Show f c l r r v r r rf f J E SHALL S 5 II H A L Ia L I YET Y IEE E T t FLY F j L Y A am and Ills I IIII Not Nal n a i Failure and Why Thron 4 e Model Idol Whim Which Fluty ily B Gat la Tim Ihn Oas On Ivor Hor Mailo Millio and 1101 It Was Wa TIm Groat Oroal n a Military M III a Ian alima of it iI l 1 thu Ihu Ever Oleos GIvon II b by Dr 1 1 lo on lilt Ills III Mun k I II I I so Says 5 Doctor Doc DocI few loy In it Ills Gmt Gront au Ala Aoa With Frank 0 G I II r I t I Y r h L A M u 1 i I i O of the Otga t s U 11 OH Juno Il I Jut juit returned i i n taut talk w i 0 u hll hili n lK WI In III n hUll tb experiments eX I i III n r l I M n 0 I ilea III t full fullIn munching launching for tut forn i t I IY In hi I I this interview Iho tho 11 n m r f lIE to L III of h tody to III II lIY tae hils neler OI If The t fit hav oo 00 n i f pAn n head it II If was tree free front late l t turrY It II hat hag really fell I I wilt You as 1111 well wall say 81 e ly d al all In th the n agent 1 at a It It IVero l 1 s laun upon U on In Ind lully every rMon t to Is II J d th then ami amiL d da l ma machine will fly 1 a the at L properly ft Its 1111 en enit enI ena II a drIve it through the n nil nir rut lit at ati I a will wUI Im within sit flU II ot of f Ih er r i and hi h han mi on levers I HI t inn nr I It t the i o vU upon th the sea Tills Thle Is Ia the th bo ho boMi bej p It i la also the lie be beill le j Mi yb 11 L Liln y J And mechanical I th I i ho know something of ot the ther I ill h the tho 1 and I Its construction t r Ian In ih dad i l hh Mr Ir Langley lath hillS t sentor I Held felch felcht Rally wed made In this I I t I giving my In talk with Mr MK t l i i it 11 m me c t w 11 R ord a 10 to ha lie hit f I 1 bi 11 III Ihl 1 Ile of ot ai m id invention His II work l I Is every evory l i r f M pad aad knolls in the sal world pore l I his bli standing I In K FU n rope fe 10 nil R 1 L h United potted Stated althea What 1 l II le Ia the fichu pad Ind nd hell have been 1111 In the refI act Ical Invention Inv t Uell ho he t line been In III Inline or d DI hUll has created invention He lie line c method of ot trying the heavenly pod see ko M Ms hI h at Its to 10 o t tt tho It e largest C extent l meM mea um lb Ih heat Deal l hex t of ot in l h e sun MU n fl unit and liy b his 1118 I I of or time the line has produced by J which the tempera temperature an 10 of ot a B sunbeam eon amt be bo tested tented to tc tho tite millionth tire ture Parr pan of or n a rail mall rod road 1 M In the United 1 Stilton Staten lell run emus on a atto aUme tto time Ume by bt b Mr r Langley bungle It II t MS wH through him that we got the tho l tune time service by which the tho flocks 1011 all over oter the country regu tiled tram from the nul by uy uyI tho I e railroads r ds run Ilin m their trains I danger from runt through rl time Imo t This Illustrates one phase of ot work worl He lie brings bring his en cn I OUt oui knowledge down to 10 practical u e of ot mankind anti and he I nor for years y ara l I been on devoted 1 to 10 the tho study n I sun tun nod lt lie Its with a I view to practical i t r belter bOtter adaptation i Thin hiN ha has been Jeen his professional c mt ut he ins has nl also 1110 o tar for years boon ben benI I I rating the IhEi properties of or the Iho air nil airI nilI I I a i making and other othel exper feat to 10 gave Itlo the world the IlI I fia Jn which may ma ho bo beset baaed IU its success S Ill lii II Uon atlon To test tent these proper t 11 to i h ht ho linn has marin made machine utter after ma nia maM M from some Bomp no 80 small that they thc i nilo ula be lio held hela in III the hand to others so en they would fill the Iho room of ot oft ofa a t e hOl e Ho Ito had Imd failure af lit tr ler allure Mat hilt tram from rota each carh failure he ho tuned HIM Hill work In wont i nt on for tor 16 10 yearn yoom be belore lore foe we It culminated In the th first success rill which how flow up tiP and down dawn I I act e Newl by hi Frank J Tan