Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-18

balloons, and aeronautical engineers and mechanics
Initiation fee is the same; but annual dues are two
dollars. Flying, you must understand cannot be
learned quite easily as you acquire bad habit
Before l sat in my Farnan biplane l studied it very
carefully acquired thorough understanding of
every minute part. | took off my coat and got
quanted with the engine. There schools in England
Germany, and France where you can be taught to fly
At GrahameWhites school, considered one of the BEST
you may learn to operate monoplane biplane for
something five hundred dollars To master both
types costs about hundred and fifty OF course
nominal deposit is required to any possible DAM
age to the machines.
The Wright brothers have two schools, at Day
ton, Ohio and the other used mostly during the winter
at Augusta, Georgia The charge is twenty-five dollars
a lesson, and the instruction is given by OF the
Wright fers At the Curtiss school, just opened at
San Diego, California, five hundred dollars is charged
Mr.. Curtiss gives the instruction himself and this is
credited toward the purchase price of aeroplane
should the student decide to purchase one also
that Alfred j. Mosant the brother of that daring but i'll
fated aviator, John B. Moisant, is planning to open
number of schools throughout the United States where
instruction will be given in the Moisant metal monopane.
There is also aviation school in Kansas City which
teaches How to Ety. and one at College Park near
School, An academy also recently opened on Long
Island Chicago, first in many things, is the first city
containing school that advertses Az ronautcs taught
by Correspondence" This school also assures po-
sitions7 to competent aviators."
Then there quite number of "blrdmen" about
the larger cities who will teach you to fly for sums rang
ing from four hundred five hundred dollars Most of
these, however require bond of two thousand dollars
for protection against accidents to the aeroplanes
Many aviators may be found who will take you taxi
cabling in the sky for one hundred dollars trip.
If it is your desire to build your aeroplane, you
the manufactured parts make them in your
factory, if you happen to have one. One supply
house advertses Everything from turnbucke to the
machine ITSELF Complete sets of working drawings
of all parts for B riot XI. Gross Channel type
to be had for from dollar and fifty cents up to ten
dollars. Many original ideas developed along the
line of the Curtiss bplane there being patent on this
type. Mr. Curtss himself calls the aeroplane scientific
product" invention. The Curtiss type how
undergoing many changes because OF the aileron
side balancing udders, and it is this point that
the Wrghts contend their patents have been nfrnged
Next propeller must be secured. One can be bought
anywhere from forty to one hundred and twenty dol
lars the price of the avorte European type The moors
expensive if not the most expensive item and will
not less than twelve hundred to oryve hundred
dollars. Like motorboat, you cannot have too good
motor in your aeroplane Motors require great
by avators singers give to their Threats. AS long
the motor lasts aeroplane continues to be OF some
value. Unlike automobiles you may substitute