The Washington times., 1909-08-31
Capital Aero Club Will Make
Campaign for Great
Aerial Event.
HEARTY SUPPORT
GIVEN IT'S FIGHT
President Zahm Will Bring Matter
Up for Official Action-Cham-
Der Favorable.

Washington is going after the next
International aviation meet. which Il IS
proposed should be held in the United
States within n year.
When IT became known this morning
that the meet would be held in this
country things began TO stir imme-
diately. Sacked by the Chamber Of
Commerce. n probably the Board OF
Trade. with the social. scientific. and
political prestige supporting 1t, the
Washington Aero Club is to make a
strong bid to land It for hts city.
II would be particularly appropriate
20 hold the next international sky car
nival here. where the wrights first
demonstrated to the world the possibili-
ties Of the ~aeroplane, they say. It is
claimed that II will be comparatively
easy to find in the fiat country about
Washington a field even larger than
that at Rheims.
DR.. Zahm's Plan.
7 am planning TO bring the sub
jeot Of holding the International avia-
ton races 10 Washington next year
to the attention Of the board Of gov
errors of the Aero Club Of Washing
ton as soon as the president. Thomas
+. Walsh. returns to the city. The
initiative I'm bidding for this event will
be taken by the club. the cOnsumma-
ton must lie with the public spirit Of
Washington"
This announcement was made this
morning by DR.. Albert Francis Zshm,
secretary OF the Aero Club of Wash
ington.
DIR. Zahm declares Washington is the
logical place TO hold the event. but
says that the Capital will have strong
competition from many sources.
The award Of the event will lie
wholly with the Aero Club of Amer
ica. which Is the club officially rec
ognized by the international board. The
city will be decided on the question
Of which offers the greatest induce
ments. both In purses and in ~ocaton
Of the contest ground
Biggest Ever.
The international race will be the
biggest competitive event of any kind
ever held in America. DIT. Zahm be-
lieves.
SThe international balloon races at St.
Louis proved the interest the public
takes IN a~eronautics. Trains came in
daily bringing thousands OF spectators
from every section Of the country. The
AkldAlOn CONTEST VIII attract lllIilLelH
wider attention, I believe, for two rea-
sons. In the first place IL Is much bet
ter known and has been more widely
advertised. In the second place II is
more spectacular than ballOoning
1T Is not an eXaggeratiOn to say that
millions of people have been reading of
the wonderful performances Of heavier
thsn-atr machines in the last few years.
Thousands Of these will flock to the
scene OF the race next year. just as they
Old TO Rheims. II will offer a view Of
the greatest variety OF machines. each
operating under the greatest Incentive"
Cites Example.
The competition for the balloon races
in St. Louis was cited by DR.. Zahm as
an Illustration on a small scale Of what
competition would be for the aviation
contest.
zone hundred ~millionaires formed an
aero club. he said. land similar action
was taken IN other cities. II means
much to the business interests OF these
cities n they will be in on the ground
floor this time even more emphaticalIy
than ever before.
Personally I will do all IN my power
20 lard the event for washington. If
II does not come here I would Ike to
see IL held on some Of the broad terri
tory IN the East and a number OF suit
able sites He between this city and New
York. But Washington must remember
that st. Louis and several other cities
already have She advantage Of being
great railroad ceuters. We must Omer
Inducements strong enough TO overcome
this"
The washington Chamber Of Com
merCe through a meeting Of it's board
Of directors 20 be .Ield tomorrow after
noon probably VIII take steps toward
securing the next International aviation
meet for Washington.
Before Chamber.
President william r. GUIDE. Of the
chamber. today declared that he would
personally bring the matter before the
board and that he believed II would be
enthusiastically Endorsed.
There is a possibility that Emile Ber-
liner, the Washington inventor. who IS
a member Of the chamber. and IS now IN
Europe. will be constituted the cham
hers foreign representative. while plans
viii be formulated 70 m at
home an active campaign with the view
Of securing what promises to be the
biggest ~nterEatiOnal event ever held
in n history OF the world.
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