G Carpener Carl the Iho In n 1800 IS lUI II 1 had the honor to 10 n describe Ile tho tint Ir rot t night flight of ot that Hint machine for the thu Pu IU thin of or limn States S I stout I a 11 week well with Mr dr Langley lingle on an nn 1 In th Iho river liver In odar to 10 secure a Il limn for tor ih I the he bent flying It came and I T ithen then saw IOn which was trade of lit ni na much muchas MB as a 1 boy bu but hut no so 0 large lance that U it 1 would nil hi about fill the hc overuse n parlor dart forth from the stage fly liy II through tho tito sir nil Its lI mo tive Ill nn OP light ono e power engine Invented by II Mr Langley It carried five pounds of ot water anti It lieu Hew through the air 1111 airn n I of ot about of ot a amile amlia mile can to 10 fly liy 11 until all the wa wn water water ter bind been heen converted Into steam when It ll gently dropped down do It upon the bosom if ot tho the Potomac A All As I looked U nt at the lr Lang Langley ley Ie told mo mime III that it II weIghed ninny many hun hundred tired dred turns films more than linn time the nir It die dl i placed Thin Ihl Is tho the difference between Mr Air h machine sad those of Dumont others who expect to lolly liy II h b by means of ot The limo bul bt I Toone are 1110 are lighter lI than the Ihl air IIII anti and they the they lout float nn nil n I bunt boat floats ni m the Water I machine In hs carried carded through the tho air by b the engine engino upon It although It II Is III ninny many Unira antra heavier than thin Iho air 1111 It III It la Is believed that lIeh a n machine will be bo enter nf r and more directed 1 than titan anything of a n balloon nn na nature lure ture while Its special properties will make It t more suitable for tor military In III Investigation In tines times of ot war Mil Jilt III MA MAThe The he aerodrome I 1 have described weighed about 35 06 or 40 to pounds U It was wasa a n little more than a model and woe was not Intended t t I o d to nary carry 1111 r ti u mss man It I hlll a score of or being tho the thoI first lying machine l over ever mal ma e that really flow flew end and It II effectually proved that t an engine could drive a II machine through the nir IIII That little model in oil 0 1 was nH the father of ot thin tho great carry ng military nero drome Meme hat that now how lira lice In III the of the Smithsonian Institution not much the tho wore wort tot for HH its launching on flit the Potomac The Tho latter In the result of ot Mr h work for tor tho the past pant right fight yearn It was 1111 undertaken en em with the aid of time the Will war department which gave gae for title this ox experiment mil that It might how to make n mil engine largo enough to 10 carry Arr a n aman 1 nun man In odor 10 to 0 n nee e It 11 In III stir sur surveys veys vess and In ht warfare That and some somo other oilier money from froni n 1 special fund In the Iho Institution In has hilS rill nil been heen spent In III making anti and In this thle machine which Mill remains to be b tested l Personally I T think time the ex may ha ba one olle of ot atthe the most profitable Undo Sant BIln line has eve made although h perhaps a quarter of or orthe time the already spout spent will have havo to tobo he bo added to In repair the tho aerodrome anti and to construct new net launching arrange merits meals which will 11 enable It to 10 start out upon lie Its voyage through tile the air A V TALK f rK WITH Mil MR m INgLI y yI I 1 asked aI Mr Hr Langley to give mo the thu therl reasons rl J for tor the tho failures of ot lout lost fall He lie replied There Thoro tarn 1110 teen been no ns nil far faran an nut tho the actual test teat of ot tho Iho lying capacity y of pt the tho Inu i Is h concerned It huts has 1 1 f 81 11 f i tit ld I I I I d 11 h hj ht j t i r s sJ J Z Zi i r res 1 t v a C I t I I X d 1 1 1 j V kid x i r cR M i 1 1 iI I 1 kM v I 1 1 1 f t M d a j 1 w na t l r rR l tl Ia i R I I I I ft I I tt I t I I lI I H Id I t fd l i it H I