Aviation School Lake Maxinkuckee

Plan Aviation School At Lake Maxinkuckee

Officials of Shaw Aeroplane Company Decide to Give Instruction in Land Flying and Operation of Water Craft

Indiana will have an up-to-date aviation school at Lake Maxinkuckee next year

After spending a month at the lake, Lt. Russell Shaw, secretary of the Shaw Aeroplane Co.; H. A. Nufazger, wice president; L. L. Moyer, president, and L. L. Johnson, motor expert for the Johnson Motor Company, decided to establish the school and to give iinstruction not only in "Land flying" but in operation of aero-hydroplanes as well.

It was , in fact, the aero-hydroplane that kept the four men at the lake so long, making all kinds of experiments in all kinds of weather, although the weather conditions were such that no records could be made.

The Shaw aero-hydroplane, or flying boat, is of the bi-plane model, with a wing span of thirty-nine feet. It is twenty-six feet long and has a six-cylinder, 100-horse-power engine, capable of generating a seed of five to fifty miles on water and fifty to seventy-five milies in the air.

The engine, unlike this in most hydroplanes, is in a water-tight hood at the front of the machine. The machine wighs 1,200 pounds, will carry three passengers, and "sits" high on the water

Two Machibes to be used

As the proposed aviation school there will be two of these flying boats - which are made after a design of Mr. SHaw's and which will, in all probability, be put to use in the United States Navy - and two or three land machines.

At least two instructors will be employed and many of the cadets at Culver Military Academy have announced their intention of taking the course in fyling

The Shaw factory, at Thirty-eight and Illinois Street, is being enlarge and remodeled.

At present the Shaw Company is building a monoplane for Ross L. Smith. It is of the same type as the monoplanes used in the French Army. This machine is capable of making 100 miles an hour. The treasurer of the SHaw COmpany is F. H. Horn.

SHaw has announce that he intends to take the flying boat in a trip down the Mississippi Rive and acrose to Flordia.

o The hydroplane is, in every way, absolutely weartherprof and when not in use can be anchored to the shore like a boat.

The wings are coated with a French preparation known as "emeilite", which makes them gasoline, water and fire proof. 29 Nov. 1914 - Indiainapolis Star.