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31 Mar 1907

AUTO AND AIR SHIP EXHIBIT

One of the Distinctive Features of the Jamestown Exposition.

Different Countries to Be Represented.  All Will Be in Readiness Upon Opening Date.

Special to The Washington Post.

Norfolk, Va., Mar. 30.——Wheels cranks, eccentrics, and old and new-fangled things mechanical will be seen in kaleidoscope profusion at Jamestown Exposition.

Transportation at one time was considered to include only those things relating to land and water traffic, such as railroads and merchant craft. Under this head now is treated every kind of vehicle for land, air, and water.

This includes the automobile, the craft that follow the fishes under the sea, and those that soar with the birds in the air. There will be a sufficient scattering of old-time vehicles to give one a better idea of the vast strides made, and far countries will be represented by the sample of their implements of carriage, such as the “dandy” of India and the jinricksha of Japan.
 
The steam turbine which is now being introduced in vessels of the largest class will measure its advantage of more direct applications of power and saving in friction over the reciprocating engine.  Boilers and furnaces of latest type will show what has been accomplished in capturing and utilizing the fullest amount of energy stored in the various kinds of fuel. Electricity, the king of powers, will lend itself with the docility of a trained elephant, to the service of Lilliputian man.  This mysterious force held by its insignificant wire bonds will transform into magic keys the little buttons that but touched by a lad’s finger start into life the ponderous machinery used in modern industry.

Automobiles of all classes will be exhibited, not only on the floors, but in operation, for from many parts tours are being arranged, that will take in the Virginia battlefields and other points of historic interest. The racing machine will be shown beside the heavy trucks that promise to revolutionize city trucking methods and roadsters and touring cars and the lighter vehicles for city use. Motor cycle and motor boats will be exhibited, and it is expected that there will be something of a boom in the motor boats for utilitarian purposes among farmers whose places are within easy boating access of markets.
 
Air ships, because of their novelty, are likely to be one of the greatest attractions. The showing of air craft promises to be elaborate. Aeronautics from all over the world are to hold a convention and bring with them their high flyers. There will be long distance races, and attempts to break various kinds of records such as that for altitude and with dirigibles of speed and control. The inventors of flying machines will have their apparatus on hand and show what they have accomplished.
 
From progress to date it is believed that when the exposition opens on April all will be ready. 

Press Pittsburgh Pa
31 Mar - 1907

MACHINE THAT FLIES LIKE A BIRD

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THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FLYING MACHINE

Dayton, O.  March 30,——Would you like to fly?

Not in some cumbersome balloon, lifted by gas and exposed to thousands of perils, but to fly as the birds fly, with or against the wind, high or low, able to direct your course with certainty and precision and to land even while speeding at 40 miles an hour as gently as an aquatic fowl flutters to the surface of a lake?

The story of the Wright brothers has been told before, but few realize the tremendous significance of their discoveries.

In their machines they have made more than 200 flights, and have never met with serious accident.

The longest flight has been about 25 miles.

The longest duration of flight has been about 40 minutes.

It makes no difference whether the wind is blowing one way or another, or at all.

They fly a foot from the ground or 100 feet or 1000 feet.

They land easily and without shock while going 40 miles an hour.

Wilbur and Orville Wright were first attracted to the problem of aerial navigation by a toy from France. They began to experiment, and in 1900 went to Kitty Hawk, N.C., where they conducted a series of trial flights that demonstrated the correctness of their theories.

The latest flyer was driven by a small gasoline engine. It has rudders before and behind, and the operator lies flat on his face between two huge decks of stout muslin.

The brothers have made certain tentative offers to several government 

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image: drawing of Wright Flyer in flight