Show AERIAL NAVIGATORS WANT ASSISTANCE NEW EW YORK April 11 An An appeal to American patriotism to bring tho the art arl of ot fl flying through h the Lie air r to a position equal to that attained by French experimenters W was S made by the tho aviation o. committee of or orthe the A Aero Acre ro club of ot America at nt a meeting last nl night ht The two facts acts dwelt upon with sp special cIal emphasis were the thc necessity of substantial prizes to Inventors and a a. lar largo large e tract of ground round near tho city available for and where sheds and machine shops ml might ht be built Lee S. S BurrIdge who iio returned from Europe a n few tew days das ago 00 liero he ho made a n careful investigation atlon of ot aerIal pro progress re 8 In France rance said that tho the thorenson reason renson America had lied not proved more prominent In this branch of or aeronautics was not because brains were lacking here hero but because aerial flight was not accepted as an accomplished fact |