New-York tribune., 1910-11-21
FLYING CIRCUS TO
EDUCATE MASSES
Ejoht Aviators Have Signed
Contracts to Act as
Instructors.
EXTENSIVE TOUR PLANNED
Promoter Says All the Stock of
the Company, Which Is Cap
italized at $3.50, 600,
Has Been Sold.

The Noisant flying circus and train
load of peanut and side show conces-
sionaires will be railing to Richmond,
Va. by tonight Corned beef and cab
bage cansules will replace Hotel Astor
fare.
ON Wednesday afternoon the show will
open. President Taft and the Richmond
school children VIII be admitted free if
they will honor the management by per-
hitting themselves to be educated
Any one who cannot pay admission Will
be admitted free. the management's chief
wish. above piling up small dividend,
being to educate the American people in
the scientific aspects of aeronautics.
To be sure of accomplishing this the
international Aviators. Inc, with A. j.
Mosant, the Central American banker,
at the head, has guaranteed to John B.
Moisant. the aviator. $104GDo a year
besides his expenses. and will also pay
him a percentage of the profits if any.
Charles X. Hamilton. the well known
demonstra tor from Connecticut. Is rated
second grade. in that his guarantee is
$4,000 year His expenses while edu-
eating the public will be paid by the
management, and he may be able to
earn better living than mos professors
who do not travel. because he also will
share in such profits as prevail.
Seven aviators will start with the COM
pany. They are Moisant, Hamilton,
Simon Audemars Garros. Barrier and
F'risbie. The Frenchmen left the city
.ast night. FriSbie is from Ireland,
Moisant from Chicago. Hamilton is an
astute business man who would have
succeeded in any line in the wooden
nutmeg state. and the rest are straight
from Paris.
They will all live in a yellow and green
railroad train of their own. Their trou-
bles will be stated to Pete L. Young. He
is to be general manager, known as the
boy wonder from Nebraska. He talks
and understands onlv the language OF
the Platte. but his courageous laughter
in the face of difficulties is depended
upon by the men behind this movement
for the higher education of the masses.
The cheapest aviator in the troupe will
receive $500 a week, expenses and that
stipulated slice of the anticipated profits
Expenses on the road We're estimated by
A. J. Moisant. who will pay them. at
s., 800 a day.
Mr.. Moisant says he was impressed at
Belmont Park with the possibilities Of
advancing the science Of aviation by the
organization of a company to give a
continuous round of xhibitions in all
parts of the country. The thing could
be done. he said to himself, without loss
to the promoters. He made contracts
with the aviators, purchased new flying
machines and additional parts and in a
short time had entered into the personal
contracts involving more than S5OUUO.
according to his own account.
The amount paid out on account of
these contracts. added to the other ex-
penses of the organization" he said last
night, summed up to about SlSo,Vn
Il then Incorporated the international
Aviators. with paid up capital OF SOD
600, and turned over to it all my con-
tracts without receiving a single cent IN
cash for the large outlays already made.
NV name is on all these contracts, and
nv personal lid blittN tAttctS hc''piO IiiN' |
amount of the capitalization of the COM
pany The capital stock has been fully
and none is for sale.
I'VE believe that these exhibitions can |
be conducted along broad, educational |
lines on a scale of liberality hitherto un- |
attempted, and yet with some pecuniary |
gain We will present complimentary |
tickets to all the children of the public |
schools and orphan asylums; also the in |
mates OF the soldiers homes and similar |
Institutions
Mr. Moisant is of the opinion that there |
an be no monopoly of aerial navigation. |
He has not arranged with the Wright |
company for licenses, and does not mean |
o take the initiative in any action hav-
ng that elimination in view. The Office |
# the company has been opened in the |
Times Building. A. E. Wuppermann will
,e in charge. He has been connected
With a school of languages and has acted
n the distribution of stomach bitters in
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