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I Here is the newest foolproof I non non collapsible non-breakable non anti-accident anti I seaplane neT ne n HE absolutely safe saCe stable and foolproof T THE fHE 1 amphibious flying machine has been evolved to meet a demand from young millionaires who desire to qualify as aviation sportsmen Such machines are the seaplanes that are arenow arenow arenow now the latest proud possessions of Vincent Astor and Harry Payne Whitney both of whom have a host of friends who ho want to go up in the theair theair theair air to say nothing of themselves The two machines are almost as like as two I peas Each cost A description of one will answer for the other Both are Burgess- Burgess Dunne Duane type hor horsepower with a speed of from 65 to 70 miles an hour in the air and 55 miles on the water carrying a full load of 2400 pounds or more than a ton the safety first idea in every detail Each can I has already made all sorts of flights in the machines with his hands bands off the controls for many minutes at a time One flight of ten minutes was taken with the levers locked All gusts of wind and changes of atmosphere were cared for by the machine j i itself without the interference of the I aviator Both machines were made at Marblehead Marblehead Marble- Marble head Mass by W. W Starling Burgess I There the pair of them were tested and arid Two views of the leaf showing tow How the wings curve to insure stability S C c Lot Jut News Service S S W Vincent Astor in his new safety first seaplane with Clifford L. L Webster at t the wheel j i fly itself and balance itself with safety and unaided in the face of gusts and j squalls that would sure surely y endanger the occupants of any other type of flying I machine were they not instantly on the alert to right the lost balance I I Clifford L. L Webster who lis is to teach young Mr Astor and and 1 Whitney is mounted well above it and has two roomy seats furnished m lealue of so as to give the pilot and his JUs passenger a The Th motor is well aft of the centre graY gravity ty place well forward which helps preserve the balance and proY provides des a better Y view eV to the steersman The floating hangar which goes with each machine is almost HOW A TINY LEAF SOLVED THE SECRET OF THE FOOLPROOF FLYING BOAT BY HENRY WOODHOUSE Managing Editor of Flying and Governor of the lite Aero Club a HE Dunne Burgess seaplane is foolproof because it is a scientific development develop- develop T THE I ment meat of the leaf which is natures nature's solitary attempt in in the botanical kingdom at the production of a gliding aerofoil This leaf carries a seedpod seed- seed seedpod seedpod pod and glides far enough away from the tree when it is detached to propagate the the- species in other places By following the structural lines of this leaf the new type of seaplane glides steadily no matter what gusts of wind hit it and so cannot be upset even by careless handling of the ailerons or wing tips winch which are used as rudders rudden S The heavy seed-pod seed is placed right in front of what constitutes the leading edge of this little leaf aeroplane and the wings curve back on either side As the leaf withers and dries the tips which are the rearmost part of the wings curl up behind so SQ as to pr present sent a very marked negative angle of incidence This is what is copied in the new seaplane the passengers corresponding to the pod sit well vell out in front Like the leaf the seaplane wings are swept back as in a V with a wide opening Now on meeting side gusts the nearer wing being broadside on and at an unfavorable angle for lifting which means upsetting or diving acts as a weather vane to turn the machine into the teeth of th tha disturbance while the further wing offering little head resistance is speeded up and so prevented from falling failing The result is that the aeroplane is kept on an even keel Sideways motion of more than a moments moment's duration is impossible the machine immediately immediately immedi immedi- takes the new direction without the touch of a lever leier So also if the levers are wrongly handled the machine its itself veers back to the proper position automatically S S Machines of this type costing each have been made for Harry Payne Whitney and Vincent Vincent Vincent Vin Vin- cent Astor tried until not a a. fault could be found and then the seaplanes seaplane were delivered One went to Mr Astor who will have bave a regular Noahs Noah's Ark of a floating ng hangar in the Hudson off where his country estate is situated oy overlooking that favored stream Mr Whitney has his hangar at Roslyn L. L I. I where his bis estate stretches back from the rippling waters of the Sound and there his machine was freighted The safety first idea is worked out by means of the swept back wings with the proper flying angles The hull is a rugged watertight watertight watertight water water- tight step single-step hydroplane 18 feet long ing and with stiffening 30 inches wide planked double-planked and framework inside The fuselage bulkheads L' L as interesting interest ng as the seaplanes Running lengthwise under the centre of the hangars hangar's superstructure is a strong steel girder used as a track for fora a trolley So carefully is the whole apparatus balanced that one man with witha a winch can house the seaplane sideways sideways sideways side side- ways into the hangar where a fully equipped machine shop for repairs is waiting it in case of need I u Two views of the wings of f the new seaplane seaplane sea sea- plane showing how they re- re the anonia lea leaf |