Show THE OVERRATED FLYING MACHINE By n Rear Hear Admiral Evans Bvans The wonderful progress made in La the tho past year ear In iii the tho science of or aviation proves beyond question that thal flying J machines have come conic to stay Like motors of other ether typed tho they have cost valuable lives in n their develop development mont ment and find undoubtedly amny man more names name will wl be added to the time list be bc bemore more loro the heavier than air aim machines their final development but bul no sacrifice of o human effort or life will willbe willbe be bu spared larel ilia red In tIme the struggle to lo secure a alafe safe lafe flying machine Time The part this machine is to play piny In lii of or war WaI is worth considering Lent t it will wll be of o groat value to ar arlIlie lIlie for purposes of observation no professional nina man questions The Time fact that the congress of the time United States State refused time the necessary money for tor ex cx experiments In iii this direction would bo be boa bea a surprise to us II If H we were not ac accustomed accustomed to such surprises For FOI naval purposes no type of fly Cly flying ing lag machine has as yet shown shon its usefulness A few oranges or con confetti ettl bombs have been dropped from froma a height hel ht of a hundred bundred or a hundred and aud fifty feet upon a target representing a battleship lo to the tho amusement of o the nursery maids and children who saw the time experiments This was taken by some sone newspapers as n evidence that the day 1111 of battle battleships battleships battleships ships torpedo boats boa tg etc had hind passed Only unthinking people could come conic cometo cometo to this conclusion And Amid good baseball player er would have hac caught the oranges and amid at the from which they the wore ore dropped the aviator would have been beon unseated unsealed by hv the return throw The TOe confetti bombs could have hac been Leen caught and distributed among the thu ad admiring I miring nurse maids and amid kids To ro I show how how absolutely futile such ex ox experiments arc are it is only necessary to 10 I Ista state sta to that our service revolvers are arc deadly weapons at mit a 3 range lange of three hundred feet foot and that several hun hundred hundred hundred dred experts exports on eu each ship would bu be lm using ising them In earnest Before the time flying machine gives any ammy an uneasiness the tho operator must show I that hat he will have sonic some SO lIC chance of o fl fI fling fly lag ing under the following conditions I When Whon approaching a u ship shill or a u num nuin number ber of ships hu hum will wI be lie discovered when about ton thousand yards away At Al about eight thousand thou yards 12 inch shells and shrapnel will wI begin begino to lo o crack about his imis machine At Al six ix yards tho the Cinch and guns uns will vill be bo sending ending their shells to hIm ilm at the rate of ton teim or twelve per I minute win ute and amid when within four and yards the guns will wI add their heir music to the tune tunc of o liften or twenty each euch per imer minute and the ser service service I Ivice vice rifles sighted to four OUI thousand will wI make his hit seat scat a veritable hornets nest net for the time operator Let those thoe who consider thus thin pic plc tine overdrawn and the time danger to time the flying machine not real consult I sonic HOUle of o our target reports where the tho given have been actually used at moving and I think they the will ill not consider the danger to bat battleship very or serious The Time teams at Camp Perry shown that at ono one on thou then Hand yards ard they would trouble thum selves selve only to hit hilt the aviator in the I head Flying machines have plenty Pleat of work cork ahead ahen of thorn them tb IU before navy ua wen men I will consider thorn a serious menace The rime difficulty difficult of hitting a 11 ship In motion from any nn considerable height has bas las yet el to 10 be bo considered This point can an however be definitely settled I rew ow York American |