The airplane, in which the pilot, Oscar Brindley and the observer, Meteorologist Carpenter, made their flight, was photographed at the maximum elevation, 3,500 feet above the aviation field.
Fig. 19. Flying Squad’s Wind-Direction Pennant on Tower
Photographed October 5, 1915
The regular observation tower from which all observations and notes on every flight are made is just back of the headquarters building. The station anemometer is on the tower, and the portable anemometer is to the left.
Fig. 20. The Aviation School Motor-Boat “Pronto”
Photographed October, 1915
During the flying periods, the motor-boat of the U. S. Aviation School is kept ready for instant service in order to work in conjunction, if needs be, with the Medical Corps emergency truck on land.
Such is the speed of this boat (exceeding 40 miles per hour) that the water no longer has resiliency, and it is about as comfortable as riding in an old-fashioned stone-boat over rocky pastures.
