The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-02
AERO SHOW OPENS
IN BURST OF GLORY
Noted Aces and Mary Garden
Are Added Attractions
in the Garden.
HUGE WAR CRAFT SHOWN
ORIGINATOR, Device That Gives
Novices Every Thrill, Is
Centre Of Interest.

IL was illSHt OF supreme glory TOT
the sweet, young adorables who went last
night to the Aero Show opening on the
arms of the r. NJ. As'-war Depart
ment for Reserve Military Aviators-
for. although any and everybody could
tell at a single glance that II was all
superb It was left to the r. NJ. AS to
deal on the inside information, the
actual technique. 60. of aviation
And the r. NJ A himself was at his
seventh pinnacle Of glory. He SCARED
through the starry realms of his day
OF triumph and he saw to It that no
body went lacking for details on the
subject of Tying. OF the thousands Of
bedaxzled guests who thronged Madi-
son Square Garden no one paused to
inspect a vertical I'm or horizontal
stabilzer or piston head or wing skid
without having the slightest inquiry into
the subject answered In all It's ramifica-
tons. together with embellishments, by
the kind and voluntary word of one or
a dozen Reserve Military Aviators- For
they were everywhere, and nowhere
could a person look without espying the
wings and triumphant smile of a man
who had flown in the army and knew
flying all the way from ground school
TO Garden City.
Noted Aces Are Present.
some Of them were glorifed r. NJ AS,
for there were aces among them such
as Capt Douglas Campbell and Major
Meissner. Some had just como UP from
Texas airdromes-some are only recently
from overseas. and there were others
who had been honorably discharged from
the air service, but could not resist the
temptation to get the old wings out from
the moth balls and sport them in this
moment OF the aviator's delight
When he arrived at the familiar form
Of the blessed old Jennie Fordee," the
Curtiss J. N. 4-D. in which most all
American pilots were trained. the r.
NJ. A. was at home from tail skid to
propeller hub. He affectionately patted
the fuselage, which has the contour OF
n coffin, but, II you'll take the word Of
an r. NJ. A. for 1t, the skiddlsh dispo-
sition of schoolgirl, and got into the
cockpit to explain the various instru-
ments on the dashboard.
This Is the way you takeoff,'" said
the r NJ. A, as he pushed the ''joy-
stick forward to raise the flippers on
the tail empennages
Take Off whatr' asked the sweet
young adorable, to which she instantly
added: ''Oh, see!"
And this Is the way you do loop"
wheroupon the r. NJ. A. in the, cockpit
slowly. ever SO slowly. pulled back on the
''joystick." and because of his long train
ing. involuntarily eased his right foot's
pressure on the rudder bar where he
counteracted for propeller torque. which
tends to drift the ship in direction OF the
propeller's rotation.
Have 100 Feet Wing Spread.
And they say the airplane is in it's
Infancy" was Mabelism overheard
from the throng which gathered around
the monster Handley Page bomber, the
naval F-5-L seaplane bomber, and the
Glenn Martin bomber, each with a wing
spread OF 100 feet and a length of APP
proximately half as much. why, all
they need is a kitcheneue to start house,
keeping in one of them"
Truly light housekeeping could be
done in either OF these or in the Caproni
triplane bomber, an expansion of which
is being manufactured in Italy for trans
atlantic travel next June. The enor-
nous fuselages permit cabins for me-
chanics, navigators. pilots, and from
every pore bristles a machine gun or
cannon. These are the forerunners OF
the ships which will ply the azure into
Some of the aircraft exhibited have
prehistoric shapes, and some are shaped
Is frogs and whales, and there is one
Fhich looks for all the world like its
game. Kitten" It is the Looming naval
plane which was not perfected in time
10 be put into war service. 1t stands
like wasp beside an eagle next to the
navyss proudest exhibit, the F-5-L. which
with the fabric removed from its Ash
a fuse 10 haa oil thA 90
an antediluvian fossil.
Midget Courier shown.
Vest pocket editions of flying ma
chimes. with propellers hardly larger
than the blades OF an electric fan. cuddle
IN the corners left after colossal bomb
ers have spread themselves all over the
face OF the Garden. One of these former
in particular is the Messenger" a new
model put out by the Dayton-Wrigh hit
corporation. 1t is a midget ship, and
was designed to use for courier service
overseas. 1t. will fit into any Harlem
hallway, and climbs like a humming
bird. with a flying speed of eighty miles
an hour and landing speed of thirty-five.
The Gadaullet baby Is another dwarf
type, twin propeller pusher driven by a
two cycle motor and seating two pas
sengers. 1t is a chubby affair. quite the
thing for @aS'ky way" hopeymoouing,
both occupants sitting side by side in
space conditions as affectionate as wall
paper.
Mary Garden came down late yes
terday afternoon and partook of the
stock of thrills offered by the show.
and let It here be said that It Is not
necessary for a lay spectator to be
hoisted up into the attitudes to get
a thrill from aviation on the scale ex-
p1nI,ad ~, ba ExpnaifiOp