The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
PROGRAM SET
FOR AIR and
RAIL ROUTES
CurtiSS Flying Service of
Indiana Will Handle
Business Affairs.
J. A. PERRY is PRESIDENT
Company to Take. Care of
Passengers on Coast to
Coast Journeys.

Cl1lenCal Air transport, Inc, the a.
hOur-air-rail, coast to- coast passen-
ger line, to be inaugurated April 1,
with Indianapolis as a junction
point, will be handled by Curtiss
Flying Service of Indiana.
Coupled with this announcement
by Captain H. Weir Cook, vice
president of the Curtiss company.
was announcement of a conplete
organization Of the new flying serv-
ice company.
The Curtiss company will accept
reservations, care for passengers,
service the huge tri-motored T. A. T.
planes and handle all administrative
affairs of the transcontinental line.
relieving it of the necessity of main
tanning a staff here.
Perry Is President
Officers of the Curtiss company
are President James A. Perry, pres
1dent of the Indianapolis baseball
club; Vice-Presidents Cook and G.
s. Casey Jones, New York City,
president of Curtiss Flying Service,
Inc; Secretary Paul Richey, pres
1dent OF Russell M. Seeds advertis-
ing agency; and Treasurer j. A. B.
Smith, New York City.
Directors are Norman, A. Perry
president of the Indianapolis Power
and Light company: G. M. Will
liams, Marmon Motor Car company
president; Jones, James A. Perry,
and Cook.
The technical committee consists
OF Cook, who recently resigned as
regular army instructor attached to
the Indiana National Guard; Cap
tain Charles E. Cox, Jr., officers re-
serve corps: Captain Oliver H.
Stout, National Guard flier; Walker
w. Winslow, of the Chairman
Price Steel Company, and f1ier;
Lieutenant Sidney A. Stout, Off
GERS Reserve corps, and Lieutenant
Fred ]. Maibucher, National Guard
flier.
One of rs Organizations
Curtiss Flying Service of Indiana
is one Of twenty-five organizations
being formed by Curtiss Flying Ser
vice, Inc, New York City, in larger
cities of the country, to give flying
instruction, distribute CurtisS air.
planes, and conduct a regular local
and distance passenger service.
Cities where such schools are be-
ing formed include Chicago, De-
troit, Columbus, st. Louis, Pitts
burgh, Buffalo, Syracuse, New York
City, Kansas City and Miami.
In four or five of these cities, of
which Indianapolis may be one,
special advanced courses will be
given along lines of training given
in college or university.
The local ground school course
and flying instruction will be start
ed early in January. The ground
school course will include theory of
flight, aircraft engines, airplane rig
ging and maintenance, instruments,
navigation, meterology, airways, de-
partment of commerce regulations,
and kindred subjects.
Course to Be Standardized
This course will be standardized
throughout the country and is mod
eled after similar courses in train
ing schools for army and navy
pilots.
The school has received three
Curtiss Robin cabin planes and ex-
poets to receive several more within
the next two weeks.
Within ten days it will receive it's
first CurtisS Fledgling primary
training plane, similar to Curtiss
naval training ships.
The company plans to establish
dealers to distribute and service
Curtiss planes in the larger cities
of Indiana.
Captain Cook served eleven years
in the United States army aviation
service, being an overseas f1ier ia
the World war and having Official
credit of seven victories over Ger
man planes, as well as several I'M
official victories.
Three Active Instructors
Active instructors in the Curtiss
school will be Cook, Captain Cox
also an overseas f1ier with several
German planes to his credit, and
Lieutenant Maibucher.
The company has opened offices
at 646 Illinois building. For the
present its flying activities are CEN
tered at Indianapolis airport, Mars
Hill, National Guard flying field.