HIHI I f H I HH TIm THE 1111 JUST I I IW THE IIII HOUSE BOAT never been in LII n the air and inn has hn not hind had ti It chance to In slaw show what it Whit t III do 1111 Tho fa flO fur fill ina ms been with the tho launching nJ nIn re wo l land s o u lonel expected Ih It and where we wo had hall reasons to believe that our conditions pel feet Tin flit launching hinH Is II a n 1 very norS vel serious matter In Jn navigation how serious parlous was not understood s 1 until I 1 began my tny expert experiments ments manta with the tho aerodrome which you gar lilli ily dy 11 After ninny many changes I In ln Invented vented tented late launching up which worked with that I hud hind I snore more that than 20 30 tromp from It Il and It nei r milled me mite I thought I I hail had Just what was tuns needed for tOl the tho larger ma man chillI chiho 1101 built buill launching ways on Oil n II proportionately larger settle scale I was still surer lIure of ut this when whon I launched an nn exert model of ot this large machine upon a light flight shortly before the tho theother other trials were made anti was stir to find that the saint arrange arrangements ments wound Mould oat not work ns nil well wail with time the great Time Till trout front platform of ur Its ways WilY drops Mops down dawn In III time the launch launchIng Ing In like a II disappearing dl gun can carriage Inge and this time the Immediate of at atthe the tho trouble WIlY WHY TIm nin m DID NOT 11 FLY Hero here Is III n II photograph ph of ot the tho ma am machine chine on tho thu launching inn Ringe eta ge contin continued coat a tied 1111 Mr Ir Langley as nil hr hI showed shored me mo a n snap simp shot taken by I the photographer of the Institution shortly the thc trial Our Idea was Willi that the tho Ih engine on tho the machine lunchtime would carry lIr It on ore Into bits the limo air 1111 and und that thai It would heave the stage unimpaired 1 anti and uninjured On 01 tho limo contrary n a part of et the tho machine was one caught an itA It went forward by time tho falling platform This pulled the tho machine down do 11 before It got Into Inlo the tho nil air nt lit the thc same eume time t I one of ot the win WIlH is entirely out of ut as ns you yon ou may see SIO front from another photograph I which wan lOs u me made taic by bv 11 Mr r mull at lit the time lime The rho of this wing WillI throw threw I Ithe the time machine out of or balance anti and helped i ito to o dash Irah I It t down Iown t Into time the water You I might ht ns nil welt well expert expect abIr a bird t to In maintain t itself In n tho time IIII air with n II broken wing as asa asa a I flying machine which relies upon spun Its 1111 I wings swings to steady It to fly liy II when one flue of ot those thons thu e wings Is IH twisted or broken The rime result was tens that the tho machine went Into tho the water carrying cany Ing tho limo Intrepid t o engi engineer noel hoer Mr Ir Manly with It Row How about your eUI second attempt Mr Time Tho result of ot tho the second launching was Willi Vrn more lucre disastrous thull at lit the first At Al that than ono one of or limn ilIA stern wings was wall caught In III almost the same cum way IU rind and thrown out nut of piece piA CO resulting In lu the overturning of ot time tho and nl Us Ito plunging again n Into the Iho water wale before n 1 flight could bo he begun hail Had 1 It not 1101 been hlen for those accidents I have every 01 reason reMon to believe the tho machine would could 1 have In made nude n it 1 flight I think there Is III no doubt hut but that It will willII fly II 11 lint but co 10 fur far I It hiss has had no tin opportunity to 10 do so Then you consider your our Invention a Il success Nothing Is la nil lui absolute un tat until nil til It Is proved 1 HO so 1 0 by b actual test lest I 1 can cannot cannot all not may uny the machine Is n It success In that respect for It hiss has never hen been tested teste It 1 I tar have however every