The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-06
AUTO THE PARENT
Of WINGED PLANE
Birdlike Machine Will Never
SuperSede King of Earth
Travel.
GAS ENGINE THE ANSWER
WHY FLYING SHIPS ARE cEING
MADE POSSIBLE.

The development and the idea OF the
present day aer0plane owes much to the
manufacture OF the automobile When
the automobile was first introduced in
10 the country, according to the local
auto men, the question of what is
next" came into the minds OF the more
progressive men Of the country, with
the resulting models Of aeTOplanes. The
CONSTRUCTION OF the flying machines,
- Is claimed would have been imDOssi-
DE If Il were not for the invention of
the type OF engine now being used in
eli OF the autos throughout the COun-
try.
1T was the automobile that brought
shout the best development Of the light
and compact gas engine" said one Of
me dealers and without this devel-
opInent aerODIanes would have been
impossible. Before the advent Of the
automobile the gas engine was of the
most cumbersome type, but now all
This IS changed. Many Of them now
are beautiful in their delicacy. and with
the strides that are being made in aer-
oplanlng. IL is safe to say that the end
is nowhere in sight.
1T is a fact that when aviators be-
gan to plan for the building of their
cars that they came to the automobile
men OF this country and of France,
and there received most OF their infOr-
NATION in regard to the making of en-
zines by which 10 propel their ma
the engines now being used in the fly
ing machines are being made by the
manufacturers Of automobiles
AerOplanes viii never replace the
automobiles as in years gone by the
bicycle replaced the horse. and In turn
The automobile replaced the bicycle, ac-
cOrdlnE to the dealers. People will
never be educated into the use of the
air machines. and viii never overcome
the fear common to flights in the air
Auto Will Stand Alone.
THE automobile will stand alone as
the fayOFite means for travel" said 5
y. Reid. saIesmanager of the Stude-
baker Bros Co. and the aeTOplane
VIII never replace the auto as the auto
replaced the horse and bicycle. People
VIII never overcome the fear Of the
arr nor VIII travel, via the aerOplane
route, ever be made practical. The
elements control the flights of the air
machines too much. An automobile can
be taken out ia any season, and just as
good time can be made during either
warm or cold weather. The auto is
mere and here 10 stay, and represents
The highest development possible for
practical means OF plt--uTe travelling.
The aerOplane owes its existence 20
the manufacture of the automobile In
the aeroplaue the engine used is prac-
tically the same as that used in the
automobile. In fact. most of the en-
Slnes now being used in the aerOpIane
are made by manufacturers of auto
mobile gas engines"
Carl Horst, who has recently secured
the agency for the Santos Dumont
aeroplane despite the fact that he is
10 sell the airshipS in salt Lake, still
believes that the automobile viii never
be replaced by the later type. The
plane is practically one of the by-prO-
ducts of the automobile" he said. If
IL were not for the gas engine first
used in the manufacture of automobiles
the making of the aeroplane would
nave been impossible. The demand for
q horseless carriage, clamOred for by
The public some years ago. resulted
directly in the invention and ultimate
manufacture OF the present-day gas
engine.
The airship. I believe will always
remain more Of an experiment, and the
public VIII buy machines for that rea-
san more than any other. For travel
and pleasure riding. the automobile is
at present, and viii remain the king
Of ali other methods. The aeropIane
is and VIII remain 9 side issue to The
automobile"