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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 aeropanes 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 use for
carrying dispatches and for general pilot duties.
Just as the water aeroplane is wonderful aux
ilary of the navy, it is wonderful auxiliary for
ocean liners, promising to afford to passenger
carrying ships services of the highest kind.
The water aeroplane is wonderfully adapted for
preventing disasters OF the kind which overcame
the steamship Titanic, and. in case 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 we'll by
using the ships searchlights as the aeroplane 8
searchlights. In case 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 ma
vies to notify the other steamships OF the need
Of its APPROACH
The most appalling thing in the Titanic disaster
was that there were a number of steamships with
in call distance-some not much 40 miles
away-which the wireless telegraph did not reach
in some cases because 1t became disabled as the
ship sank. flying boat could have covered the
40 miles in less than hour, while its wireless
plant would have notified the other vessels as 1t
proceeded onward.
flying boat on the vessels that came to the
rescue after the Titanic had sunk could have
searched the surface of the for survivors, its
altitude giving it range Of vision Of miles, and
could have found the survivors where the vessels
did not them. 1t would thus practically have
superintended the work Of life saving.
Each year there is long list of people who are
drowned from falling overheard from large vessels
and who cannot be rescued in time to save their
lives the boat sent to save them reaching them
too late to be of avail. flying boat can be
launched and can search for the person that has
fallen overheard and can drop safety belt land
by and pick him up much faster than the fastest
life saving boat
The is an unknown quantity in many
spects, and the biggest of steamships is very
much at It's mercy, and assistance Of the kind
which the flying boat affords is a necessity yes
sci at sea often meets signs of wrecks it Is
signalled by craft in distress At the present time
there is way to investigate such things without
involving a great delay putting the craft itself
In danger through taking it out of its marked
route which is the safety zone flying boat can
do all these things for the vessel 1t be launch
ed with two men, one of whom searches the sur
face Of thet sea with powerful glasses The YES.
sci can proceed on its course: the flying boat will
overtake it after having discharged its mission.
AS even a special machine and the equipment
cannot cost more than 10000. it is evident that
1t is an absurdly cheap factor Of efficiency which
every craft can afford and should have