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drop life belts, ropes food. medicine stmulants
according to the urgency of the needs.
With all the navies working to develop means
for launching aeroplanes from battleships and
receiving them back, it is safe to say that the
problems connected Herewith will be solved very
soon Then liners will carry aeroplanes to for
carrying dispatches and for general pilot duties.
Just as the water aeroplane is wonderful aux
Hilary OF the navy 1t Is wonderful auxiliary for
ocean liners, promising to afford to passenger
carrying ships services OF the highest kind.
The water aeropane is wonderfully adapted for
preventing disasters OF the kind which overcame
the steamship Titanic, and, in such disasters
take place, minimize the loss of life. A flying
boat a steamer rise to investigate unseen
dangers ahead 1t can do so at night as we'll as by
using the ships searchlights as the aeroplane's
searchlghts. In Of the vessel becoming dis
abled the aeroplane fly to notify other vessels
utilizing the wireless apparatus, with which every
flying boat is being equipped in the foreign
ves to notify the other steamships OF the need or
of its APPROACH.
The most appalling thing in the Titanic disaster
was that there were number Of steamships with
in call distance-some not much 40 miles
away--which the wireless telegraph did not reach
in some cases because Il became disabled as the
ship sank A flying boat could have covered the
40 miles in less than an hour, while it's wireless
plant would have notified the other vessels as it
proceeded onward.
A flying boat the vessels that came to the
rescue AFTER the llIanlc 0aO SUNK COulu nave
searched the surface of the sea for survivors, its
altitude giving IL range of vision Of miles, and
could have found the survivors where the vessels
did not them. II would thus practically have
superintendent the work of life saving
Each year there Is long list of people who
drowned from falling overheard from large vessels
and who cannot be rescued In time to save their
lives the boat sent to them reaching them
too late to be OF avail flying boat be
launched and can search fer tho person that has
fallen overheard and can drop ssfety belt or land
by and pick him up much faster than the fastest
life saving boat
The is an unknown qualify in many re-
spects, and the biggest OF steamships is very
much at its mercy, and assistance OF the kind
which the flying boat affords IN d necessity A YES.
sci at sea often meets signs OF wrecks or 1t is
signaed by craft in distress. At the present time
there is way to investigate such things without
involving great delay putting the craft itself
in danger through taking II ort OF It's marked
route which is the safety zone. flying boat can
do all these things for the vessel II be launch
ed with two men, OF whom searches the sur.
face OF the, with powerful glasses. The ycs
sci can proeeed on its course; the flying boat will
overtake 1t after having discharged its, mission.
AS even a special machine and The equipment
cannot cost than 100000 1t Is evident that
IL is abs urdly cheap factor OF efficiency which
every craft can afford and should have.