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The Aviator and the Weather Bureau

Chapter 4: List of Plates
By Ford A. Carpenter
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The author traces early aeronautical activity in southern California and describes a military aviation school on North Island, detailing its layout, training routines, and instructional methods. He presents a practical syllabus of meteorology for flyers, explains instruments and procedures for taking weather observations from aircraft and investigating the upper air, and recounts cooperative efforts between pilots and the national weather service to improve forecasting and atmospheric knowledge. Photographs and charts accompany discussions of equipment, flights, and observational techniques.

List of Plates

Figure
No.		   Page
  Army airplane gliding to North Island Over U. S. Cruiser “San Diego” Frontispiece
1. Congressional Medal awarded Wright brothers 33
2. Ascent of sounding balloons at Avalon 34
3. Meteorograph which made the ascent of July 27, 1913 35
4. First flight of airplane carrying two persons 36
5. Sub-station at Mount Wilson Observatory 37
6. Type of airplane used in 1911 on North Island 38
7. Discussing a flight 39
8. Captain Culver and parachute for determining wind-direction 40
9. Lieutenant Gorrell, U. S. Infantry, as observer 41
10. Point Loma from the eastern shore of North Island 42
11. San Diego, across Spanish Bight, from U. S. Aviation School, at twilight 43
12. Instructor Brindley and Meteorologist Carpenter in Military Tractor No. 50 44
13. Military Tractor No. 50 45
14. “Trimming” Tractor No. 50 46
15. Military Tractor No. 50 just before leaving the ground 47
16. San Diego harbor at over two thousand feet altitude 48
17. San Diego viewed from an altitude of thirty-five hundred feet 49
18. Military Tractor No. 50 viewed from the ground 50
19. Flying Squad’s Wind Direction Pennant Tower 51
20. The Aviation School Motor-Boat “Pronto” 52
21. U. S. Aviation Field at three thousand feet altitude 53
22. Repair Shop, U. S. Aviation School, San Diego, Cal. 54