The sun., 1919-03-04
GARDEN TOO SMALL
FOR THE AERO SHOW
Part Of the Great Exhibition
Is Seen in the Sixty
ninth Armory.
FOREIGN EXPERTS ATTEND
Secretary Baker Fails to Get
There, but Affair Is q
Success Nevertheless.

Despite the fact that Secretary Baker
Of the War Department did not ny from
Washington In a biplane or even crawl
New York-wards In an old-fashioned
railroad train. Army day at the aero
nautical exposition. at Madison Square
Garden. came OF yesterday.
Hundreds OF army men. ranging from
Ma1or-Gen. Thomas Barry, commander
of the Department of the East. who took
mechanics with green hat cords
thronged the Garden and the overflow
show in the Sixty-ninth Regiment
Armory. which Is quite as imposing as
the big tent There were also flying
men OF the British. French and italian
armies who gathered around tho cap
turcd German planes
Way UP above the Garden q navy
dirigible from the Rockaway naval sta
ton trespassed for a time over the land,
which Ia according to agreement. re-
served for the army. The dirigible was
due to come down close TO Diana, the
huntress. who Is still poised on her big
toe on the Garden steeple, let down o
rope, snake UP a bag OF mail and biimp
back to Nineola with It In time for the
Washington aerial mail carriers-Bet the
dirigibls did not come down and an
auto handled the aerial mall instead.
But to-day the dirigible will do 1t. stunt
for the benefit of letter writer's in the
Garden.
British Aero Chief Present.
Two important guests who displayed
much interest In the American planes on
y1sw were Gen. Guy Livingstone of the
Arttish Air Service and Brig. Gen. L.
n D. Carlton. aerial attachs of the Brit
ioh EmbaAoy at washingtOn.
Gen. Livingstone urged the necessity
OF cooperation rather than competition
in the aerial progress between the United
States and Great Britain.
Very probably the Atlantic will be
crossed by plane this year" Gen. Liv-
ingstone said. TN fact 1 think the
flight may be accomplished within the
next two or three months. II is precisely
the same problem that confronted
avistors some years ago in the attempt
TO cross the English Channel. Latham
came within few yards OF the English
coast before his engine failed him. Then
a little later Bleriot by a little luck
succeeded in making the crossing. After
all there 10 good deal OF luck in the
matter of long distance flights. and the
man who meets with favorable weather
conditions may be the first man over.
Personally don't think II matters a
bit who first crosses the Atlantic,
whether he be Frenchman, American,
ENtisher or Italian
Can. Livinstone said that an Air Min
istry to cooperate with the manufactur-
crS Of air craft and to coordinate the
various branches has been established
and predicted that within the next 1--WE
years there will be an Air Department
in Washington to do the same things.
Warns Against Big Promises.
THE aviation industry will be re-
tarded II irresponsible companies. arc
formed which make great and impossible
promises and then sell stock to the pub
lie. giving a very small or no return"
he said. THE story OF aerial develop
rnent itself Is so good that It seems a
pity to overstate 1t and thereby lose the
confidence OF the public. am quite con-
WINGED that IL some one told the public
right now that It was possible to fly an
an airplane at 500 miles an hour
the story would generally be believed.
We may fly 500 miles an hour.
hut II will not be for many years.
think you will have a sound aircraft in
dustry here II the manufacturers do not
tell the people they are going to fly to
the moon in a few minutes. The main
thing is not to promise anything that
cannot possibly be accomplished"
Gen. Charlton also urged cooperation
between the two Governments. He said
the British author ties were quite eager
to give all information concerning their
inventions and discoveries to Americans
and hoped that Americans would re-
c.procate.
Glenn II. Curtiss announced yesterday
that the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor
Corporation at Garden City, L. l.. would
shortly establish an aerial taxi stand"
ut the plant.
Seek New Altitude Records.
Grover C. Looming. designer Of the
Looming monoplane, which holds the
American two man altitude record, as
900 feet. and the worlds three passenger
altitude record Of $500 feet, said yes
tcrday that Major r. W. Schroeder. the
record holder would try for new heights
in the monoplane with special wings for
shipped to Dayton after the show.
dinner was given last night at the
Hotel Vanderbilt by the Manufacturers
Aircraft Association In honor OF army
officers who were guests OF the air show.
Those present were AIator-Gen. Thoma
il. Barry. Major-Gen. Daniel G.. Shanks,
Brighten. T A. Bingham. Col. A. NJ
Miller. Capt. II. Quigley, Capt. W. A.
Simpson. Col. G. Il Harris Col. William
Stephenson, Col. r. S. Smith, Col. p. S.
Bradlee. Col. S. D. Greene, Major John
McClintock. Col. c. G.. Wallace. Frank
II. Russell, president OF the association
and general manager of the Curtiss
Engineering Corporation II. b. Mingle.
treasurer of the association and presi-
dent of~sns Stan5r>c Aircraft Corr& "a
lion: Albert II. Flint, vice-president of
the association and vice-president OF the
L-W-F Engineering Corporation @. NJ.
Williams, general manager Dayton
Wright Airplane Corporation B. A. Guy,
ghow manager; F. l.. Faurote. ]. f.
I'ennewell. vice-president of the Standard
Aircraft Company, and Samuel s. Brad
Icy, general manager of the Manufac-
flrers Aircraft Association.