The Washington times., 1909-11-06
NJ MORE FLIGHTS
At COLLEGE PARK
Government AeTOnautiCal
School Disbandsd for
Lack of Funds.

The Governments school of applied
ooronauucs al College Park, Md. Will
s.on be no more than memory
No more flights of army officers to
cIectrlfy adm!riug crowds or stories to
thrill the newspapers readers of q con-
unent
The bird-men Of the Signal Corps have
some their several ways--saVe one,
lieutenant Foulois-and the broad acres
over which the Wright biplane has
swept its majestic way VIII soon be
rank with weeds or ploughed deep TO
prepare for the farmers corn
10 More Funds.
Lack OF funds is the reason given by
General Allen. chief signal officer. for
the abandonment OF the Government S
first aeronautical experimental school
This infant Industry, which has thrived
exceedingly well under the fostering
care of General Allen and his associ-
ates, must expire for want of money.
Nearly all the money which Congress
gave last year to cover experimental
work. and from which the Wright BIZ
plane was purchased. has been spent,
and until Congress meets again and de
cides Just row much favor j. cares to
bestOW on the advancement or the sci
ence of aerOnautcs the future of aero
planning. in the ARM viii be decidedly
uncertain.
The lease on the land at college Park
was made for only five months When
il expires on February I next II VIII
not be renew ed and the Wright blplane
meantime win be taken to its former
quarters IN the aCTODlane shed at Fort
Denies All Friction.
General Allen this morning supple
meuted his explanation Of the reasons
for abandoning the aeronautical school
with q denial Of the reported friction
among the officers OF the Signal Corps,
which was given as the real cause OF
the return Of Lieutenant Lahm to his
former command. the Sixth Cavalry.
The return OF Lieutenant Lahm TO
his regiment" said Gen. Allen, lis due
entirely TO the mandatory provision IN
the army regulations. He has already
served more than the statutory four
years on his SienaI Corps assignment,
ana Now he is going hack 10 his reEi-
ment. That is all there is 10 II. II IS
true. however, that our fund for aero
nautical work is nearly exhausted, and
that 40 more experiments VIII De con
duCsed until we get more money.
The crippled biplane lay in the shed all
day at College Park. the object Of the
sOlicitude of student-OHiCeTs and Signal
Corps Drivates. The right low wing
tin Just about II feet inches in length
had been removed and the machine
looked like a bird with one wing folded
under its body.
Skid Beyond Repair.
The skid. broken in the fall yester-
day. was beyond repair. so that a new
one was bent into shape during the
morning. Braces for use between the
main planes are kept in stock at the
school. so that the replacing of the
broken ones viii take but few hours.
The officers expected to have every
thing in readiness for the canvas Gov
erng late this afternoon CT Monday.
The canvas covering material. which is
TO come from Dayton. was expected TO
arrive by Monday and it is possible
that the biplane win be ready 10 pack
up then
The engine had not been touched
by the officers today. IT was the in
tentiOn TO leave IL just as IL was when
the machine dug into the ground.
After the repairs are made to the
wing and the structure connecting
the elevating plane with the main sur
faces, the students viii turn their at
tention to the engine. Every effort
viii be made to discover what caused
II to miss fire yesterday. While IL is
generally believed that trouble With
the feed was responsible, the officers
viii try 20 be certain. Tt is possible
that Prof Wilbur Wright viii come back
and no doubt he would like to see the
engine Just as II was when stopped,