The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-27
Chairman of Publicity Com mittee Resents the Jeers and Fleers of a Discord- ant and Ungrateful
 Public
Trouble with Initial Flight Was that Crowd Thought Airs hip w ould Go Straight Up and Didn't
 Give It Room, Professor Explains = Paine Will Leave Seaside Park for Some Other Part of City.

Aviator Frank Paine is going to fly; have a chance to see a real flight by an aeroplane, under the right condi- tions. The committee will meet at once, take the thing in hand, and se- cure the proper place for starting and stopping, and announce the arrange ments when they are perfected"
 This was the statement made to The Atlas, chairman of the publicity com- mittee in charge of the Paine flight
 Prof. Atlas added that next Satur- day will be the date of the exhibi- ton if it Is possible. and that the con- ditions will be such that 1t will be im- possible for the crowd to interfere with the starting or the landing of the avia- tor.
 flights which have been taking place for several days past, will be discon- tinued and there will be nothing fur ther in connection with aviation un- til the committee perfects it's arrange mentS.
 While no definite starting place has been selected for the big flight, it is practically agreed that Seaside Park IS objectionable in many features and the committee will endeavor to find some other spot that is open to the public and affords a better starting and landing place for the aviator, and where it will be possible to keep back the crowl and let him get fair start
 Prof. Atlas this morning made a statement concerning his connection with the affair, clearing away the raft of criticism, "knocks," insinuations, stories and counter-stories, which have been set afioat since the inception of the it1ea. He reviewed the history of the aviation meet as follows:
 "The idea of bringing a real aviator, in real machine, and giving the cit izens of Bridgeport their first oppor- tunity to see a flying machine, was con- ceived by me and want to state right here, that from the start, the only re- ward I have expected to get, is the honor of being the first man to pro- mote an airship flight in the city of Bridgeport.
 .I have not received one cent, do not expect to receive a cent, and certainly will not. The entire handling of the funds remains with Treasurer Hall, and he is simply acting as a bank; ii the committee decides that flight has been made he will turn the money over to Paine: if the committee decides that a flight has not been made, he will re- turn the money to it's donors, 100 per cent. on the dollar.
 ''On the contrary, have already ex- pended nearly $400 out of my own pocket to keep the flying machine here, and in paying Paine's expenses and all that I have received so far, is abuse from the papers and the public.
 ''When I first conceived the idea of bringing Paine and his machine here, asked a number of prominent citi- zens to form a committee and take hold of the affair, and they all refused. Finally I succeeded in forming a com- mittee, with the distinct understand ing that I should do all the work of promoting the affair, and that this committee simply was to decide wheth CT or not the funds should be paid to
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