Show DEFECT OF THE AEROPLANE the breaking of one wing in machines certain to result in disaster that some aeroplanes aero planes are able to come safely to the ground after breaking a wing in the air and that some are not was emphasized by the death of leon delagrange at bordeaux france A rather strong wind was blowing and when the machine head zd il into the wind the right wing suddenly broke and the monoplane fell to the ground this la Is the first accident which has occurred owing to the collapse colla pae of an aero aeroplane plano when in the air however some time ago a similar accident dent happened to aeronaut latham but without disastrous results one wing of his monoplane broke off and stood almost at right angles to the other wing yet by leaning to one side and warping the remaining wing latham was able to guide his machine down in circles and bring it safely to the ground after repairing the wing he attached it in such a way that when ho he was up in the air he could pull a cord and cause the wing to break off as before ile ho did this and came down a second time with the wing broken simply to demonstrate that a broken wing did not necessarily essa rily mean disaster in the machine used by latham the wings are secured separately to a mast so that the breaking of one does not affect t the other in the delagrange monoplane the wings are connected together over a tripod the result being that it ono one breaks the other collapses and the machine Is sure sura to be dashed to the ground |