The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-21
STIRRING PICTURE AT AN AVIATION
 CAMP IN ITALY

American Seaplane Training Camp, Italy, June 20.-A flying day on the beach here, with the roaring of the engines of dozens of seaplanes over head, on the water, starting out or re- turning with cries of command in two or three languages, presents stir ring picture.
 Life and death hang in the balance every instant. Those in command are far more apprehensive than they are to show. You can't make omelettes without breaking eggs" they explain, as they watch a machine beginning to nose too soon preparatory to making landing.
 Look at him, he's sure to cut in on that other fellow and bump him." one explains. To the uninitiated the two aviators who are trying to make a 1 landing near the home beach seem to have hundreds of yards of space in which to nlanoeuvre but the officers know they have but little space. As the two machines are travelling at S5 to 90 miles an hour on their nose dive, the matter of a possible collision is soon settled, and favorably. Both hit the water safely on their tails the proper way-and race across the lake snorting like a thousand sea- horses, gradually turn, an1 come home.
 So soon as the camp commander in charge of the Beach saw the two ma chimes take the water safely, his mind turned to other matters. There is a special instructor who sits with a chart before him with the name of every student flying this day upon it and he records merit or demerit marks there for every good or bad move the fliers make, and this will be submit ted to the commander later and prop CT observations made to the aviators
 "You must be careful in this busi- ness not to discourage the fellows, explained one of the officers. 'tThei1 nerves are their courage, their flying ability, and if you take away theil courage, their confidence, you may spoil a good aviator"
 Look out there, you'll break those wings" called the American comman der as two seaplanes came shooting III the beach, too close together for com fort. The helpers in the water sezi ed them and dragged them into { safe landing. That's one of the trou bles with having too many machines . about" explained the commander When a seaplane starts in for tht beach the aviator cuts off the powe and then he can't steer it any longer When the wind is unfavorable or tn, water is rough, they have to make sev era1 trials sometimes before they cal get in head on."
 There are men here from Littl Rock, Arkansas, Chicago, Boston-ev anywhere. Its a pretty dull plac here" said one. When do you thinl they will send us to the front"
 Have you heard if we are going ol the Italian or the French front?" ask
 ed another.
 "I wish you'd tell the people a
 home to write us often," put in a ros checked ensign of twenty. "Someho1
 it seems to take month and more fo
 us to get letters. Tell them, too, W
 can't write much from here becaus
 our letters are censored, and we don
 like to have somebody we see ever day censor our mail and read our pri . vate letters.
 Most of them were eager to get [ f the front and into the fighting. That e real sport" explained one. One ma - has been' lost at this camp so fal 5 but his death hasn't frightened an
 of the others. They figured out tha O perhaps he cut off his power too 500 : before nosing. Any way, they don IT intend the same accident shall happe Q to them before the end of the war. e Then" said one with a laugh, ''w n are going to shake fighting and talk
 up the safer, passenger carrying en l. of the business"
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