Show DICKINSON FAVORS AEROPLANES Recommends Appropriation for Latest Lat-est Model Machines Washington As might have been expected after his personal flights in aeroplanes In France Secretary Dickinson Dick-inson comet out in his annual report with a strong indorsement of tho flyIng fly-Ing machine and with a recommends tlon to congress for an appropriation to provide the signal corps with a reasonable rea-sonable number of tho hotter type ol machines for Instruction purpose and field work He recalls the fact that the United States was tho firs nation officially to recognize the aero plane for military purposeD and conducted con-ducted at Fort Meyer In 1908 the firs public flight of a heavier than air machine ma-chine yet it has since that date made no addition to its aeronautical equipment equip-ment which at present consists 01 one small dirigible balloon one Wright aeroplane and three small captive balloons |