Word: aircrafting
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Dates: during 1916-1916
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...essays are to be written on any one of the following three subjects: military aeronautics; mechanics of the aeroplane and possible technical development in aeronautics; possible application of aircraft for utilitarian purposes...
...Aero Club of America, which is offering the medals, has named as the three subjects on which the essays are to be written, "Military Aeronautics," "Mechanics of the Aeroplane and Possible Technical Development in Aeronautics," and "Possible Application of Aircraft for Utilitarian Purposes." More than 200,000 students throughout the country are eligible for the competition, which is not confined to these who attend aviation schools...
...military brevet after spending twenty or thirty hours in the air, fifteen minutes each morning and fifteen minutes each morning and fifteen in the afternoon, according to weather. There are eight classes or grades from one to another of which the candidate progresses as his ability to manipulate the aircraft develops...
...trip to the State Armory in Hartford February 22 will open the actual work for the new recruits. The Connecticut Aircraft Company is to set up a dirigible there and elementary instructions will be given by a member of the army aviation corps...
...most important part of the training will come next summer during the encampment period at Tobyhanna. The Aircraft Company is building a peculiar type of observation kites which are used by the thousands in the European war today. These kites are about 80 feet long and have a sack or tail which fills with air and keeps the balloon steady. They rise to a height of 2,000 or 3,000 feet and are connected by a cable to an automobile. The cable has a telephone wire inside so that the operators in the balloon can telephone where they observe...