The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-21
AERO RESERVE IS ORGANIZED.


workers The active members include
only drivers Of aeroplAnes and owners.
designers. inventors. builders and others
who are doing practical work foe the
advancement ~ aviation.
The basic idea Of the United States
AeronAItical Reserve IL a patriotic one,
the organizers explain. uuite ~ much a.
Il IL an effort To advance Aeronauiical
science The main hope Of the original
workers in the association IN 20 establish
a body of men trained in the practice
AZ well a. the theory ~ aviation ready Ia
tske the field when needed
Even though the first test OF the aero
planes ueefulness In real warfare has
yet 20 Be made an Offlcer Of the Re,
serve SAID yesterday. -ths experimental
scouting. bomb dropping and tArget
shooting from aeroplanes already done
IN America and Europe leave no doubt
that the heavier than air machines viii
play an important part IN wars that are
To come
Highest officials in both the army
and navy hold such an opinion ] talked
With Lieut. Blakely Of the navy few
minutes after h- descended from his
aeroplans ride recently over the Masaa-
chusetts coast and he told me that Ia"
had had lots Of opportunity for map
making la his fight l4ieut Jacob flchel
OF the army. who has used a service rifie
effectively while skimmlng high IN an
aeroplane. IL as enthusiastic over the
aeroplane's value as "A war engine
Al any rate 10 war should break out
tomorrow feel certain that there would
lie an overflow Of volunteer aNiatOrs
ready To attack an enemy from the skies
The great difficulty. however. would
lie 70 find even handful Of trained avia-
tors capable OF handling the aeroplanes
which would be needed The Reserve.
working with the signal corps men from
the Regular army and the militia, are
organizing therefor" to supply prob
able demand
Information came to THE SUN ve-tsr-
day that the Reserve has an option ON
the BlAriot monoplane which GrahAme-
White used in the recent Squant1m avia-
ton meet The English aviator will
iy the machine at the international meet
at Belmont Park. but az the end Of the
meet. 10 ~ announced the Reserve will
take the mOnoplans for ITS oSn use
The work on the I."noN mansion -
the first step to make the building a head
quarters Tor avIators and all that has 10
do with the nsw SCIENCE More than
forty bedrooms ara being fitted M To b+
~ IN. disposal 81 visiting aViators.
aviation writers and other members ~
the Reserve while IN New York The
bedrooms will be- open. ~ course, only
Ia member - the Reserve No chAr rye
VIII pe Ulaue TOT occupying tnetn.
In the headquarters al~n will he lecture
rooms where lectures on suhjects that
have TO do with the science will be deliv-
erred from time 10 time 10y American and
European experts. The headguart erS also
viii conta "a a register tO record the names,
Addresses and scientific data ~ all III.
sv'ators ~ the world Plans and models
u machines that have been flown or those
whose inventors hope TO make fy Will
30 welcomed
Announcement already has been mad"
u the encouragement offered - the
bv John Barry RYAN in pr,--nt-
ng q bonb throwing trophy "a bronze
statue ~ John Barry. the first Commodore
q the american NAVY Recruiting sta
ions will h~ established nj every aviation
meet held in the country and at div SION
md state headquarters from ocean to
.cesn. The national headquarters az ~
Fifth avenue will be opened. II ~ hoped,
Iefore the beg - the international
meet at Belmont Park