Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-08

A tiny model biplane Of the De
HaVlland type. with representation of
fusilagc. Wings, lapdin% gear, struts,
guy wires, cock pits. propeller. areil-
ons, tail, ruddcr and skdS the more
remarkable in its eXactness of detail
when it is known that its designer
and principal maker has never had
an opportunity to see at close quar-
tors an airplano, was the winner of
the competition for Augusta young
SterS. conducted by AViatOrS FOGg
and Sparks ut the Muster Field Tues
day afternoon. The plane winning
the award was entered by George
Dearborn of GO Chapel street son of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Fremont Dearborn.
Though little nine ear-old George
Dearborn was announced as the Win
ner of the contest. and will he given
n ride in the Curtis plane with Pilot
Merle i. FoGc, on next Sunday after
noon. there is much credit in the con-
struction of this exceptionally clever
model, which is due to his 15-ycar-
old brother, Charles Dearborn, who it
is we'll known to the people of Au
gusta is a cripple and is forced to de-
pend upon his crutches for every step
he takes. Charles designed the win
ming model with his only knowledge
of their lines and construction, that
gained from distant glimpSeS of
planes as they were in the air high
over head and from pictures in the
boys magazines he reads. He does
not have the entire use of his hands
and all of his work on the model was
done sitting in a chair and with a
pocket knife as the principal tool.
The little brother George helped in
all ways that Charles directed him
and had the boys had few more
days to put the finishing touches to
their work before the contest, it was
their intention to paint on the under
side of the lower wings. Charles and
George" after the manner of the
"Fogg- Sparks Curtis plane here.
Charles could not get up to the Mus
ter Ground Tuesday afternoon with
his brother, so he magnanimously
told George to enter the little model
in the contest in his own name-and
the model was pronounced by Pilot
Fogg to be the best of all.
George posed for the picture man.
with a regulation aviator's helmet and
goggles on his head, and with the Won
derful little model held in his hands.
The winning model with the lads pic
ture will be later displayed in one of
the downtown store windows. When
George was told that he would be
given the promised ride for the Win
ncr on next Sunday afternoon, he was
the envy of every one of the some 200
other youngsters who had assembled
on the field near where the Curtis plane
is parked When asked if he would
take the trip in the air with Pilot Fogg,
George replied unhesitatingly and en-
phaticallv, You just bet L WILL"
Pilot Fogg wishes that the other
brother of this highly successful part
nership might also enjoy a hop" with
him. but because of the impossibiity
of realizing this he intends that
Charles shall have a picture of Dare
devil Sparks, himself. and the Curtis
plane. 1t is probable. too. that Pilot
Fogg will make a trip to the home of
George and Charles Dearborn to talk
over aviation matters with these two
young enthusiasts.
On Tuesday morning "DaredcviP'
Sparks went to Boston on important
business for the partnership and it
was necessary to announce at the field
Tuesday afternoon that he was not
going to be on hand for the exhibition
Of plane walking and the parachute
jump. But it was announced by his
partner, Pilot Merle l.. F'ogg, that THE
Boy from Dixie" would keep his prom
Use to the youngsters, to the boys Of
the field artillery, and TO the ,eople of