Show ENERY Inventor Wio n Successful Ma Mn After Prize Special Correspondence St Louis Jan 23 Tho first entry for lime HID contest at lie Louisiana Purchase Exposition has baa been received Tine Tho Inventor who announces his ln In to compete for the prize ot of offered by time the exposition Is Gustavo Gustave of Pine street Conn Coun Mr hns been nt rut work along practical lines linen building one machine after another preserving time tho good points of each anti and discarding those that have been fount found undesirable This Is the process by which all valuable machines and anu de devices vices have been brought to present day perfection Mr inns hns met with on tin encouraging success in his ef forts He lIe writes an follows I have read newspapers that you are going to offer a a prize for the tho befit beat dirigible airship or am Hying machine I have been working on onn time tho problem tam for time tho last ten years rime latest t my results Is a one ape and aim a half I am Improving every slay day employing a force of men In order to come to a practical conclusion In regard lo to the flying I herewith take tak the tho liberty of asking you for rules And conditions under which your prize natty may bo be won At any rate you will kindly put hut my name down on aim your list as ne ui un ur Ut time the competitor Mr Mi sends a number of ot of his machine He lie calls It the Aeroplane Flying Machine and he has now reached number 21 In his series crl s of machines He lie says r It This Tini machine Is built of wood bamboo and covered with silk ellk TIme Tho body Is JB 16 feet long 3 foot feet wide anti and 3 f nt something In tine the shape of a fish oi i bird On each side fide are groat or aeroplanes stretched tightly on a bamboo frame work Four wheels tine the machine whim while standing on tine the ground A 10 horse pow r engine is connected with time the wheels In order to get the running start In the th way vay n cm bird starts lo to flit Ily of tIme the wings vinge and across time the body Is n a double compound high pre pres SUN sura engine about 20 Horse power revolving a pair of propellers In alto directions about revolutions per minute These propellers ar are 0 6 feet In tim diameter and while running at full speed will thrust pounds Time The en entire entire tire weight of the machine Is ISO ft the complete This machine on Juno June 3 1901 with nn an operator on arm board how lew ono one tint and miles It has done so several times since with safety This Is the first machine of Its kind that has ever rIsen In the tho air with a human being on board In nn upward course |