The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07

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at GERMANY from the air, and they
.ra Iayins their Mans accordingly.
Rnt 9, i. all In tho future; they can,
unhappily, give no Immediate aid,
and there is no justification for easy
confidence on the part of the Allies
20 cannot pause in our own efforts.
eOt must press on with. the manufac-
tpre of aereplanes ana the tra,nlhs
OF pilots With the utmost speed IL we
are to maintain our poslueh' on rhe
Western front. SO tuli OF promise. ne
American campaign CANNOT possioly ,
affect the situstion Ior several
months to come. for, the truth
must be told ana Americans hNe
candor-that country was not pre-
pared to take at once leaulhe pi@ce
n air warfare. American 1lrms' lack-
ing official announcement. nave
turned out comparatively few aero
planes In any recent year. ano'' con,
seouently, the INDUSTRY Is on sInaii
scale. But no time is 10 Do lost III
forging ahead. and a change VIII soon
! Congress has voted for aviation de-
velopment sums amounting in the af-
gregate to f155,s0o. 1000. and good
deal can be done when money Is
forthcoming at that rate. Before
Congress had given Its authority the
process of expansion had begun. 1t
I'm now possible to give a general loea
Of the American scheme.
The Training OF Pilots
a., as ,,,ari,,,inarv to the crea-
49,, IL t~airtne schools. a group Of
s~r,k orr,car, visited the training
e.r,n ~ the Roval Flying Corps at
Rorfian Ontario. one of the four
.snN -+shl,sb al In cansda. and the
.1sa+yo,, schooI az Toronto where ca
49, 80 t,.,rsd tbase schools incor-
s.,~,S 80 ,atsst and hast Euro
POI ans -,sa res,,f the
rsaass ~. Ss,rrS t,T,,ssSn nex1t engineering
esta hlish ments. which also have mill
go +ra,nino were called into con-
fersnca and plans made to establish
s,,-,J,ar .vs+ero IN the limited States.
WV CIV ,rstitu+;o1,. are the JJniyer-
-s.sI oe C.1,forri. Taxas II,inois
80 sOS;. ss.,,, ,;sst+v INSTITUTE of
- 100 C-rna,, I1nivers;tv
4s.., s,,s+r,,o+ors from
-. ;,-.i.,,.inn -vsra sa,t tn Torohto.
90 J,.ss5thss.osfsty}frfl txe5rk was be-
! Ia .1G7sne afNA;f9f e4dh 66SSjss 9onducted
IN severe military basis, will PRO-
c3de laboratory courses in aviation,
the students being given thorough in
.fruct;on In she theory of flying. ain
c,rding tha necessarv phvsics and
rratha7naf,cs and the nechanics of
r-as,.na s,hooIs orc thorouehlv
sr-.a r,,,tr, -,,.-,,x,a,s ,f aaronIane
-t - i-.t,,,z,,a FOR 5eroonstra-
g., ,~-ai, a : tsv+-hoors Tecbnical
-r.t+s~s re,a+iny 70 man making pho-
t-..r.~,hv Observation-Disclosures e,,n-sieht-
80 III .;,,,;1sr subjects which
r.,r+..,, ,,.t.. ,,,,,st Lrnw arc also
a. 49, 80 ',f 49,, ,,,o,ths
ui,r' he ,iven final fest to determine
whstber he shan % on to an aviation
c.rnr II - caIcnIatal that, 500 will
y. 1880 +~,t-,;, olvsos+. ;n,me.liafa-
-
r.- ...,...;a.,s <;s,as,, .-s-,n ar
- - aa,,sl,, 1900. M
.s1n% ontosrs,,,s - r,,o.,,s; = =
- -. r.,1.a,.o,,s ~ Sso stndente
,-,.t III ,,a-s..sar,v Officers In
+~,,nt~r.Y.,,5 snlIs+at5 1y,an +o,atbe
49,. ..taS,, .,,,,,ste,. - .ddi+ionar
~,,;s+sd ,,,av Who will. he trained al
49, $50 49, Tha hanears vii
80. ssrsntn-t,.o ,,1asss Tha field.
III .ws,,,taI,, ,,,i1a so,,ara
r. .,.s.st,,s 4. az .s+,r,.+a Of N.
~ ~, $3.50
III, go - ..aa,, e. ar,,,,, sar
-.,a,,Iasi,, 60.
~. s,s.. hss. 80. a. - go
~,... =. ,-;- - 10 - no.;
ns,, .Sssra az wr,a,,t protbar
made their early and successful
trials. This field" has an area of 2.
500 acres, and Is to house four squad
rons instead of the usual two. The
hangers will take consequently Ia
.aerop1anes, and 800 cadet student
can be trained at a time. Including
Officers, enlisted men, instructors
and workmen. there will be in al
100 or moic persons at the camp
The camp lies in ~ state-owned con
servation district. of some 5000
acres, and 1t will therefore be possibl
to add any amount of land necessar
should it later prove desirable to in
crease the size of the s'field." r g
(c) AS the American airmen pas
out Of the camps at the end of thef
four months, training they will err,
bark for France. On French ma
chimes. they will complete their pre-
paration for actual work Th1
American field in France will b
entirely a product of American brain
and American energy. The building
will be constructed by an America
contracting firm, and 1t will be a
exact model of the aviation fields
which :, thes gpYerpTe9ts is now cor
~ - s.