Show DICKINSON FAVORS aeroplanes AERO PLANES recommends appropriation for lat est model machines washington As might have been expected ted after his personal nights flights in aeroplanes aero planes in france secretary dickinson comes out in his annual report with a strong indorsement endorsement Indor ot of the flying machine and with a recommendation to congress con grosa for an appropriation to provide the signal corps with a reasonable number of the better type ot of machines for instruction purposes and field work ile he recalls the tact fact that the united states was the first nation officially to recognize the aeroplane tor for military purposes and conducted at fort meyer in 1908 1998 the first public flight of 0 a heavier than air machine yet it has since that date mado no addition to its aeronautical equipment which at present consists 0 at ono one small dirigible balloon one wright aeroplane and three small captive balloons |