Show r.- r. J il r. I Ji J s J I II I ci I I Ik ft V S I P k it i j I I J t I 4 f P I I I iI i I I Farman's Farmans which Is Illustrated Illustrated Illus Illus- trat he hero here may be bo described as a ar ar- automobile with wings It is Js really a a. avery very imperfect automobile with very clumsy wings and oven o while admitting admitting admit admit- ting its flight one cannot but feel teel that It bears hears the thc t same ame relation to the flyIng flying fly fly- Ing machine of or the future rutur at as Robert Stephensons Stephenson's Rocket did to the locomotives loco- loco motives s of ot the thc present resent day da- The Tue Cr very faults of ot the tho machine help to give It Ita ita ita a striking appearance A framework of or ash and piano wires supports two horizontal parallel planes of light sailcloth 30 feet long A 50 0 horsepower motor is la placed Just behind be be- I be-I hind and above the tho level of ot the lower FLYING MACHINE WHICH WON lON 10 PRIZE sI s I fC F I 4 4 f 1 21 0 j I I U I I t I II I I II I plane Idane of or cue forward stet set of or sails In front a horizontal rudder which raised or lowered lowet-ed changes the elevation at which the machine slides The sits sIte just in front of or the motor The motor weighs 17 pounds has eight t cylinders and developed de horse 50 power its manufacturers also allo win a medal As Farman sits above his apparatus and between n his wings bending a Q littie little lit lit- tie tle forward he appears at th the start I enveloped en in a Q circle of flame due to the tho ba bad sparking and flashing of or his I I motor The din produced tI is like that of volley firing by a troop of As 5 th machine rushes along aing the lie ground at nr first t the thc out Outspread atI wings Seem em to lend eXl excitement and antI recklessness reckless reckless- ness hess to the whole performance in the aeroplanes aeroplane's wake the spectators are swept bj by the tempestuous wind It produces s in Its flight night It is when th the a aeroplane rises high above abo the ground that the tho element clement of or orrIal risk rIal appears appeal to be loss for tor its flight ht Is now comparatively oven even an and when it descends it is with a long gradual st swerve r c I rhe The propeller shielded b by the boxlike boxlike boxlike box- box like balance tall tail is 18 thu thin one weak point of ot the airship according to Mr 11 Farman Farman Furman Far Fur man who is always al in Sn t fear ur of the I prop propeller er breaking |