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Show oo- TO DROP "BOMBS" FROM AEROPLANE New York, Oct. 3. Application has been made to the secretary of the navy by the Aeronautical Socioty or America for permission to have one of the battleships used as a target by aviators at the society's aviation meet to bo held next week on the water front at Oakwood Helghto. Staten Island. Tho object Is to have tho avl-utors avl-utors make a practical tost of dropping drop-ping make-believe bombs on the battleship. bat-tleship. Six aviators have volunteered volunteer-ed to make this demonstration The officers and snilors of the Atlantic fleet have been Invited to witneas the flights oo |