the navy, 

 and had ei 

 •al of£ic< 



meyer Witnesses flights. 



Talks with Xaval Officers About 

 Their Observations. 



Among the guests of the day were 

 the Russian ambassador, Baron Rosen, 

 who was accompanied by his wife and 

 daughter, and Baron Schlippenbach, 

 Russian consul-general stationed at' 

 New York. 



j Meyer, secretary of. 

 ! during the afternoon 

 t discussions with the 

 •ho have been following 

 the events of the week. John Barry 

 Ryan of N'ew York, the millionaire pro- 

 moter of aerial experiment, went about 

 the lield talking with the aviators and 

 examining their machines with the eye 

 of an expert. 



When Glenn H Curtiss landed after 

 I a speed flight the two Russian offi- 

 ! cials went down the field together 

 and met the aviator. They were 

 frankly curious about the mechanism 

 of the fast biplane, and had a long 

 talk with the inventor,' going over 

 the different parts of the machine. 



Baron Schlippenbach said that the 

 aeroplane was holding popular interest 

 in Europe, and would undoubtedly be- 

 come an important part of the equip- 

 ment of continental armies. In Russia, 

 lie said, till recently most of the atten- 

 tion had been given to types of dirigible 

 balloons, as in Germany, but recently 

 : two or three Russian aviators had met 

 with success with aeroplanes, and had 

 given an impetus to interest in that 

 branch of air conquest. 



One. of the former exponents of the 

 (MrigriMe balloon, Cromwell Dixon, the 

 boy aviator, who flew from the field to 

 Huntington avenue, Thursday afternoon, 

 yesterday announced his intention to re- 

 nounce the dirigible and devote his at- 

 tention to the biplane. 



"Except for an occasional exhibition 

 flight, I'm through with the dirigible," 

 he said. "After this I'm going to set to 

 work to master the management of the 

 various types ot aeroplanes, but I'll de- 

 vote most ot my attention to the biplane, 

 because I believe that is the best type.' 

 As soon as I get back home to Ohio I'll 

 tackle the problem in earnest." 



Grahame-White was introduced to 

 the various visitors and had a long talk 

 with the Russian officials.- 



