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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
AND REMINDER 
Vol. XIV 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, April 21 
No. 1 
North Shore’s Great Yachting Center 
Marblehead is Also the Home and Birthplace of the Nucleus of Uncle Sam’s New Aviation Corps 
Much Activity There This Summer 
LES than a generation ago J. T. ‘Trowbridge, who died 
within the past few months, wrote his humorous 
account of the unsuccessful attempts of ‘Darius Green 
and his flying machine” to soar. The poem in the pass- 
ing years has lost its element of humor for aviation has 
come to be a reality. At the time it was written the 
poem clearly reflected contemporary opinion of aviation 
and all connected with attempts at flying. In the short 
period that has elapsed since “Darius Green” gave up 
flying,. aviation has become established as a mode of 
travel, and the manufacture of aeroplanes has grown into 
a sizable industry. It was the privilege of the author, 
who ridiculed the amateur aviator, to live long enough to 
see the aeroplane in actual everyday use. 
In the last decade the aeroplane ‘has developed many 
uses which have amazed the skeptical persons, who 
thought that its chief value was confined to its use as a 
“fool killer”? and for exhibition purposes.- The remark- 
able development of aviation in the last few years has 
astounded even those connected with the industry. Per- 
haps the greatest display of the efficacy of the aeroplane 
has been in the battles of Europe. The battleplanes of 
the French especially have demonstrated their value in 
the defense of Paris from air attacks, while the aero- 
planes of either side have proven their worth for scout- 
ing purposes. The much heralded Zeppelin, on the other 
hand, has failed to demonstrate its worth in battle, al- 
though as a peace vehicle it has been a success. The 
United States government recognizes the worth of the 
aeroplane, not only as an important instrument of defense, 
but as an established method of transportation at all times. 
This is evidenced by the recently established aero-mail 
lines. 
The establishment of the aviation corps as an arm 
of the National guard brings home to the people of the 
North Shore the part played by the aeroplane in defense. 
Marblehead, the great yachting center of the North Shore, 
is the home and birthplace of the nucleus of Uncle Sam’s 
new aviation corps. The extent to which the aeroplane 
industry has been developed at the Burgess plant in 
Marblehead is realized by very few people along the 
North Shore. 
It was only three years ago that W. Starling Burgess 
obtained his patents on the Burgess-Dunne seaplane. Since 
that time the Burgess plane has jumped into first place 
among the many makes in use, and its adoption by the 
government for use by the first corps of “aero” militia 1s 
sufficient recommendation of its perfection. 
One of the worst problems with which the aviator 
had to contend up until a short time ago was the control 
of his machine while in air. The scores of fatalities a 
few years ago tell only too well the tale of the dangers 
which beset the flying man. Under the old system of 
controlling the planes it was necessary for the aviator to 
shift his planes separately by hand when he wished to 
change his direction or balance his machine. The adop- 
tion of an automatic control of the planes and the instal- 
letion of “stabalizers” has made the art of flying less a 
thing of remarkable skill. 
Not long ago it took a great deal of practice and 
skill to navigate the air, but recently Clifford Webster, 
one of the crack flying men of the Burgess aggregation, 
instructed Ensign Walter A. Edwards of the U. 8. navy 
in a week so that the latter was able to safely negotiate 
a landing and make his own flights in a brisk wind. 
Orville Wright, recognized as the inventor of the 
View of the Manchester Coast, Looking From Coolidge’s 
Point. 
