Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-18
AIR FLIGHT FORT
SILL TOSANT0NE
OELAYEDBY WIND
$50 MILE TRIP TO BE MADE IN A
TEST CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT
BY ARMY AIR SQUADRON
BECAUSE OF HIGH WINDS AIRMEN
MAY NOT ATTEMPT TO MAKE
The FLIGHT TILL LATER.

, Nichita, .all>. Texas. Nov. lS.-The he
ginning oi the United States army aero
plane flight from Fort Sill. Okla. Tor San
Antonio. winch was scheduled to begin To-
day. j. delayed by high winds. il /, re-
ported from Fort Sill The urmcn may not
attempt the fright today Thl- civ |, on
" the route.
VI The aerial Journey will h. made under
conditions a> nearly like thu>, rmronnt-
cred IN actual wartime a. possible The
start u expected To br made on Novcm-
Der ~ Bad weather or delay in compile
tion Of hangar>. barracks and quarters
az san Antonio. however. may DELAY the
/ trip The distance 10 be covered i 80
miles. Stops Will be made AT these
points in Texas: Wichita Falls. Bowie
Decatur, Fort Worth. Clcburme. Hills
bor". Waco. AuStin and possibly at
Granger and Temple.
The Hight j. intended "a give 4 line
On Just how army aviator> may bc eX-
l"ctcl ~ work dHrin. \ war III IL M
sired 10 test a. the utmost the ability uf
ne Hers ~ follow 4 previously dc>ig-
! mated route over unknown country III
VIII give an opportunity 10 Try the army
transport system under stipulated war
conditions. since trucks folluwin. the
aeroplanc> viii be forced tu make I'm
average of eighty miles - day on land;
II viii test the power OF the motors to
>taiItinp under service conditions aud the
re>ourcelnlncSS and idaptabiliIv of the
army lying organization pa1ticularl,
il> supply department.
To each acrupl;nc will br assigned on.
trs.k ~ tender. carving the crew. fools
spare parts ANIL either supplies
newly developed machine ~hop truck
carrying 4 lathe and forge. viii IT, along
10 maintain the squadron on the wav.
For minor repairs IT, aernplanc> forced
10 land through motor trouble 4 corp>
of SiN motorcycles carving emergency
repair kits and All capable of great
speed. will be depended upon.
| The First Aero Squadron signal
corps. l. :. ~. is the official de.>i.na-
non 81 the living unit The squadron iS
divided into six ilving sections. 4 trans
port section. i supply S,-tinn. an en-
"incer section charged wiih motor re-
\ pairs. AMI 4 headquarters >rci .r lh;
cfhcerS are Captain r. -. Fuulni~ com
IdidIn.' and licuicnant> r. u Milling
It. q. Chapman. J. +. Carbrrry. T. =
Bowen and L. a. RAIDER. Captain Foulois
I = IE, eldest military ilvcr ia tEr United
States IN point of service. With Orville
+ Wright he completed the first cross
country flight made by Il military aero
plane. This WAS made at Fort Mver
4 VA. in 1905
Fort Sill was chosen as "A trmpnrarN
station for the squadron because of the
opportunity Tor work cooperation with
4 the artillery arm. The school II Fire for
Y training artillery others i'll the conduct
~ fire and IN the difficult art of super
vi>ing 4 battery under war conditions
n held every fall at Fort Sill because
ii> terrain and great extent Of rcScrvn
iI"n afford the best opportunities for
operations. Conditions on the Texas
border which took many troops from
! Fort Sill made il impossible to held the
school of Fire this wear However. the
aNiatorS "f the squadron have taken ad
vantage of many opportunities to ob
serve The batteries remaining at the OK
lahonI; reservation. Much experience
also has been gained in an aerial man
reading. ~ luHling targets. watching
the fall Of shots fired IN the batteries
and >pntting the hits on th, man. ana
1
The march and in position
Ihr invention of an automatic survey
camera has occupied much of the time nf
The aviator>. This apparatus when set
lh operation bv the plot of the acroplano
'l wh"h IL i> installed. takes a continu.
Gus series Of photographs of the ground
underneath the line of flight The pho
io"raph can he made ready instantly ON
landing and gives connected orour ot
overlapping pictures to which \ seal,
can hc applied and from whs~h the ranDe
70 amy point shown on them cnn be n
once obtained IN addition ia this sur
veN camera tc'rphotn lens can hr mi
~ Operation whsh will search ont with
hrcei>i"n impossible to the fast trovnl
~" aviator the ground below for cyi
i'rnccS Of concealed troops. batteries ana
conveys. similar experiments will l.,
continued AT San Antonio