The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-04-19
'AEROPLANESANO
OTHER MACHINES
Be MADE HERE
Navy Yard VIII Be Specially
Equipped for This Char
acter of Work.
BOARD OF OFFICERS
WILL MAKE REPORT
Secretary Will Not Fully
Develop Plan Until Re
port is Submitted.

That IN expensive plant for tie man
ufactnre ~ hydro-aeropIanes. aero
planes and other types n dying ma
chimes. a. veil a. 50 make EXTENSIVE.
repairs. viii b. established ~ tile
navy department a the Pensacola
navy yard. i the substance ~ report
published b. the Army and Navy
Journal this week The piAns wili not
h. fuily developed hy secretary "a tha
Navy Daniels until report Is sub.
mitted hy = Joint army and navy
board. This board was crested - the
uayy appropsiaason aei. en,i a. menu
hership also contains some expert O.
villains
In the course of its report the ArrnY
and Navy Journal says
Eventually the navy department
viii establish an extensive plant "
Pensacola where hydro-aersplaneH and
aeroplanes viii lie manufactured. This
plant viii mol only manufacture naval
types ~ air craft, hut viii ~ equipped
10 make extensive repairs A penss-
cola there Will also BE- maintained a
school for tho trainlng of nviatara.
The plans II the secretary win
reference 10 Pensacola will he held
in abe.anre until she Joint advisory
board which WAS crested by the ma a
appropriation aci hab made ltH report
This board u composed ~ arfnYaha
navy end civilian experts. and the sre.
Rotary will net fully dsveiup his hi8n
until the report han hesn submitted
20 him With the present apgFeuria-
iton for aviation the sefrstlrl experts
to iav tho foundation Zoe f1napfrhea-
aive aircraft policy Ne dsea nuf nA-
pcct that 30 ~ the aeroplt1es lor las
navy ~ b. manufactured a pensa-
cola, bus Intends 60 use tto plant %
develop models that are suited Coz
such service. and considers Pensacola
an ideal location Tor airrrnn Heai
quarters and the desessuaont ~
training school
The napvH military "a aeiNatf0n ale
Joins that owned bs the army anl
the tive lafae tracts ~ land be thinks
will make an Ideal aviation field
Guys THREE MACHINES.
'The arst contract for hvdro-aera-
planes since tho appropriation hY eon-
'esr. upon The recomms ndatipn -
Secretary Daniels. II q million dollars
Cor aviation. and prnvisina for ihe Or
Rnnlzation ~ au aeronaHtir ADVISORY
COMMITTEES. wiH be awarded ta The
Burgess Company Bids foi. these hv-
dro- nernplanes were received Feb ET
81 this year. ~ has been decided -
place a contract for three machines.
The proposals we're invited Apun sup
plying three - sis machines. The
award - contract was based upon the
completeness If the proposals received
a. regards the data furnished. and the
extent o. which the designs conformed
% the requirements. tntctor aero
plane ii nos considered as well suited
for naval purposes a. a pusher type
~ was hoped that the requirements
of the specifications for these hydro
aeroplanes would bs exceeded s. ths
bidders They represent a ispe ia ad-
vance. hmt are not equal ~ what h
considered desirable IN the light ~ de-
veiopments due 20 the war in Europe
A machine II required having > speed
of eighty miles an hour 81 better.
with a radius Of action ~ 81 least
seven hours. and ability 20 CLIMB with
/ fun load $500 feet ~ twenty minutes
/ Thus d was considered tnaafisahle -
/ buy more than three hydro -aeropiAnea
/ IN this lot n - recognized that The
development ~ the ssrnpltne itg~sTF~1
country ~ retarded by the hayward
/ development ~ aeraplsne l3@f0rs n
j. hopsd that this advees Hsment ard
purchase II hydro-aeropisnsu win teud
10 encourage the designers ana manu-
facturers ~ asruplanes and aeroplane
motors 81 further deveiopms1u e. meel
the immediate needs ~ the nav rre-
/ pusais win bs Issued IN the aear future
Cor more hyaroaerorlanss-