Show LANGLEY 8 FLYING t MACHINE DAMAGES 1 sailed a short distance and then went down into the potomac river f v under full steam water va aup aa partly j successful experiment with the 15 foot langley airship was made today from the house boat in the river off this point the started well in a straight line auth with a velocity of feet per second aad flew for a distance variously at from four to six hundred yard some dc in the wings soon after the launching caused it to take a downward course which it followed and was impelled in water under the full power of her engine there was steam for a rapid flight of a half or three quarters of a mile under tho this force the machine trual the water and a moment more had disappeared from view the machine was recovered it was considerably damaged the machine was removed the house boat where extensive lepai ts will have to be made before another test can be pulled off 1 at a given signal the macbane mac Bine was dispatched on ita the launching could not have been described the smithsonian believed that the bapis were about to be but first few seconds of flight the wings were deflected ani the flying machine went downward until her coerce wa ended on the mud bottom of the roto inac she was traveling at n velocity of about forty anili an hour when the machine was raised brorn tho water a workman attempted to boier it with a cloth hut for a long lime was its mechanism and di men siona were plainly been it was equipped with four wing to on each side about four by six feet made kofl the finest oil silk and held upon wooden rods the were shaped like a tent the body consisted of ai intricate arrangement of the fine steel rods with cylinders motor and boilers carefully balanced between tho two seta of wings were situated the propel lera two in number equipped with two blades the steering gear waa situated at the rear and waa constructed floii material liko the w mass the motor h supposed tu generate something in of two boroc power several photographs were secured ol 01 the machine in night the wind against which it hew was blowing about four milca an hour after the assistant mallcy refused to make any statement tor publication |