The Sedalia Democrat from Sedalia, Missouri • Page 18

THE SEDALTA JAN, 16, 1927. The Whirr of Commercial Airplanes Will Be Heard Everywhere. By COL. PAUL HENDERSON President Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, merly Secomd Assistant ter General Velense in 1927 HAT Aviation will take its place in the sun in 1927 as one of America's most rap- laiy growing industries is assured. Government programs and commercial activities are so far-reaching that airplane manufacturing companies, flying fields, hangars, repair and work shops are springing up over night and employment is offered to skilled operators and workmen who, before the War, were unobtainable.

The Department of ATiatlon Division, has recently issued the map shown, which will amaze those readers who have observed only casually a plane in the skies. Aviation in the United States is here to stay. The transcontinental sir New York to San been In successful operation both ways daily for nearly three years. Its pilots have performed marvelous feats under all conditions and have maintained their schedules with remarkably high percentages of perfection. F''rom this straightaway course, lighted from New York to Salt Lake City, side have sprung up whicu furnish feeder lines to this loagesL of air trunk being some 2,700 miles ae the airplane liies.

In the East one will observe lines branching out from New York city to New England points; to the South through ington, Richmond, Grceiioboro, Atlanta, a distance of 775 niileo, in turn will connect wuth the line to Jacksonville, Tampa, Palm Beach and Miami. The Middle Flast is fairly studded with air mail lines plus personal routes that are closely akin to railroad traffic. Mid West Advanced At Chicago we find the northern terminus of the longest daily contract air mail route, operated by the National Air Transport, Inc. This company, the pioneer in this held, operates West from the Midwest terminal at Chicago, through Moline, to St. Joseph and Kansas City; on to a.

to Oklahoma City, thence to Fort and Dallas, flying a distance of over 1,000 miles, which is covered daily, both ways, seren days a week, transporting mail and express, and serving the business Interests of the country from New England to Cob PAUL HENOER.SOH op the Chambet of Commerce end Pormer Postmaster Better COLDS at votir rntmtmemm in 'y In the early days of preparation for the World War there were plaintive wails about our xmpre- parednesa. planes of American make were used etc. But stop and think where aviation stood in 1917. There were practically no plants tumlnf out engines and parts; no special machinery; little was known of aircraft engines, most necessary for wartime production. Until a staff of engineers worked out the Liberty Motor and our constructors were at last given manufacturing orders to make copies of planes then in use at the Front, we did not make satisfactory progress.

nprefiaredness Special tools and special requiring months to make, had to be built to turn out theee special parts; plants had to be built and equipped. Then the war ended in 191S; aviation stood still except for a few experiments of the War Department, and the Post Office Department took on ite trial flights between Washington and New York. But vhat a different picture we have today! From Long Island to San Francisco we have factories turning out complete planes. At least four air craft engine plants In full swing. LOADING MAIL AT KANSAS CITY British Columbia.

Other operators maintain services from Cheyenne ihrough Denver to Pueblo, and from Elko. Nevada, through Boise to Pasco tfor Seattle), Wash. These are facts, real, live, pulsating facts. In actual existence and operation, all marking the advent of this great epoch making phase of our national progrese, an event which takes its place with the ac- Texas. None of N.

A. mail or! ceptance of the first steamboat, the express cargo has been lost or damaged and no one injured to and over 400,000 miles have been covered. Chicago is also the connecting point or junction for line.s to St. Ix)uis and the Twin Cities, as well as the Ford lines to Grand Rapids, Detroit and Cleveland. From the trunk line established by the Government, extending West through Salt Lake City and Reno, with its terminus in San Francisco, another important link.jiems that confronted the Post Of- Western Air is in opera-1 fice Department In Its inauguration first steam railroad train and the telephone, all of which have become Integral factors in our daily life.

Now comes further demand for speed, more speed and time saving, and thus higher industrial and national efficiency, for. after all, greatest and most pronounced service is the saving of time, the essential of all accomplishments. Night Flying One of the most difficult pro'b- tioTi from the first named city through Las Vi'gas. Nevada, to Los Angel-'S. From San Diego the Pacific Air Transport, operates a daily schedule nortbw'ard through Ivos Angeles, San Francisco.

Sacra- rncTito. Portland to Seattle, where of the Transcontinental Air Mail routes was a suitable lighting of this aerial highway for the guidance of pilots at night. Endless experiments were made. Flood lights, (gas and electric), available sources of power, supervision. connection is made for Victoria, proper locations, visibility under SCHEDULED AtR TRANSPORT OPERATORS IN THE U.

S. By Archibald Black C. M. 1 -Wav Annual Name No. PwOtite MilesMileage Started Colonial Air Boston.

Hartford, port, Ino. 1 New York. 225 135,000 July 1, Ri'hortson Sprlner- 1926 Corporritii'n. 2 field. Peoria, St.

1 15G.000 April 15, Nation.al Air b'rans- ('hicapo, Moline, 1926 port. Inc. St. Joseph. Kansas City, Wichita.

Oklahoma 4'lty. Ft. Worth and Dall.as, 1000736,000 Mav 12. Western Air Kx ss, Silt T.ake City. 1926 Inc.

4 Fns Ve pas, Los A itele 650 455.000 April 17, W. T. Vanney Flko. Boise, 1926 co 130.500 April 6. Ford Co.

Detroit, 1926 land. PI 54.353 April 13, Ford Motor C'o, 7 Detroit, ChlcafTO. 237 161.9351925 June 1, Air Se.attle. Portland, 1926 Inc. 8 Medford, S.acra- San h'ran- ci.v-'-.

Fresno, Bakersqeld, Los A 1. rthwestern Air I.x-iChicago. AfiUrau- 1926 re S's. 9 kee. La Crosse, St Minne- S77 263,900 June 7.

