New-York tribune., 1910-11-04
FLYING COLLEGE PLANNED
Mcisant and Others Agree to Act
as Professors.
GRAHAME-WHITE WANTED
Frederic Thompson, Head of In
stitution, Places Rivals Side
by Side at Dinner.

John =. Moisant, American winner of the
aeroplane fight to the Statue of Ishertv
and return to Belmont Park. sat beside
Claude Grahame-White, the Englisbnoan.
! VINO on last Sunday almost won the s10O00
at the Hotel Astor last night. This meant
that some third person had been busy since
the closing of the tournament, FOR then
there was no dream so frivolous as that
the two competitors would ever sit har-
moniously side by side upon the earth or
in the air.
| Frederic Thompson is the man who did it
! Frederic Thompson, who now means to act
| as the medium by which the great Ameri-
! can public may be educated properly to
| understand every little detail about the sci
! ence of aviation and the aeroplanes that
fly. He does not intend to sit idle while
the uneducated public. the fairly prosper
! GUS public. needs enlightenment on warping
wings and gasolene motors and the help
that comes from personal contact with the
aviators who have mastered these things
| of the air.
Frederic Thompson brought the two
monoplane operators together because his
plan is that they and several other famous
| flyers shall be practical professors in his
travelling aeronautic university that will
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the shortest way to almost any place, and
will therefore enable the professors to
teach more pupils at 81 and 81 a lesson
than otherwise could be reached.
Four Professors Engaged.
Moisant. Hamilton, Frisbie and Garros,
| who fiutters, when he fits at all, in his
little Demoiselle. have already agreed with
Mr. Thompson that the public. should be
reused out of It's ignorance. Grshame-
| White cares less about the American OF
any other public-he turned down an offer
| from Newark the other day-than some
other men perhaps. but he has promised
Mr.. Thompson to think il over.
| Mr.. Thompson does not want to say too
much but it was learned last night that
his awaiting professors would aviate from
| town 10 town and in circumscribed back
| lots, surrounded by canvas so that the
! students might concentrate and see various
! intricate problems Of the air solved by
| some of the worlds most famous, fearless
flyers For a little diversion for the kim
dergarten an aerial clown or SO may also
be provided. Flights by searchlight at
night will teach night school pupils. Will
bur Wright will be in town to-day and Mr.
Thompson will see him and, if possible,
obtain his acceptance of the position of
lecturer at county fairs on THE Bipane-
Its Use and Abuse and Cost Horse
power"
There is an unprecedented unanimity of
opinion abroad just now that the aeronau-
tic situation In America needs helping
hand. Allan A. Ryan, son of Thomas T.
Ryan, has been nominated TO head the
ticket of the Aero Club of America, and ii
is understood that Mr. Ryan will, if elected,
Il all ho lsa1r snn it1Iat ion in
every way that the situation shows 1t needs
the help of a young, energetic and wealthy
man. Right here his opponents remark
that Ryan stands for "Ryanisn. ruinism
and rebellion" another and more novel
way of objecting to him the ground of
commercialsm, with which, it is declared,
he would sprinkle everything he touched
that was heavier than air.
Many Blame Bishop.
Much of the present dissatisfaction
among the members Of the Aero Club of
America-members who do not wear badges
proving they are upon the board of COVER
nors of the Clubs attributed 10 Cortlandt
Field Bishop. the man who has been presi-
dent since its organization Bishop. say
the bad insurgents. stands for "briars and
hristles." and they promise not 70 cease
baying and barking 50 long he Is the
head.
And then there is the painful matter be
tween the Aero Club and ]. Armstrong
prexeI to settle somehow in favor of the
Aero Club, that always. it seems. has some
painful matter on its hands. Almost any
one would rather be right than president
of the Aero Club as things stand now. It's
literary and legal lights are preparing, II is
said list of formidable charges against
MI Drexel that will require two more
davs to complete and will, the club Off
ciaIs hope, be found too convincing for
anv of Mr.. Drexels lawyers to throw out. |
These charges may be ready for the news |
papers tomorrow. and then Mr.. Drexel may |
take thirty days if he chooses before in |
diting his reply.
The extremely poor showing made by the
Curtiss camp at the international tourna- !
ment, when during ten days four aviators
won an average of approximately $40 each |
8 day has caused the proposed flight OF
J. a d McCurdy to be arranged for to- |
morrow The plan as outlined is for Nc |
Curdv 10 fly from the deck of the steam |
shin Kaiserin Auguste Victoria fifty miles |
over sea TO New York. 1t is declared that !
he viii actually carry mail. The Navy
Denartment is said TO be preparing to de-
tail CAPTAIN Washington l. Chambers to |
sail with one of the destToyers as the Off !
cial observer. Two torpedo boat destrOyers
will il is said. patrol the course. The
steamship will sail from HOboken to-mor-
row AT 10 a. m.
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