GLIDERS.
[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sig,—You say in your leading article on the above that such performances in gliding as you refer to would have seemed quite incredible a few years ago. I can only say this was not so with all. Twelve years ago or more an artist named Weiss, at Amberley, in Sussex, made a long series of experiments, which conclusively proved (to me, at least) the possibility of making such a machine as the present glider. After spending a considerable sum on his experiments the inventor was obliged to close down his efforts, as the necessary financial support for his idea was not forthcoming. I still have a pamphlet of his on the subject, and I was always convinced of the feasibility of such flying. In fact, I believed and hoped it would anticipate the vulgar mechanical airplane.—I am, Sir, &c.,
C. R. HAnnts.
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