Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02
NEW AERO CLUB
CAUSES TROUBLE.
CAPTAIN MUELLER MAY LOSE
PILOTS LICENSE
AERO CLUB OF CALIFORNIA WILL
CONSIDER LATEST MOVE
Two Members of Club Have Aeronefs
Almost Ready for Trials and
Others Are Working
on Machines

Captain A. e. Mueller, the aeronaut,
club and this promises to result In
break between the captain and the
Aero Club of California. Club MEM
bers do not lake kindly to the forma-
tion of an opposition club, and the
matter will be taken up at the reg
ular meeting tomorrow night.
President Twining will recommend
to the club that the pilots license re-
Gently issued to Captain Mueller be
pilots of the Aero club were voted to
Captain Mueller and Roy Knabenshue
last winter, but incidents which have
occurred since then have caused much
dissatisfaction among the club mem-
bers, and the matter Is likely to be
threshed out in detail at the meeting.
A week from tomorrow night the
club will take up the study of mon
oplanes and the question of securing
patents for proper protection of aero
nautical inventions, to run through a
series of meetings. These discussions
follow an extended study of propellers,
in which the members learned through
laboratory experiments a large num-
her of important facts about pro-
pellers.
Members of the club are hopeful
that a successful fight will be demon
strated this summer by President
Twlning or Vice President Smith. Mr..
Twining has nearly completed an or
thopter, which he will try out within
the next three weeks. He Is not en-
deaVoring to work out an actual fly
ing machine alone, but will conduct
his experiments to demonstrate
actually whether certain theories held
about orthopter flight are correct or
not In any event, whether he makes
a short fight or not. Mr.. Twining will
prove the theories and considered that
he has advanced that far.
A. L. Smith is only waiting for new
castings for parts necessary to at
tach his engine, when his aeroplane
will be ready for trial. He expects to
have repairs made and everything In
readiness for a trial at Ascot park to-
ward the end of this week. If Mr..
Smith makes a flight of 500 feet, which
he is confident he will do within two
weeks, he will win the Knabenshue
cup, available to the first member of
the Aero Club of California who ac-
complishes that feat.
Other members of the club are plan
ming the construction of aeronefs, but
none will be ready In time to make a
trial before Vice President Smith. II
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accomplish all he believes, he Will
make more ambitious trials at Ascot
park, which will be open to the public.
He expects to be able to have the first
public trial within two weeks.
Captain Mueller is planning the for
nation of the Pacific Aeronautic club
as an adjunct of a commercial COM
pany which he desires to float for the
manufacture of his "aeromobile." a
combination of aeroplane and dirig-
ible balloon. He says that Walter
Raymond, E. r. Server, Freeman
Ford and other Pasadena men are as
sociated with him.
"If I cannot arrange to build here
I shall probably go east, maybe to
Pittsburg." he said where l have an
opportunity. But If possible prefer
TO work here, as southern California
is the ideal place to demonstrate what
can be done aeronautically."