New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
KITES GALORE IN AIR.
JUNIOR AERO CLUES DAY.
Bogs Tackle Problem of High Naui.
CATION While Elders Shirer.

Rovs or the Junior Aero Club of the United States
r1et yesterday afternoon at lssd street and s..
Nicholas avenue. having with them kites OF many
cclo-s and designs. Miss z. L. Todd. secretary Of
IT, club had informed the members that weather
permitting. they take the highest
rcint of lha; region kites and an working models
q flying machines they might possess. The kites
were presented the holiday breezes at go O'Clock
sharp.
Tor such purposes the weather conditions were
good Il was easier however. for the boys to keep
u Hites than for the older generation TO keep up
circulation while watching the contest. The wind
}-.7 cold and hard al the time. One man. who
had stc-iouslv climbed the long hin that he might
encourage his year-old son in scientific kite
fling said his teeth chattering: Nearly any old
nd o< KITE would have 70 stay up in this gale
Cr wind il isn't likely that these fancy breeds
- 81 navlgators viii come down until called.
F5-- rlthou5 fur coat and a hot brick mans
g.. = ~ home with his wife. and he left
4 kite which attracted considerable attention
eofut I've and half feet in height. bright red.
lrodeIled after The Eddy war kite. which is used
rs the government in test work where the object
j. II attach il camera and. upon touching an
e.ectric button obtain in rridsir picture Of the
pos and strength of the enemy II is also said
r-zt TIE EDDY MAR kite is capable OF carrying
-~u~frion Nhicn can he discharged by the operator
of -l7a kite with disastrous effect when desired.
Arothe- cf the k'tcs tried yesterday was a model
e 1he rar kite FriEa1e. made in France Two
men and = boy were kept busy holding the cord.
r2--zzer because Of the sound produced when IN
r-tior: box kites tetrahedral kites. but none OF
tre plain every day kind ,he man of to-day recalls
IS rhe crude result q his youthful efforts With a
dun pocket knife and carpet tack or Two
The exhibition interesting. and probably
meant more from the point Of view Of the ultimate
sewing Of tne air navigation pros,en than the man
Understood who remembered fiat boy his
kf-e-fzi1g usually postponed bE Telegraph
wires about FIVE minutes after he had succeeded
= coaxInx the kite away from the ground ano
--e- these en-a--Iiuc alliaACes deterrent IN
-erces - the resuscitation Of kite, and also
~ righteous speech. The Junior Aero Club pur-
poses 70 promote interest in and encourage the
sr-S C aerial science among Young people and to
hid exhibitions and contests Of apparatus de
s.r-ed for the purpose Of aerial Iocomotion. Its
-e=61s,a--ers are ~ Ne l3l West o36 street. Well
--vn members OF the Aero Club Of America have
a-~aad n act IL advisory capacity. among
won? are Ice : Rurridge, Captain T. :. Baldwin,
-.-=rrg- z KirlaaH 4. Leo Stevens and Ernest l.
Jones
Il y believed by Miss Todd, who. = has been
sad is the only woman II the world who has de-
e=EnaS and made working models Of aercplanes
that there are many young men and boys inter
rs1a5 IN scientific subjects who have The true
inventive faculty. and, in their own way, are
DOING important work She believes that there Is
in the country to-day some young Edison OF the
=.- who should be encouraged by an organiza-
ton stimulating Interchange # ideas She said
,-eeterdav that in one day recently she received
letters from bows in Ohio Michigan. Virginia and
Georgia desi-ous r Joining the club
Among The spectators were Dr. and Mrs Julian
? Thomas Albert {. T-iaca. general director Of
-,e international School q Aeronautics. and VII
hc- Eimball, Of the advisory board