Show HAVE HUE TRIPLED THE DISTANCE Wright Brothers Not Alarmed Al at the Performance of M Delagrange FRENCHMAN BEATS RECORD GREAT BALLOON RACE STARTS TARTS IN ENGLAND 01 f Rome R e May i y 30 Delagrange ioD gr ge the t aeronaut beat the worlds aero aeroplane aeroplane aeroplane plane record today flying 1156 metres and remaining in the air all airis 15 is minutes Ji 34 econ Paris May 30 Wilbur Wright on one of o the Wright brothers the American was informed today that Leon Delagrange the French 1st let had succeeded In flying metre at Rome He manifested considerable interest in this performance and said We We Ve are not worried We already have tripled the distance made by M Delagrange this morning Our confidence dence deuce in our leadership rests upon the th the essential e difference between our ma machine machine chine and those in Europe We ha haa have havea a practical aeroplane capable of flying on In the wind Problem of Equilibrium Mr r Wright then proceeded to explain II that the problem of oC equilibrium had been solved by himself and his hie hl brother by b the application of principles plea pIes which enabled them them by a twist of the surface surCa of or the planes to right rl hl their machine against the tb wind On th the theother other hand he said ald all the European machines thus thug far tar had stationary planes This Mr Wright intimated was the great secret of o his success Commenting upon the description of oC the Wright right aeroplane recently pub published published in the newspapers Mr Wright expressed ed the opinion that his brother was as not responsible for many state statements statements statements ments placed in his mouth The di dimensions dimensions given are Inaccurate he said and it is ill palpable they the were ere obtained from the patent office specifications which bleh in some respects are deliberate deliberately ly I misleading Advantage of Two Persons Continuing Mr Wright said saUl the ad advantage antage vantage of having two persons on the machine for Cor military purposes purpose was that one could take observations while the theother thEother theother other handled the mechanism He thought it would be six tx weeks before his demonstrations in France would begin It is possible poa that Orville Wright will come corne over but this thie has not yet been Ix en decided French aeronauts are intensely inter interested interested ested in the prospect of a series of or demonstrations demonstration with the Wright aero acm aeroplane aeroplane plane in France |