The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-12-10

aviator and inventor OF the airboat
wss asked by the New York World
what dream OF the future be was build
Ing a. q result Of the remarkable de-
yelopment OF tho asrOplans By thu
war 10 Europe. With smile Mr.. Cur
tiss replied
i've left OF dreaming Visions ol
the future are In the repair shops get
ing new motors: the old couldn't keep
up with the pace that plain tasts are
setting these days. No. we don't dream
now: We draw deductions"
30 the question was altered TO,
We'll. what are your deductions as to
the futuref~
Recall the facts returned Mr..
Curtiss. and you can make your own
deductions. What are We seeingl In
the greater part OF Europe today the
aeropiane and the seaplane. as they
call the airboat over there. are play
ing q large part, q very large part. In
what 10 now the daily life of those
sections of the earth II 10 not the life
OF the times Of peace. grant you. but
ths diifcresce IL such that II IL really
greatly In favor OF the future when
you ask whether aircraft will remain
part OF the daily life In Europe after
the war.
ctarmen 90 shIps- .......
I'm no, gAnE to say that we shall
SEQ aeroplan az common as auto
mobiles on II th avenue and Broad
way. But they bavs undoubtedly won
their place. fAeir use In war has
proved their uts A,y In peace. As to
appliances and ain hoa,s. | am confident
tina, they will vdy soon be as com
mon a sight as ships and motor boats
are today.
Odd as the idea may seem at the
moment. the war viii certainly result
In knitting the peoples OF the world
more closely together. The wireless
telephone will come apparently imme-
diately peace Is established, and that
will emphasize the ever increasing
feeling for closer relations and he
demand for speed In transportation
which ia a necessary consequence.
The seaplane will become AN absolute
necessity. It's development, may. per.
haps. be practically without limit
As a beginning someone will cross
the Atlantic In an airboat the first
ine day that the world Is again rec
to take interest In That aide OF the
development OF dying This could bo
done any day now Craft are already
In existence which could cross the At
lantie In a single nonstop flight
The Feat Historic,
Whoever is FIRST to fly across the
Atlantic will certainly still accomplish
n feat that will be historic. hut tho
flight will not now DO freak per
Torrance which might not be repeated
In years. SO much IL such a flight
now within the range OF daily expert.
ence that the man who first does Il
may not .mprobably after brief rest.
turn round and fly back
I do not think | am giving away a
secret when say that Rodman Wan,
amaker for whom | built tho America
to fly across the ocean last year Is
still as keenly interested as ever in
the transatlantic flight When. after
the war had broken out and Lieuten.
ant Porte. who was TO have made tho
attempt at the transocean air trip. was
called back to service In England, Mr.
Wanamakar was Induced to sall the
America back TO me. Il was with tho
understanding that ! would build him
another plane to fly the Atlantic. and
that will be done at the tirst possible
moment
Next time--and We are hoping II
will be next year--we shall, | think.
start the flight actually from New
York city That in Itself viii show
you something OF tho development 10
date The FIRST leg OF the aigat viii be-
to ST Johns. Newfoundland. and the
next 10 the Azores The two stops
will be- more to meet the possible
needs OF the aviator than the necessi.
tics OF the machine.
Before. we were working expert
mentally and In doubt and darkness.
Now We eau work and speak with
confidence. The second transatlantic
figh, will, am pretty sure. cover the
ocean In all probability without a
stop, II will all depend on the man a,
the wheel The machine will easily
carry all the supplies necessary for
nonstop fight oI that distance 10
Eether with an allowance as a margin
Tor possible ex'soncies. 10 you won.
der that have left OF dreaming
Plan Tris! Flights,