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Show FISKE GIVEN AERO CLUB MEDAL Tho board of governors of tho 3 Aero Club of America hnvo awarded .rfH fe&v tfio gold medal of tho club to Hear f -'V''" Adndrul Ilrndley A. Fiske, U. 8. N., fc- retired, for his Invention of tho tor- Kf t pedo plane, patented on July 10, 1012, Bfi&i which was used effectively during tho tl.. " t'Wffl war. Aimouuceinent Is also made of HHNfci ttH tho receipt of a letter from Admiral IBtjH W' ' Flsko which says, among other things: fifew -S "y "To bo awarded tho gold medal "m 'V 'M$f of tho Aero Club of America Is nn lKjlK w "Mfj honor that Is exceptional, becauso tho SHrv standing of tho Aero club Is exception- iiaMtkm,ir: '3 al. Uut though thu standing of tho 'BSl'X Aero glub Is high, tho effective work p ' jfer which It carried on throughout tho MlL war Is not fully appreciated by tho kpfB. nation for the reason that Its .work L. M(MMPM' was unofllclal, and therefore not recog- Mj)fym5h "Like many another unrecognized KHHHMmB agency, however, Its Intluenco wus po- HBBtewBBwBBHKiMEBill tone and profound. Acting as 'tho ' ndvanco scout of aeronautic progress, tho Aero club contlm'iMy gave Information Informa-tion to tho country of tho possibilities of naval and military aeronautics, Uv; WhaMli'osoMsUWUHw-4-tttIW8iVd prhito such sums of money us would enablu the government departments to utilize those possibilities completely nnd lu time. . "Enormous appropriations wero then made, but as congress delayed mnk-lug mnk-lug them until after wo had actually entered the war, the appropriations ranio too lato to permit American ncronuutlcs to' do as- much effective work its It otherwise could In winning It," . 4 Admiral Flsko concludes by paying a tribute Vj the patriotism and Intel llgence of tho press In air mntters. |