The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-24
WILL OPEN SCHOOL
FOR PILOTS OF AIR
Most Important Step
in Hist ory of
Aviation.
MOISANTS ARE
BACKING PLAN
Vast Tract Of Land Has Been
Leased, and Effort Will Be
Made to Have It Centre Of
All Aviation Interests
in the United
States.
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New York, December 23.-The most
important and significant step in the I
actual development of aviation In this
will be taken tomorrow, when
the certificate Incorporating the Hemp /,
stead Plains Aviation Company is
filed with the Secretary of State in Al |;
bany. The work of organizing the !,
company has been quietly in progress |
since the close of the International =
aviation tournament at Belmont Park |
last October. The group of business
men behind the enterprise has laid
out plan for the promotion of every
phase of aviation, and has ample capital
to carry ont the undertaking. The Z
company's central point of operations
will be an immense tract of land OF /,
about 1000 acres just east of Garden
City, where 1t was planned to hold the
1910 aviation tournament before the
limited time for preparation made it
necessary to go to Belmont Park.
Has Leased Grounds.
The company has procured a five-F
year lease of this tract of land and
preparations for putting it in shape fog
school are now under way. Several
hundred hangers are to be erectedNas
they are required, a school of aviation
opened and public exhibitions and
contests Will be given at stated times.
In addition to these features there Is
in contemplation the erection of
large plant for the manufacture of fly
ing machines and their accessories.
with comprehensive equipment of
machine shops and laboratories for the
use OF pupils and eXperimenters who
are entitled to the privilege of the field.
1t is not unlikely that the Aero Club
of America and the Aeronautic Assoc
citation, as well as the affiliated clubs
of the Aero Club of America, may
make arrangements with the company
for the use of the aerodrome for their
official testing grounds.
1t is the purpose of the company TO
make the field the centre of all ayia
ton interests in America and to estab-
lish more extensive and elaborate
school and aerodrome than has thus
far been attempted elsewhere in the
world
The capital stock of the company is
given as $4,000 1t is stated by a
member of the corporation that. this
figure would be increased when the
enterprise required It.
The Directors.
The directors for the first year, as
given in the certificate of incorpora-
ton. are: Alfred j. Moisant, John B.
Moisant. Allen w. Evarts, Charles
Stewart Butler and Gage T. TarbelI
1T was stated that there are several
other business men of New York who
are deeply interested in the company
as stockholders. Offices will be opened
both in New York City and at Hemp-
stead Plains Field
The Moisant brothers are among the
largest stockholders, and the school to
be opened in the early spring will be
known as the Moisant School of Avia-
ton. During his visit to New York last
week Alfred j. Moisant spent consider
able time with the other directors, and
stated that he or his brother would re-
turn here in a few weeks to assist in
determing the final plans for the
grounds and buildings Tentative plans
are now under consideration, but final
selection will not be made until the
whole scheme has been passed upon
BY group of aviators and experts re-
tanned for that purpose.
1t is designed to make the Moisant
School the largest institution of the
sort in the world, and extensive plans
are being made to equip it with every
facility for safe and thorough instruc-
tion in every branch of flying Trained
instructors from this country and
Europe are being engaged, and pupils
will be taught to operate every type
of machine In existence.
AS field for public contests and ex-
hibitions it will excel any of the fa-
nous aerodromes of Europe. The hun-
nf ~ l,.t ~ ~,
almost entirely level. are free from all
Instructions and give ample space for
a five kilometer course, With smaller
courses within the larger one. Nov
able pylons will be constructed, which
may be used in marking any desired
course, or for the use of pupils. In
addition the field will contain ample
room for grandstands, n clubhouse
and hundreds of hangars.
Old Field Abandoned.
With the opening of the new Hemp
stead Plains aviation field the old avia-
ton grounds near Garden City will
pass out of existence. The Garden City
Company will not renew the lease OF
the Aero Club of America and tho
Aeronautic Society, and residences will
be erected where the hangers and
tents We're the centre of attraction for
thousands last summer.
The dying machines aud the crowds
will have moved one mile TO the east
ward, where the larger and more at
tractlve field will have been estab-
lished
), In. addition to Che daily flights By
the students of aviation. it is the 'pur-
pose of the company to hold regular
weekly meetings during the season In
connection with the school, with an
occasional larger event, when aviators
from all over the country viii be in-
vlted TO compete for prizes. @
AS soon as practicable general in-s
formation concerning the aviation
school will be sent out. and 1t is eS-3
pected that several hundred pupils
will ba at work in the big aerodroms
before the end oS the colning ssason.