The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-23
PROMINENT MEN OF CITY PLAN
 AERO FLIGHTS
About 50 Bridgeporters to Go Into Air With Aviator
 Welch Next Week
Members and Friends of Aero Club to Experience
 Real Thrills of Flying

Thursday and Friday Of next week will be great days in the history of Bridgeport aeronautics, when a num- Der of prominent residents of the city members of the Aero Club of Connec- ticut, will make their first ventures in the air, on a Wright biplane under the guidance of Al Welch, one of the foremost instructors of the Wright school.
 It is expected that MT. Welch will make 50 passenger carrying flights, that being the number arranged for Bridgeport by the officials of the Aero Club, which is conducting the affair.
 Any member of the Aero Club, or any man introduced by a member of the Aero Club, is eligible to make a flight with Mr. Welch.
 The time of the flights will be be- tween 7:30 and Il a. m. and between 3:3O and 6 p. nn. These flights are not arranged for exhibition purposes but for the purpose of giving the Aero Club members and their friends a chance to taste the real thrills of aero joy-riding.
 MT. WeIch is considered one of the safest men in the country, having taken hundreds of passengers and never having met with an accident  will not do any fancy stunts with passengers. but simply will take them on straight-away flights.
 The Lake Aerodrome has been se- lected as the field and it is probable that the flights will be made mainly in the direction of the Lordship Park meadows, so that in case of any stoppage of machinery there will be plenty of smooth land on which to alight.
 The names of those who are to make the flights with Mir. Welch have not yet been announced, but the of ficials of the Aero Club believe that the applications will exceed the num- Der of flights Aviator Welch is sched- uled to make.
 s'It's one thing to stand on terra firma and watch a flight" declared President A. Holland Forbes of the Aero Club of Connecticut, to a Far mer reporter today, s'but you don't get the real thrills nor understand the genuine joys of flying until you go up in the machine.
 t'For that reason the Aero Club has contracted with Mr. WeIch to come here under it's auspices and give a chance for the clubs members and their friends to get off the ground and experience the real pleasures of trip into the air. For man who's never been off the ground, it's a great sem sation, I can tell you. I know that the club members are eager for the fun and MT. Welch will be kept busy"
 Mr. Forbes said that the attendance, as we'll as the flights, will be limited to members and friends of the club. Admission will be Charged to defray the expenses of the ground. Those making flights will pay for the priv ilege. The club is to make nothing out of the affair, all money taken be- ing devoted strictly to the payment ofAthe aviator and defraying expenses of the grounds The price to be paid for each flight by a passenger. is the price paid by the club to the aviator. and is the cheapest figure that the Wright fliers have ever contracted for. The flights will be of several miles duration each, and the aviator will take his passengers several hundr ed feet into the air, for safety's sake.