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Show DICKINSON FAVORS AEROPLANES Recommends Appropriation for Latest Lat-est Model Machines. Washington. As might ljavo been oxpected nftor Ills porsonal flights In aeroplanes In .Franco, Secretary 'Dick-Inaon 'Dick-Inaon comes out In his annual roport with a strong Indorsement or tho flying fly-ing machine, nnd With n recdntmon.da-tlon recdntmon.da-tlon to 'congresB for im appropriation to provldo tho signal corps with a reasonable rea-sonable number of tho better typo of machines for instruction purposes and field work. Ho rccnllB tho fact thnt tho United States was tho first nation officially to recognizo tho aoro-plano aoro-plano for military purposes and conducted con-ducted at Fort Moyor In 1908 tho first public flight of a heavier than air ma-chlno, ma-chlno, yot It has slnco that dato mado no addition to Its noronautlcal equipment, equip-ment, which nt present consists of ono small dlrlglblo balloon, ono Wright 'aoroplane, and thrco small captivo balloons, |