New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11

=, a, had ~-.--,-,ar TO say, I'd rather it
~es hin, than me- That is why We say
q shout ayiators. They arc such frisky,
,,.adst-ons self-sufcient fellows that we
want something grim. homely and ungraH1-
>,,eticaI to say about them Yet when we
cry OK ut fncse air men. at their dangers.
tho fearful depths under them. their recH-
Jess ufvnss and tu:ninss. We kno" all the
tine THAI they are only doing magnificent?
The things -xe are dying TO Go ourselves
Before man Years some Of us VIII have
she chance Even today any citizen with
n sound body and good nerves car learn 10
er Il he has the money and the strength
e PURPOSE Jus. how much money he
needs and how strong his purpose has TO
he make problem that il both interest
srg and instructive. Suppose. then. that a
,xaa1.,,z- New York man decided to keep an
eerorlarne md fly * himself how would he
go about II
The f-S1 ,l,ing for him 70 do. according
70 all The authorities. IS TO study up on
'eviation.
He Iiehtcrle his studies by attending all
ishe ae-opIane meets that are held within
ksh-ee hundred miles Of New York
He must meet as many of the bird-men
kee porssihlc talk with them constantly and
Eu.aTn ali they Will tell him. He must join
krrhe- The Aerra cub or the AeTonautical
kSoc;etv and PSI rH--tions industriously Of
Fe1 the rnemh0- ne can mo TO an
tever him -. ninary study Should
East from eicil--- --rrr.lS to two years The
ssnore obvious e,-oers--s are: About $50 for
fs.-e-atI!re. 500 70 500 for railroad fares and
fsadnlission TO aviation meets and SO 20 $50
Sor club fees and dues.
. All this while the bird-man is still in the
feEE Now he is ready to break the shell
end balance on the edge OF the nest In
fothcr words lie is almost ready TO fly. The
foIao sure and correct thing 10 do is to
kngke q Journey 10 Europe and learn at
kcne Of the aviation schools in France or
sFngIand At MI Grahame-White's which
rs one o. the best. the charges are 100
huineas-o-, roughly, s10-for instruction
stn eithe- tie monoplanc or the biplane.
kud 70 ez,iReas-a.bout S.{S-fo- the mas
tfery OF both. An additional deposit Of $50
BIS required 10 cover possible damage 10
tihe machines.
I No aeroplane school has yet been estao-
kaished in the United States. although sew
Neral have been promised Captain Baldwin
b9s authority for the statement that If q
t,uan goes lip alone, without having made
M4t least sixty fights with an experienced
k1oiIot. he's lucky if he don't smash $3.50
worth of repairs out OF his machine in the
FTTEt I've nights however, AL aitldiSuL
t-vho is cautious and willing 20 learn can
frnake z very creditable start as an aviator
without leaving his own country
! To fly In the United States the beginner
s77ust have an aeropIane of his OWL.
The Cur1iSs and Wright biplanes, the two
PRINCIPAL American types. are sold at $500
land $3.50 each. respectively. The Farman
tbiplane and the Bltriot m0noplane, the two
hest known types abroad. sell at $500 and
E25 500 at the factory The duty on aero
tplanes is <5 per cent and the cost of bring
isng a machine across the ocean is about
500 plJls the expenses Of the mechanician,
who is required TO put il together on this
SIDE Thus the total cost Of an imported
teror1ane would not he far from $500 for
the $500 machine or :S,0n for the one list
ed II &',n0-
While his, aeroplsne * being built the
enateur- must find 4 place 10 house il If
he lives in New York he HiI1 probably make
his headquarters the aviation field at Gar
den City Here he leases q plot in the Camp
Of the Aero Club or the AeTonaUtical So
ciety. paYing SO 81 4 month rent. and
OF il he puts Up his shed. or hangar a
tent VIII do for time. but a more sub