reason to be ht believe belleve lieve that It will beH he R AVo We 0 have hAO taken liken Into consideration every even element clement with we have l to contend wo we 0 have hae tested tented every purl again and 1111 1 again WI toe P have Im calculated 1 and tested tho the various possibilities anti and If It there Is anything In ht scientific engineering then thin limb Ihl will Ily fl Tell 1111 me about the tho light flight of or your our model 17 That t inal f flight g was tuns so MO remarkable n sn said a l Mr JIll Langley tint that I 1 was wall surprised tint that It did not attract moro more attention U It tuns made I on August 8 of last year being tin tho Itin filet Hist time In the t h a of ot invention that any 1111 successful flight took 1001 place in lu public Thin Tho model mode carried n It gas en eni engine enigma gine of ot three horse power which drove It through time the air IIII for n II distance e of at a n little loss less than a R quarter of et n It mile It U Uthen then stopped only roily because of ot n II defect detect In ill Its It fuel tuel supply 1 It U left letl tho the launch hunch launchIng Ing lag atago without trouble anti this ns M us that Ihal U It t was 1114 all nil right for Cor the tho larger flit THi GAS OMI I L R MADI i I iI Then I suppose you lire uso iv it 1 gas RII 1 In this large machine I Yes Yet replied Mr Langley wo we have haven n a gas gaH engine of ot extraordinary for lor or the very ery considerable horse hOllO OW The he engine was lIIK one ene of er my lilY ohler dim I 1 am sum not nn an engineer munch and In Indeed Indeed deed I should not have havo attempted to const i net the had hUll I tho time trouble I should have havo ha 0 In it getting time tho proper engino In 1899 I made mado a 11 con cnn contract c n tract Imel with nn American builder for tor n a I suitable engine Ho ha II agreed to deliver one within n a year hut but nt lit the Ih close cloRe of ot that t time found tom l d that ho Willi tuns unable to tu produce whet what 1111 needed d nr my lily pur Anse It Is Iii n to have the tho lightest engine possible lo with a 1 certain horse power I ower Fading o It to get ct et this tila In hi the United III II cd States I went vett to toJ J anti and visited the tho works lorka there thero noted nol 1 for to I building light engines I J vent to Maxims In and to time the thab best beet b st known knon of ot tho time trench French l and amt German n n I n engine but nowhere could I 1 find one JIll which w weighed 1 to nn 00 little UH ns 10 pounds to the limo hone Power nuns none as fie Ight ns liS that thai ever ler having bell beets built I 1111 then most III I reluctantly toned forced to 10 undertake to build the tho engine myself t tor or to have It built under my super supervision vision I say nay reluctantly HH HI I r nut nui not lint lintIn antan an In engineer en I then nee mod the tha UH as detente of or Mr Ir M 1 Manly a 1 hll II u II graduate of and we sea tried to produce a n 1 lighter than any Imy yet et mantle madu Wc Vo made experiment After aner e ex x until he finally u a uga I ICu ga Cu engine much Ie lass lt than hulf half the 1 eight o nf lie the Ibl gas ifill engine we could In III Kurej l e This Thill In is II the engine which operates the present ma mu machina chine china I r will twill not nut say city Just Junt how hot light It IH it but hut It weighs I It less M p per hot horse horsepower power At Al the time time It Is la of won wonderful wonderful strength in III comparison on with Its lI lIw weight w You refer Ilter to ta the Press Mr Ir langley Why did lid you eu not let the newspaper newspapermen met men we see the machine when hen you OU first leak It the That vas iras not nol a n matter tastier of ot choice with nIth me time was the I 1 explained why wimy wh at lit the time hue A huge part 1111 of ot time the money employed 1 In ht making the ma ata machina machino chino china was wall furnished by the 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