE-A-MINUTE AIRSHIP. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 366, 3 June 1911, Page 2
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