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Show .Lieutenant Foster of the Signal I Corps Goes Over the HOPES TO TRY WIRELESS FROM FLYING MACHINES I Everything Is Promising for Success of the Big I Lieutenant T. Dewltt Fostor and other i members of- the signal corps of the Na tl tional Guard of Utah visited Barrlngton It aviation field Sunday mornlnff and for j almost two hours Insppctcd tho grounds K whero the great blrdmen are announced I to fly on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, p In speaking' of the condition in which they I found tho aviation field, at aviation head- quarters Sunday night, Lieutenant Fos'lcr 5 "We went to the field with the work - p men early Sunday morning expecting to 9 find a 6ea of mud where the aviators are f to make their demonstrations. We were r greatly surprised, however, to find the field In good shape. Notwithstanding the . fact that it had rained almost contlnuous- " ly for a day and a night, the ground was r. not soft. Jhero was no water standing ;, anywhere near the spot where tho grand- stand Is being erected. Tho getaway : course was firm. The soil on this tract ;. seem3 to pack instead of get muddy. ' Right Place Chosen. ! "It was impossible to kick up mudplos ; with our boots on the flying lield. We camo home thoiwrhly convinced that the right place had . n chosen for the meet. It would have lo rain harder than I have ' ever seen iL In Utah to harm Barrlngton I park to such an extent that tho meet I would have to be postponed for even one afternoon. The sun did not shower Its ' drying rays on the field while we were i thcro and yet the ground was compara tively- dry even at that early hour of the day and after so much rain and snow, i "The view from tho field is immense. There Is not an obstruction to mar tho I pictures that the spectators will have of fered to them. The flying muchlnes will bo In sight even though they aro a considerable con-siderable distance from the starting point. Work Under Way. ' "Work on the grandstand is well under I way. The contractor told me thai It would ; be completed by Thursday afternoon prob ably. The grandstand will bo about 750 feet In length. The trains will arrive at tho main entrance to the stand so that the spectators will only have to take a few steps to get to their seats. "The boys of the signal corps are evincing evinc-ing great Interest in the aviation meet. Some of us hope to make wireless demonstrations demon-strations with Ely and Willard." |