V, 



! triplane, which was broken 

 if. The triplane has been re- 

 d Is in perfect condition. Roe 

 o fly in It today for the first 



le-White, in his first attempt 



5 tun 



old 



field. Thii 



off his < 

 an auton 

 caused h.... 



He protested to the contest commit- 

 tee, who will make an attempt to keep 

 the field clear hereafter. 



The contest committee, after a con- 

 ference with the engineer corps, de- 

 cided yesterday to lay a canvas on the 

 ground to represent the deck of a 

 baltleship. This white sheet surface 



will 



tar 



et fo 



the 



vlato: 



with their plaster of parls bombs. \ 

 When a bomb hits this imitation 

 jdeck, the spot will be marked by a 

 i piece of black cloth. The battleship 

 target will be a safe distance from the 

 grandstand in the centre of the field 

 and the missiles used will be non- 

 injurious. 



W. Starling Burgess, the yacht design- 

 er and airship builder of Marblehead. 

 made his first attempt at flight yester- 

 day in the amateur class with his new 

 biplane Flying Fish. In the first at- 

 tempt Fie ran along the ground without 

 I leaving the surface, but handled his 

 , engines without amy trouble. Among 

 the small gallery of snectators on the 

 I field at the time was Mrs. Burgess, who 

 had field glasses strapped over her 

 shoulder. 



In the second attempt Burgess left the 

 ground fnr a few feet at a time, showing 

 Improvement over his first start. On tht 



few si 

 ; the hu 

 stand. 



• for a 

 tempts 

 udges' 

 litened 

 rrlvals 



gathered as close L. 

 ! closure as possible to view the machine, 

 j Mr. Burgess was the only amateur to 

 1 take advantage of the morning practice 



hours. 



' The Atlantic mosquito, which, dur- 

 ing the wet humid weather, was much 

 in evidence and which was made the 

 butt of much jesting, became more 



conspicu 

 ported 

 mlttee 



ten° by" 

 left eye 

 from hi 

 vices of 

 Wh 

 There 



■Ftf-r.-la 



what 



the 



ot i 



s re- 

 est com- 

 i-Whlte's 

 was bit- 

 that his 



■stertfay 



.s great surprise 

 as learned that Grahame- 

 Whlte had sold his Blerlot monoplane 

 to Clifford B. Harmon, the New York 

 aviator. Whether the 

 Blerlot will pass into the hands of the 

 American before the meet ends was a 

 latter of speculation yesterday among 

 le crowd. No information regarding 

 ..ie terms of the purchase was given 

 out but It is understood that Harmon 

 paid HO.COO. " ' , 



The change in passes and badges by 

 the committee yesterday, because of 

 the overflowing of the crowd on 



bv the police and a ticket-taker and 

 his right of entrance disputed until 

 Chairman Glidden could be sent for. 

 President Lowell drove up to the 

 gates in an automobile, with a party. 

 His badge was of the type which be- 

 came cancelled with the issuing of 

 a new style yesterday and the 

 gatekeeper refused to let the auto- 

 mobile by. A telephone message from 

 the gatehouse to the field brought 

 Chairman Glidden hurrying to the 

 rescue. He ^qulckly_ straightened tnat- 



was^admilted and shown to a special 



WRIGHT SUMS UP 



Sees no Definite Commercial 

 Field in Which Machines 

 May Enter. 



FOR SPORT AND WAR ONLY 



Describes Attack on Warships; 

 Believes Biplane Is Most 

 Satisfactory Type. 



The aeroplane is without a definite 

 commercial future, and its use will be 

 limited to sport and warfare, according 

 to no less authority than Wilbur Wright. 

 This dean of American aeronautics, tac- 

 iturn, uncommunicative, the despair ot 

 all Interviewers, yesterday gave The 

 Herald ths first extended comment on 

 the future of aviation that he has maa'e 

 since he became internationally famous 

 In connection with the science of air 

 navigation. 



After posing for a Herald photogra- 

 pher, he stood chatting with Herbert C. 

 Sadler, professor of naval architecture 

 in the University of Michigan, holding 

 a watch to time the long duration flight 

 of Ralph Johnstone In the Wright bi- 

 plane far overhead, and consented to 

 talk concerning the wonderful art of 

 which he has shown himself such a mas- 

 ter. 



His self-repression still showed in a 

 smiling, silent negative whenever the 

 questions related to the relative qualifi- 

 cations of the different aviators, but ha 

 showed no hesitation in reaffirming his 

 belief that the aircraft of the future will 

 be of the biplane rather than of the 

 monoplane type. 



I Grahame-White, in the beetle-like 

 Blerlot monoplane, had just disappeared 

 in the clouds off to seaward on his 

 flrst trip to Boston light, when Mr. 

 Wright was asked about th» possibility 

 of this simple type of machine displac- 

 ing the two-planed airship. "The ma- 

 1 chine of the future," he said firmly, 

 ' " wl11 be th s biplane, of that there 

 j can be no doubt. The single planed 

 machine does not possess the firmness, 

 [the stability, necessary for the vari- 

 ous conditions of wind and atmosphere 

 and the innumerable stresses and 

 strains incidental to aviation. It Is 

 essentially a racing machine, built for 

 speed. 



"The biplane, on the contrary, is o'f 

 a practical, durable construction in 

 which stability is not sacrificed for 

 speed. I have never given any serious 

 thought to speed in the development of 



aeroplanes. It Is not an essential to 

 have great speed. The average flying 

 speed of birds is not more than 35 to 

 "1 miles an hour and if God had in- 



tended these natun 

 faster he would have equi 

 to do so. Yet men hav e 

 aeroplanes that have averag 

 an hour on their own powe 

 have attained a velocity of i 



7 5 



mile 



coasting." 



Mr. Wright wa 

 of Gen. Nelson A 

 possibilities of 



lions of 

 he- »nl<l 

 "Let 

 the par 



i ho 



*y 



sd them 

 evelopad 

 45 miles 

 md that 

 much as 



! aeroplane," 



•onception of 

 future wars, 

 of the tot>- 

 orpedn boats 

 ne would be 



ship at one 

 sink it spe 

 sibly one oi 



* T1 l e alr 7 af ! wo y ld s'mpiy be 



.^ M uired to keep about 50 feet above or 

 below their neighbors to avoid the back 

 draft of air from the propellers." 

 Commercial Future. 

 "What Is the commercial future of 



the airship 

 "The onlj 

 called such 









al use. if it can be 

 answered with his 



airship to 1 





grim, tigh 





mile, "was when 







e court house. So 



far as 1 si 





this time, there Is 

 cial field for air 







use will be solely 

 are and sport." 

 te came hurtling 

 n the return from 



in the flelc 

 As Gral 

 back over 



Is of warf 



the flrst lap of his 



trip around the 



lighthouse 

 plosions o 



, the terr 

 f his mo 



ifle crackling ex- 

 or suggested the 



question, 

 fled so as 



'Can the 

 to make 



exhausts be muf- 



less as mo 

 biles, as t 

 In warfar 





ti" to be necessary 

 ced^for adopting 



the idea," 

 Regard! 





cllabllity of the 

 or, he said: "My 

 V reliable in the 



dSto'Si 



ha°nds S at 





Should th 

 is posslbl 





again wit 



Mr. Wr 

 that Gleni 











rlous erro 

 advantage 

 wind and 

 when he 

 flights abt 



starting 

 had con 



1 o m p a r a ti ve \y \ oi 

 for Boston light 

 pleted his speed 



The win 







ter Curtis 



return 11 "fr 

 wind was 







