The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-09
A GROUP OF FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL AVIATORS

NAL -AVIATORS
elry. especially diamonds. set and unset.
/ Any article of great value which may be
packed In a small area now comes with
| in the ken of the birdman smuggler, and
| the customs officials are alive TO the
| danger.
Government Aeroplanes
At the coming meet win be all sorts
and conditions OF aircraft, some of which
are built especially for speed and quick
manipulation. These will be most closely
| examined.
Just as the noiseless and exceedingly
| swift power boat is now utilized by Gus
| toms officials to catch the smngglcr by
water, SO viii the most quietly operated
and swiftest aeroplanes have 10 be used
| to catch The air smuggler.
| II Is apparently only matter of time
| when every great nation will have It's
mosquito feet OF aeroplanes with which
TO TO pursue and cat catch them. and there will
small revenue cutter airship darting
after the rakish. speedy lawbreaker.
Mexico and the United States have al
ready provided q clause in their treaty
agreement by which an aviator desiring
| to fly from one country to the other
must take out clearing papers. but this
| gler any more than the law regarding
boats has stopped the smuggler by water,
y Though Connecticut, California, New
taken UP the question Of laws governing
aviation. it has remained for Senator A.
III. German of the Fourth Chicago sena
broader and farther reaching and will
probably prove more efacacious than any
previously voiced.
Laws for Aviation.
At the next session of the Illinois legis-
| lature Senator German will introduce a
| bill providing for the licensing of avia-
tors. registration OF machines. and the
| appointment of state board which shall
examine prospective licensed aviators In
| various ways.
This board is to consist OF not less
that seven members. composed as fol-
| lows:
Two physicians. who shall examine the
| applicant with especial reference to the
condition Of his heart, lungs and nervous
| system
| Two engineers, who shall examine him
| with regard to his practical knowledge
| of mechanics and ability to operate the
motor or motors furnishing the lifting
and propelling power.
Three OF more officials OF recognized
tlons who shall examine him with regard
| to his ability to actually operate his ma
chine when In flight,
with the advent of aviation" said
with serious legal problems which must
! be solved. The old doctrine OF eminent
4 r.
nor can the expression or doctrine, free
| as the air, be abridged.
Must Not Pollute Air.
Yet il is certainly within the power
Of the state TO declare that a person or
| persons shall not pollute the atmosphere
| with gas and SCOT ot-laden smoke. which
are breathed and fall upon alike the just
| and unjust. rich and poor.
| Just so it is within the power OF the
state to safeguard the lives and property
Of It's. citizens by wise and intelligent, re-
strictions regarding anything else that
| goes into the air by the power OF man.
Ayiation ,,i, is IN It's infancy y has ire; tre,
| hibiting It's abuse, Moreover, 1t will be
greatly aided by popular approval and
equally retarded by popular disapproval
''The science must go on. Undoubtedly
| there must be more or less OF fatalities
among the aviators themselves, for moth
| sacrifice, but II is the right and duty OF
the state TO safeguard the public as much
Real aviators. am sure will heartily
support this measure. ! notice that Har-
| old f. Mccormick chairman OF the eN-
| ecutive COMMITTEES OF the coming meet
In Chicago has issued a statement that
| ignorance and carelessness VIII not be
countenanced
| charge Of the aviators and their machines.
Each will be examined with equal care.
| and IL either appears unfit to make a
flight it viii be prohibited ., ,.
is simply broader exposition of the
same view aimed to protect the public
| and the real aviator from the fool who
didn't know IL WAS loaded.
Alters Property Rights.
II Is certain that the coming Of the
| airship has knocked TO smithereens the
| old property right theory that possession
extends from the confer, OF the earth TO
| tho uttermost parts of the heavens.
to determine Just how far into the air
property right extends. One was that
| the extent upwards should be measured
| by the extent OF the fiat surface.
With piece of ground 100 feet square
may erect building 200 or more feet
| high II he chooses to do And IL
| would be absurd to say that man with
a square mile OF land could claim the ex-
elusive, right TO the air for one mile
II must be the duty OF the state 10
provide wise regulations regarding the
| nature and extent OF nerial navigation.
and especially the qualifications of the
En,hused by the coming meet, many
| amateur nviators throughout the state
| have been working and studying TO rem
der themselves eligible for entry In the
conduct special meetingB under the -anc-
ton OF the Aero Club OF America to ex-
anime applicants for pilots licenses
James II. Plew, president Of the Inter
national Aviation Meet association; Har-
old r, Mccormick, chairman Of tho en-
ecutive committee. and Frank X Mudd
and Grover r. Sexton OF tho Same COM
| mjttee have been appointed a special
| committee by the Aero Club OF Amer %oa
! To pass upon them