Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-30
FLYING PROBLEMS
ARE SOLVED BY
RUBBER COMPANY
The Question of Aerial Pre-
pafedneSS Receives Atten-
ton and Success Achieved
by u, S, Company,

! The European war has demonstrate
cd the increasing value and useful
/ ness OF rigid and non-rigid balloons
I both for military purposes and as a
means of rapid transportation. our
own government has observed close
ly the achievements in this newly de-
veloped branch of aerial navigation,
and investigations have been started
with an end to equip our naval and
military forces with proper airships.
From the start, il was found to, be
no easy matter to build a military ball
! loon The warning nations of Europe
alone possessed sufficient technical
information and experience to pro-
coed with any great degree of assur-
ance and success. Although pioneers
! in the effort to conquer the air, the
United states soon dropped far behind
In the work of perfectng the move
ment they began and now is far out
distanced by more farsighted compet-
itors.
1t has devoNed upon our own man
ufacturers by means of experiments
anu NuNil tAN'lilUl IRSOnlttS lis lay az
their command. to re-discover laws
and rules. that govern aerial nayiga-
ton. When we consider the decades
that have been consumed in bringing
ballooning to its present incomplete
state Of development. the difficulty
of putting 1t on practical basis in
the short space Of few years is read
ny apparent.
The United states Rubber company
was among the first to start in search
Of knowledge in this new enterprise
This company did what always has
been done in such cases. First it col
ected all the obtainable data as to
what the others knew Of the subject
and with this to work ON. set about
improving and correcting the mis-
takes Of others 1t took months OF
patient research, and many more
months Of costly experiment to attain
final success. In each case trained
scientists were aided by the sugges-
tons and advice Of numerous expert
enced aeronauts. working with all
most unlimited resources and sparing
no expense.
The result is the balloon fabric now
manufactured by the United States
Rubber company The sheetings used
are the lightest and strongest that can !
be produced in America They are
woven from the finest Sea island cot
ton, with an even break in warp
and filler and are free from knots. |
broken threads and such Imperfect
tons as are the bane Of balloonists I
The fine. pure rubber. secret pro- |
cess of the company's own invention. /
is applied 10y specially train Workmen
So as TO produce smooth imperme-
able surface
All this has been accomplished in
an Incredibly short space of time.
What further Announcements will be
made we can only surmise. TIE pos
sibihties in aerial navigation are so
unlimited that no amount OF effort
and energy expended In its behalf
can be considered wasted. The Init
ed state Rubber company has entered
the field OF ballooning as a seeker
after knowledge. and as such il VIII
he found years after the arr has pass
ed it's experimental stage. Each day
one Of their groups of persisten,. en-
ergetie thinkers is contending with
the problem Of adding to the worlds
output Of high grade fabrics.