The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-12
BRlDGEP()RT FLYER
 HAS MACHINE TO
 SINK SUBMARINES
John D. Cooper's New Type of Aircraft May Prove Deadly Arm of Warning Nations Aerial Fleets Inventor is Expert Bird man of The Curtiss School. Designer of New Type of War Machine Denies That His Craft is Completed Tar Enough to Permit of Its Being Seen in Flight Here.

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 Submarine warfare. which has made life on the sea more precari-5 ols during the last few months than ever in history, may receive an effec- tual check if the invention of a Bridgeport young man is as success
 John D. cooper. of $40 Seaview ave- nue has invented an aero-su bmarine- destroyerNthat is now being built and which is Nexpected to be one of the most terrible of modern engines of war.
 MT. Cooper is the man who taught the Russians how to fly, when he went to that country two years ago. Russians are now showing prowess 1n the air, and according to airmen <they owe~it to a Bridgeport young man.
 nent of genius by the enormous de- strpction that is being done by sub marines in the great European war, Cooper, who is a natural airrnan, has perfected an idea and a mch1ne. the purpose of which is to destroy the undersea craft, is now being built in this city,. Where, will not be di- vulged for obvious reasons but it is. admitted that the machine is in the course of construction and will be comp1eted within two weeks.
 The Cooper Aircraft Co. has been formed Tie amount of capital stock zsseressat ated is $50s s090s in prop erty other than casla.E J. D. Cooper is presidents J. Harry C:rossley real estate dealer, is vice president and Raymond w. Case, a clerk for MT. grossIey is secretary and treasurer Certificate of organization was filed >at Hartford March 27.
 Rumors Concerning an aeropIane that is believed to have flown over the plant of the Bridgeport Arms Works last week resulted in the be- lief that the machine was the Cooper craft. This was denied this after noon by Vice President Crossley who , said the submarine destroyer Is not yet completed.
 It is known that Mr. Cooper was approached by persons interested in and very familiar with aeronautics in this city during the last few days and was told Of the common belief that his Arnachine had flown. He is said to have been much perturbed by the talk.
 John D. Eeoper is known as one. of the most intrepid and at the same time one of the most careful aviators in the world today He is the man who taught the Russians to fly
 When a youth. Cooper disting guish- ed himself as 8 bicyclist on many race tracks of the East. He won many cham pions1aips and was known wherever the sport was watched La ter he developed into an automobile nthusiast,-and in this he gained his Knowledge of mechanics and desire for speed
 When the Curtiss school at Ham Tnondsport@ Instituted, Cooper left this city to become an aviator He soon attracted the attention of Glenn Curtiss by his mechanical skin, his ambition. fntrepfdity and general Ap- fit11de for flying. Soon he became received great experfences both with the ydro-aeroplanes and the flying boats
 Curtiss' planes soon became very prominent in the flying world and Cooper became equally prominent Russia became Interested in aeronaj- tics and gave Curtiss a tempo or- der for Is machines on the condition that he could prove their worth and teach them to pilot them. so.a on Aug. 23, 1913, Curtfss and the Bridge port boy went to Russia
 In Crimea, hundreds of Russian of- ficers were tried in the planes and of these many attained proficiency Cooper had great success.H He was the pilot. Other, orders came from Austria, France and England and he and Curtiss visited these countries where the same success was expert enced.
 Since his return to this country, Cooper developed an idea for an air craft that would be extraordinarly useful in war. When the great war broke out in Europe his opportunity came and he has been building the machine since
 According to airmen, the Bridge port young man is known as a man of quick wit in a flying machine amazing daring, but possessed o1 sound judgment and air instinct thai makes simple the most difficult o1 flights. Before he went to Europe he had made more than 4,00l flights.