The San Francisco call., 1910-12-07
AVIATORS TO FLY
WARSHIPS SEA
Three Star Aeronants Willing to-
Attempt Daring Feat at
TanfOran Meet
Army Department Viii Be Asked
to Permit Experiments by
Signal Corps Officer

The feat OF landing on a batt1eship
at sea after flight from the exhibition
stadium is one OF the special attrsc-
tions which the committee IN charge OF
the international aviation meet at Tan
foran in January Is considering. Two
months ago Eugene Ely OF the CurtiSs
school Of aviators successfully made a
fight from battleship or the Atlantic
coast to the mainland In the neighbor-
hood OF Cape Henry. The much more
difficult feat OF landing on a battle
ship is proposed by Ely himself and
Charles F. willard and ]. c. McCurdy
also have sisntaed their willingness to
make the fight. Permission will be
asked of the navy department TO make
the attempt.
WANT ARMY AVIATOR
The services of Lieutenant Benjamin.
Foulois OF the United States signal
corps. who makes flights in a Wright
aeroplane at Fort Sam Houston. viii be
asked OF the war department. The ma
chine is biplane and was purchased
by the government for $4,000. The
local committee VIII guarantee the
payment Of the lieutenant's expenses
and those Of his mechanicians- FouloiS
has made many important tests for the
government and when the appropria-
tion for the maintenance Of the machine
ran out several months ago. the citi-
zens OF San Antonio raised fund OF
81 90, 900 to keep the machine and the
officer at his tasks.
Carl Dryden Brown OF Napa has con-
structed new machine called an octo-
plane, with adjustable planes and a
new system OF control. He has asked
for space in which to test the machine
and in all probability will enter in the
novice class for new features in aero
planes.
Lieutenant j. w. McClarkey. United
States marine corps, who is stationed
in this city. has sent a communication
to the committee Offering his servioes>
during the meet. He is an expert aero
naut and is anxious to make some tests
in rifle shooting from a moving ma
chine.
TEN FLYING DAYS
The committee has asked the national
commission for a sanction from jan
uary to 26- The dates set for the
meet are from January to Is. The
addition OF 10 days was asked because
of the possibility OF intervening rainy
days The committee wants to have
10 full flying days. Rain checks will
be given which will entitle the holder
to a satisfactory performance.
executive committees will hold a Joint
meeting at the Palace hotel today,
when 1t is expected that the reports
Of the soliciting committees will show
that the sum needed to finance tha
meet has been raised
James Radley. holder OF the worlds
record for speed and the Scottish record
for height. has decided to send his Bile
riot monoplane TO the Hotel del Monte
for preliminary tryouts- The atmos-
pheric conditions about Del Monte are.
about the same as those encountered in
San Francisco and Radley thinks that
he can accustom himself to the wind
currents by experimenting in the racing
park on the hotel grounds. He will
give exhibition flights next Saturday
and Sunday and will deliver lecture
on atrships and aerial navi cation. Rad
ley will journey to CastroviIle today,
sending his machine ahead. He plans
to unload there and fly to Del Monte.
making the circuit over Monterey and
Pacific Grove before ahghting.