Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-22

Washington, Nov. 2,.--when viii
the airship, become comparatively a.
safe vehicle aS the AUTOMOBILES Z
1 That qpestiDn,. 10 many formA hAgl
been aaited many times. II and, Derr
haDr. not more often in other ceBtsfDl
tpk aoroplan experiment than al the
I United, States army aviation neid, ~
4 college park. on the Potomac river,
4 pear tl4p. city. ys-.5
Dmtlng the summer College park
hes i1esn the. scene VI nnmbaf OIL
Ih9Roplhne accidents several ~ whlch
hAve brought death TO daFipg ayiue
tors. The war department, ~ maY
be said. tacitly admits that" there Sci
| exceptional risk connected With as
! stKnment 10 the aviation corps. In
fhe call for volunteers the var do
partment states that applications VIII
! not be accepted from married men
nor from single men who weigh more
than i75 pounds.
Tho foregoing limitations. coupled
With the fact that insurance COM
panies are now declining to insure
SOLDIERS who accept aviation assign
ments, has discouraged many pros
pcctiye md desirable volunteers IN
the army from Fastening forward
with their applications.
The airshlp, military men say. isI
going 10 Ice an important engine OF
warfare Hs well az a valuable scout
1 Ing medium In the future. and II we
expect ~ keep pace with European
nations, notably France. we must do
more to develop and less to retard
IN" art of aviation IN our army
Ia Europe It In pointed out. an
assignment 10 a military aviation
corps usually means a material ad-
vanccncnt In rank and a substantial
increase In pay. Al present We are
fourteenth In the llst ~ nations hav-
Ing aerial squadTOns We are likely
to remain In that position for long
time Ia come, II H. thought, unless
congress authorizes the war depart
mcnt here 10 offer Inducements to
volunteers similar 10 those which
have proved 80 popular with soldiers
abroad
Congress may go further, II Is sug.
gcHt"d. and make military aviation
service safer in addition TO making
II more attractive. AvlRtOrs who
continue 10 practice the nrt Of flying
1T regular intervals. the record
shows, seldom work over eighteen
months at their extremely dangerous
| avOrHtlOn without being killed. Out
side the army the lure Of gold and
glory are the magnets that draw men
into ~ hazardous field Of endeavOr.
IN the army, however, men risk their
| llN6s without any hope Of reward
every time they go up In an nero
plane.
France has I'm. aerial fleet Of sew
crHl hundred alTshlps. while the
United States army has only a dozen
biplancs and the navy but three.
Nevertheless. several Of our military
nvlators are recognized as among
the GcEt aerial ,navlgatOTs In the
world. Why. II In asked. should not
| congress do itE utmost To protect the
lives OF these bpNe and self-sacri-1
fclnR men?
Now, let uS 20 bach to the frat
question. Can the alrshlp be made
~ safe az the automobile? Where
We hay" alrships by the dozen we
have automobiles by the thousand: 40
we must not Jump to conclusions In
making comparisons To-day the au-
tumObilr ~ 80 safe relatively, that
we are inclined to forget that not so
many years ago u was Gatcd by tho
general public, without recalling
needless details, we are all aware Of
the fact that swiftly moving automo-
bllcs can be- stopped NO quickly to-day
that accidents. considering the num-
her Of machines In daily usc, are
rare; hence the average person no
longer holds any prejudice against
them.
Inventors have mastered the auto
mobile. and, sooner or later. they viii
conquer the airship. within few
years, the improvements being made
indicate that trips In the air will not
be considered much more venture
some than voyages across the ocean
today.
Control. the main essential, II al.
ready practically assured according
to IA current article In the Berlin
Tasllchc RundHchnu. which states
that the invention OF a new aero
plane. capable ~ being arrested In
itS flight ana held stationary at any
point desired, II announced by hose
In close touch with German aviation
circles Tho new aeroEiane. It II as
serted, II constructed on principles
hitherto unappli"d 20 aviation, and In
equipped with two sets Of motive APP
iiRrafais, one u propeller TO give II
forward 'horizontal motion, and tho
other set OF four rotary lateral planes
or wings 10 III II into the air.
ThNae planes, which are driven by
threa motors ~ 1850 horsepower each,
are said to have SUFFICIENT power to
n.