Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-12-10

New YORK Glenn II. curtiss, ths
aviator and inventor Of the airDoat:
VA asked By the New York world !
what dream Of the future be was puilu'
ir,r a result Of the remarkable az
ycIopment Of the aeroplane ~ tne
war il Europe. with : smile NJ. Cur.
tiss replied:
sTve left on dreaming. Visions q
the future are IN the repair shops set
~ new motors; the old couldn't keep
up with the pace that plain facts are
setting these days. No. We don't dream
now; we draw deductions"
So the question was altered 70
~well, what are your deductions % "
the fature?'
aRecall the facts returned Mr'
Curtiss, rand you can mike your own
deductions. What are we seeingf an
the greater part Of Europe today tne
aercplans and the seaplane, - they
can the airboat over there, are play
Ing q large part. very large part, IN
what is now the daily life Of those
sections Of the earth. II 10 not the lie
Of the, times Of peace, ! grant you, put
the difference 10 such that Il 10 really
greatly In favor Of the future when
YOU ask whether aircraft will remain
part Of the daily life In Europe after
the war
Common 90 Ships.
sTm not going to say that We shan
nee aeroplanes a. common % auto'
| mobiles on Fifth avenue and Broad
way. But they have undoubtedly won
their place. Their use In war hai
proved their utility In peace. AZ g
seaplanes and airboats, ! am confiden'
that they will very soon be as com
mon sight Is ships and motor boat
are today, M
"Odd al the idoa may seem q a.
moment, the war win certainly reaul
IN knitting the peoples Of the WORT
more closely together The wireless
telephone viii come apparently immf
diately peace Is established, and tina
| Wlll emphasize the ever increasin
,ssas ssa,asa ' y, snssa N transportatio
| which ID q necessary consequenc'
The seapIane win become an absolut
neos's ~ .sss,cs,,v ~ w,thout Iimit.
nsp., ~ s...ss.. !. .a,,, aona Wiz cros
~ vess - s,shns. tha AZ,
! tne Atianuc y ~ s.,a $3.50 = .rs,r sre
nne gay .nA. 80 ~. s,de (, n
% tsAe ln'o'os' s'as - rh,s could /
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r hnsie N = s'ns'e no.
The Fsas Hlsso7o'
'swhoever is first 70 6y across =
o Atlantic will certainly stih accompii'
II 4 feat that viii be historic. But Y
flisht viii not now be . freak pt
J, formsnce which might not be repeat
Q IN years. So much IL such . Mig
now within the range Of daily oype
ence that the man who first does
. NAV not improbably. after . brief 70
II turn round and fy back.
: T do not think | am giving away
secret when 1 say that Rodman W.
y emaker, for whom I built the Ameri
= to fiy across the ocean last year,
still as keeniy interested ss ever
the transatlantic flight When. sf'
" the war had broken out and Lieut.
ant Porte, who was to have made
attempt at the transocean air trip. y
10 called back to service In England,
Of Wanamaker was induced TO sell
"a America back to me, II was with
:. understanding that ! would build =
ID another plane TO fy the Atlantic,
or that viii be done at the nrsf possi
= moment.
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