The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-06
DIRECTS AIR TOURS
BY WIRELESS PHONE
Competition for Rubberneck
Wagon Appears Over Mad
is0n Square.
BRIDAL JOURNEYS NEXT
In Fact the Honeymoon Ex-
press Is on Exhibition at
Garden Show.

II a man should stand on the roof
Of Madison Square Contemplating out
tina. place merely because the Aeronau-
teal Exposition is being held there be-
low decks and standing on the roof
would give the show a good ad--and
that man should heller UP at an air
plane trying to get out of the way
OF the Metropolitan tower aloft he
wouldn't get much result.
but II that man should happen to
be fortunate enough to be Lieut.. Sha'i-
graw and should have. besides a FUR
bearing overcoat, telephone radio
set that would listen to its masters
voice then that man could yell In a
way that would get him some attention,
even from an aerial taxicab. In fact
Lieut.. Shangraw. standing In a position
from which he could tell whether Diana
was properly poised to do a tail spin,
was able yesterday to talk through ms
hat so effectively that Lieut. James A.
Adams, posing around in the sky. In a
plane that had swooped down on the
city from Haxlehurst Field. was willing
and able to do business with him.
Lieut.. Adams was loaf1ng around
, leaning on cloud banks and SO on. for
less gossip apparatus. AS he was all
| dressed up in a radio set himself he
and Lieut.. Shangraw were able TO carry
J on an aerial tete n tete without losing
their temper at Central.
Personally Conducted Tour.
! Hey, Jimmy, chase those birds y
| Lieut.. Shangraw was able to direct
| Lieut. Jimmy when his plane buzZco
| into sight And Lieut.. Jimmy perforce
would have to go chasing. In re-
Spouse TO the mandate of Aerial Traf.
! &c Cop Shangraw down below. oi
course Traffic Cop Shangraw didn't
waste the Governments gasolene en-
| tireiy by having Lieut. Jimmy do moth
ing but conduct an ornlthological expo
dition with a battle plane. No. he SEN
the pilot on a sightseeing tour of thu
city, personally conducted by wirele ss
the first time an airbus in this cit,
/ ever was turned into rubbernecl
wagon by such means
As a result OF the success OF this ex
hibition fight Ave planes will take tn
air to-day and heed the still small
voice below. This Is on the promise o.
Major Henry j. Miller, tho army rep
resentative at the exposition, who sal
that at $3.50 p. NJ the planes woulc
providing the weather made II possibl'
to test the acoustic properties OF tn
sky over Madison Square Garden.
will be the largest number ever directed
by word of mouth from Manhattan
upper stories and will be forecast
the day when traffic policemen can al
comfortably below the Longacre Squar
region Of the air and bawl out III
dub aviators without the necessity o
flying an airplsne themselves, whicl
would require leaving their regulation
POLICE shoes behind, as only the lightes
loads can be carried.
Navy to Have nm Inning.
|, While the quintet are being talked I
at a safe distance Navy Day will b
celebrated in the Garden and tn
Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory, wher
the exposition has had to spread itsel
rather than have It's wings clipped Sec
Rotary Daniels has informed the eNposi
ton officials that unfortunately he wi
have to stay In Washington and Rtten
to business. but Rear Admiral Nathanit
r Usher. commandment OF the Thir
Z Naval District, will represent the Sec
rotary and receive all the airplane litera
ture and catalogues In his name.
, After being escorted te the Garden 1
D.. the afternoon by Major Helen Bastedo'
} motor corps he will be conveyed arour
, the hail Of one OF the best exhibition
, New York ever has had, while willn
, tongues see 10 1t that nothing in tn
, line OF the flying machines shown goe
over the Admiral's head. Then he wi
be taken to the navy exhibit in the al
mory TO deliver a speech on the CONNER
. cial future of aviation, and afterwar
II he so desires he will be free TO TAX
| a,
gives those aspiring to be aviators
guaranteed case of sea sickness absC
lutely gratis.
Another purpose which was accom-
plished by Lieut.. Adamss flight yestel
day was the taking OF snapshots OF II
city which the Photographic departmer
! OF the exposition could weave into II
/ first photographic map ever made OF III
city. which II is hoped may aid IN solvin
r the subway riddle II was expected this
t this mosaic, composed OF strips of Il
city Joined section by section, would
crazy quilted together last night. so thu
visitors to the exposition to-day could 81
the district where they live and pick OF
what they think would be the softe,
= place for landing from an aIrplane.
Honeymoon Express Is Here.
: Crowds found much interest yesterday
watching a motion picture. The Yanl
Are Coming" released ny the Commute
: on Public Information. which showed II
e prepa rations made hy our aviation sc
vice during the war to hy into Il
I ! Kaisers back yard. Another centre
attraction in the Garden was a land III,
on the model of the De Haviland BATH
plane, made by the Dayton Wright Con
PAM. and called tle honeymoon L!
!, press. winch seemef 70 account for Il
fact that so many folk in the vicinit
of twenty-five hung over its side
i. though watching the breakers at Atlant
City.
Back OF this pilots cockpit this plar
las a cosy aerial dovecote, covered wi;
d wind and rain proof windshield sp
y cially designed to keep earth's faire
Il from having her complexion blown ava
$ The dovecote is handsomely finished
r gray whipcord, and carries writing m:
terial. smelling salts for use in case Il
8 only one finds the trip too heavenly ar
n and vanity box which lent color to Il
report that actresses had been clustcril
around the machine ali day. There
also a cigarette case and ash tray Z,
: the other side of the mouse. a lap rol