Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15
AVIATION SCHOOL
FOR NAVY TO Be
ESTABLISHED HERE
Secretary Meyer Wires He viii
Send Men to Los Angeles
for Instruction
.CURTISS TO BE AERo-TUToR
Marvellous Tests in New Mode of
Warfare Scheduled for
\ This Winter

Plans to make Los Angeles the off
cial headquarters of aviation in the
United States were given tremendous
impetus yesterday when Glenn Curtiss,
the Hammondsport, N. Y, aviator, now
in this city, received a telegram from
Secretary of the Navy George Won L.
Meyer, saying that men from the navy
department. would be sent here this
winter to receive instruction in avia-
ton.
The telegram was in response to an
invitation from Mr.. Curtiss, who pro-
posed to the secretary of the navy that
Los Angeles would be the ideal place
for experiments and the giving of les
sons to members of the naval aero
nautical corps and offering to be their
instructor IN flying.
Acceptance by Secretary Meyer prac-
tically acts as the appointment of Cur
tiss as the official aero-tutor of the
navy. 1t likewise recognizes Los An
geles as the logical place to establish
the naval training station for aviators.
The action of the navy means that
Los Angeles will see this coming winter
some of the most marvellous tests that
Curtiss was the first aviator to dem
onstrate the practicability of using
aeroplanes as an aid in military or
naval operations.
SENDS WIRELESS FROM AIR
Frequent experiments over Lake
Keuka, at Hammondsport, N. Y, con-
vinces him that aeroplanes could be
used as q menace to fleets. He carried
| a wireless operator up several thou
sand feet and succeeded in establish
| ing communication with land wire
| less station.
The aviator has received frequent
recognition from the navy department
and at Sheepshead Bay and Boston
carried up Captain Fickle and other
naval officials.
| The most recent feat in proving the
| serviceability of aeroplanes as an aid
| to battleships was when Eugene Ely,
| a Curtiss aviator, lifted his aeroplanes
| from the deck CT the cruiser Birning-
ham and flew to land, seven miles dis
tant.
Experiments such as these, except
on a much greater scale. will be made
in Los Angeles this winter.
Mr. Curtiss says he will attempt at
the first opportunity to alight and
rise with his aeroplane in the water.
He will go further than Ely did and
ascend lTOIIl anu b1A6AS OlA SAAO NONN
of a warship. Many other experiments
will be made for the benefit of the men
of the aeronautical corps who are to be
sent here to learn the tricks of flying.
NAVY MEN TO ATTEND MEET
Secretary Meyer also announced at
washington last night, according to
dispatches, that a naval officer will be
assigned to attend the aviation meet
to be held in this city December "a
to January 8.
The instruction of the naval corps
men is expected to begin early in Jan
uaryN Curtiss has leased the motor
drome near this city for use In carry
ing on experiments and he will make
his headquarters here all winter.
The aviator said last night that the
action of the navy in sending men
here for instruction he believes to be
the first step in the foundation near
this city of a great naval aeroplane
training school where aviators may be
trained in land and sea flying the year
round.
weather conditions make Los An
geles the ideal place for such sta
tion and the proximity of the fleet
makes the carrying on Of water tests
practicable at all times" he said.