Show NEW t WITHOUT A M OTO R ITS DESIGNER IS CONFIDENT OF ITS SUCCESS I 1 wilson will put in bid to the government for a naval aeroplane now new york oct 17 A new aero pianist has come to town bringing with him tho the story that he has designed and built the machine that can fly without tho the aid ofa of a motor HeI he Is sAlex alexander V wilson of bangor me and so eo confident lg Is he of success that he Is prepared to put in a bid to the government for a naval aero aeroplane plano as soon its as the official specifications are issued mr wilson has built several m machines L within the last dozen years lie ile has also flown with them most of hla his experiments having been on the ice fee in winter over eagle lake near bar harbor and in summer along tho the shore mr air wilsons Wll Wil sons latest aeroplane was bulit built a few months ago and in one of his recent flights he says he covered 1 seven miles and on another occasion rose to a height of feet without the aid of a motor of course said mr wilson 1 I can only rise in the air and remain there without a motor provided there is suf i focient wind therefore it Is boat best to I 1 have a small motor to rise when tho the atmosphere Is still but with any kind of wind the motor may be shut oft off and I 1 can fly na as easily without A it against the tha wind as with it and control my machine perfectly one of the chief features of the wilson aeroplane nero plane Is a movable fulcrum which la Is under the control of th the 0 oiw operator and enables enable 3 him to tilt the moving wings to any desired angle during his flight there are flur of it those wings two at either cither end the total length of bf the machine being 10 feet the in machino achino was shipped early carly this continued on page six NEW I 1 AEROPLANE WITHOUT A MOTOR continued from page one week from bar harbor to to this 1 r I and a public test of its abilities wl bo be given at the morris park mr raf track on election day dar in connect loi im with the aeronautic exhibition and con test to bo be held on lathat that date by th aeronautic society |