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Show I3AERI FLIGHT ! WASHINGTON, May 27. Forma-tion Forma-tion of a world's board of aeronautical aeronauti-cal commissioners consisting of representative repre-sentative mon of sixty countries and colonies, to advance aviation and encourage en-courage aerial navigation in all parLs of the world was announced in a cablegram cable-gram received here tonight by Majoi C. J. Glidden, of this city, who Is now In London. The officers of the board are: President, Pres-ident, Col. Demont Thompson, New York; executive secretary, Major Glld-dben; Glld-dben; treasurer, Dr. A. L. HIpwell, Paris. ! Major Glidden said that tentative plans had been completed for a tour j around the world in an .aJr.pJrial uer test flight for the projet'r three pasen-jby. pasen-jby. The plans calL by the Aercf Club gers, to be solectradditlon to fhe.lcreV' of America, In '"estimates the dlBtanij Major Gllddenl as 22,000 miles atd-th4-J(pvoo.Uyela''as 250 hours. oo . |