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Show "5 Wilbur Wright Expects, Great Things From i the Aeroplane j New York, Feb. S. Wilbur Wright believes that the work of aeroplane scouting, which will probably be commenced com-menced by Lieutenant Foulola of tho United States array at EI Paso this week, will be one of the most Important Import-ant and Instructive experiments in tho history of. aviation. Before leaving leav-ing for Dayton today, Mr. Wrighgave out the following statoment; 'Military scout work was the first practicable use my brother and myself my-self discovered for our invention and wo presented Its values for such work to the war department even before be-fore we made public our success in devising a heavler-than-alr flying ma chine. That was six or seven years ago, aml much' has been done with aeroplanes, but this detail of Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Foulois will be tho first use of an aeroplane as a military scout for observation of armed forces In a1 actual state of hostilities. I "There is a great deal more required re-quired of the aviator In such work than Is generally understood. He may be a master pilot and still practically prac-tically worthless as an observer of what is going on below hlra. The scout aviator must learn by experl-onceto experl-onceto retain, his sense of distance, direction of movfng bodies, topography, topog-raphy, contour, as well as to educate his powers of Identification as applied to the many things he views from far above. "There Is no better equipped man In this country for such work than Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Foulois, and T shall watch his work with the greatest Interest. "What Is the best height for scout observation? Well, abovo 1,000 to 2,-000 2,-000 feeL At that hoight, men or horses can be seen nnd Identified as such without trouble and the extent of the observer's visible earth area Is much greater than his eyes can scan completely " 00 |