Florida Airways Cpn. 10A Jackson- Vi Ft. 1926 M- Mian-1. 6S3 409.800 April 1. OifTord Ball 11 I'levciand, Pilts- hurph 12072.00-3 1926 Colorado Inc.

Den- ve Colorado S. ri' gs. Pueldo. 190119 400 31. 1 a Air a T'h 1 a.

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I. 43 10.350 1 all weathei conditions, vrere some of the things that confronted the Department. Huge candle powers and powerful lenses had to be de signed, and today we have landine floodlights with a capacity of 500,000.000 candle power, having the finest Fresnel lenses, measuring three and a half feet in height and four feet eight inches in width, the construction of which is so arranged as to remove all glare from the eyes of the pilot. Every 25 miles there are located smaller beacon lights, extending from Hadley Field, New Jersey, the The future of passenger flying Is not in doubt, but It will only come with convincing assurance that passengers may be made comfortJk ble through the establishment of every jwseible precautionary measure for safety and other demands of present day travelers. Passenger Flytng While mnch Is written about ths passenger travel in Ehi- rope, such as 20 passenger planes making dally trips between Paris and London, trips throngh Switzerland, to Beilin and even to Moscow, yet all of these Unea are subsidized by their respective governments.

No air line in Europe could exist a month bnt for subsidy. Europe, recognizing the value of air craft in war, Is snbsldlzing air transport as Insurance against war. America Is noted for ite thoroughness In the matter of Industrial development It is this point I wish to particnlarly emphasize; Experience, equipment, dependable together with the essential auxiliaries, are the greatest problems that confront those who seriously have at heart the future of aviation in this country. Any startling failure of performance or astroue loss of life and cargo will be a serious setback to the splendid start that commercial aviation has had to date. I cannot emphar size too strongly my earnest regard for these factors.

Air Transport In the United States must be developed and maintained on a sound basis. The largest express company In the United States has recognized the of quick delivery of merchandise and has made contracts for air carriage. This air ex- prese service will be in actual operation in the early part of 1927. The question naturally arises, kind of merchandiee will be used in this Naturally, not too heavy nor too bulky. But presuming, from a standpoint, milady sees a beautiful spangled gown, wanted for use the next evening, but not her size.

A telegram to manufacturer and the night plane insures deliveries 1,000 miles overnight America needs a nation-wide system of air transport because of the commercial advantages brought about by the epeed given to mail and express; America also needs air transport because of the advantage gained from a National Defense point of view. Experience Vital In the present transitory situation that commercial aviation finds itself in relation to the taking over of the Government Air Mail contracts great stress be laid upon thorough equipment and flying experience so that the danger eaetem terminus, over the route shown to Salt Lake City, from which point the transcontinental flight Is completed by daylight. Hangars and Shops Upon the establishment of landing fields, both in Government and i the planes of the National Air private flying enterpriees, Transport, on the daily flight sary equipment in machinery and between Chicago and Dallas cover- machine shops, fully manned with ed miles with but one skilled mechanics, was provided to forced landing, occasioned by meet the strenuous ex-: slight mechanical difficuRy. This acted from the airplane engines for i is a record many the reasons: The life of a modern airplane at That the United States leads the the present stage of development world in flying will be shown by Is about 2,000 flying hours. The the accompanjdng table of ecbed- modern airplane engines will aver- uled air transport operators in this country, compiled by Archibald Black, Consulting Air Transport Engineer, of Garden City, N.

Y. Government Co-operation WTiile from a commercial view- age between 500 and 1,000 flying Inspection and thorough overhauling must be given the airplane itself at every 250 and in regular service an engine should aviation appears to be well be overhauled thoroughly every 150 hours of flying. This, of course, in terms of hours seems rather a -'hor: life for such expensive prices range from on iis way. Government services are not behind in this onwuard mcrch of progress. With an pria'ion T'ited in the Annual Budget of some provision MAIL plane BEIN6 PREPARED FOR lOOO MILE FLIGHT of any setback in our onward MacCracken, Jr.

(who is making the It is eetimated we have 3,608 any to fr.0.0>''0 per plane But if consld- has been made for the necessary surveys and regulations landing fields, owned by the Gov-; march of progress will be minim- standpoint of mileage Iv small sums needed to supply the for the commercial operating com- ernment, cities and privately ized. Service requirements for planes, panieso plus the Crovernment light-! ed throughout the country, of. New' problems will, of course, and hangars, as well, and for jng of night routes and other navi-; which 255 are regularly appointed Present themselves, but they will maintenance of the contract air national aids, play a most vital part and equipped commercial fields, be met, I am sure, as they have mail service? and all of the need? I ered from a I covered at an average speed, say, of 100 miles per hour, gives the distance of 150,000 miles as the life of an airplane engine How' many motor cars can go this far? Then, too, compare the averace the Bureau run of an automobile, part of the Navy, time at variable and part of the time coasting, with occasional pc between, while in an lie moment it Lee of the Air Corps of the and Aercaiautics of the The ever-guiding innuen.e enc'uracemient cf cf Co mm V. Hncr influen.e and the Aviation ion Vv'idiam in our great plan of Air Transport and National Defense. In this connection the Department of Commerce has recently issued and for which took effect January 1st.

Tnere must be laws the air as as of the sea. 310 municipal, and the balance are i been met in the past, and with the assigned to the Army, Navy and splendid attitude of co-operation emergency landing fields. One can realize from these figures why the United States ie beginning to enjoy real air supremacy. A new transportation ep eh dicvh yed by the Governmental Depa: iments, which are now in charge of able and competent men. we shall make rapid strides in this newest and most fa.scinating devel- Birth of a Son Mr Gus Lletzke, of 405 South Massachusetts avenue, are parents of a son, born at their home this morning.

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