The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-14
ANYWAYS MAPPED
ACROSS CONTINENT
Four Transcontinental Routes, Touching
at Important Cities on Way to
San Francisco.

NEW YORK, Nov l4.-Four routes
across the continent for the flights of
airplanes have been mapped and APP
proved by the executive committee of
the Aero club of America. In making
the announcement a representative of
the committee said that Rear Admiral
Peary, chairman of the committee on
landing places, had been advised to
make all possible haste in carrying out
the plan for transcontinental flying
trips, so that all of the great number
Of machines necessary to the program
could be built
The building of the airplanes will
give work to the various manufac-
turers of the country who have pre-
pared to fill government orders but are
idle because the orders have not been
received. Also hundreds of men who
are anxious to join the air service, but
have hitherto been denied the privil-
eye, now can start training.
| The four transcontinental routes
will be named the Woodrow Wilson
Airway, the Wright Brothers Airwav,
the Langley Airway and the Chanute
and Bell Airwav. These will be con-
neeted, it is understood, by intercon-
Meeting air routes, the principal ones
of which will be named for other pi-
oneers in flying and government Of
feials who have contributed to the de-
velopment of aeronautics.
| The Woodrow Wilson Airwav is a
straight line from New York to San
Francisco, touching Cleveland, Toledo,
! Chicago and other important cities on
the way to San Francisco. The straight
line has been generally approved be
cause it represents the best principle
of air travel, which can be done in a
straight line, as the aviators can make
their own route, flying over all OBJ
structions.
The Wright Brothers Airwav starts
from Washington, going through North
Carolina, the state where the Wrights
made the historic first flight, through
Georgia, Alabama, Missippi. Louisiana.
Texas, with station at San Antonio
where an aeroplane Ga Wright ma
chine) was used for the first time in
history under conditions approximate
ling warfare, then through New Mex
leo, Arizona, ending at San Diego
lCal
The Langley Airway, it is proposed
should start in Washington and enc
at Los Angeles
Tho Granite and Bell Airwav is K
extend from Boston, Mass. to Seattle
touching Albany, New York. Syracuse
Rochester, Erie, Buffalo, Detroit, Gran,
Rapids, Minneapolis, Bismarck, Grea
Falls, Mon. and other cities along til,
route.
In naming the Chanutc and Bell Air
way there is implied recognition Of no
I. only the two pioneers, Octave Chan
ut and Alexander Graham Bell. bn
also Mrs. Bell. whose financial snppor
to the Aerial Equipment association i
l9o7-l9oS made possible the cxperi
ments which resulted in Glenn II. Gun
tisS and j. \. d. McCurdy taking a
active part in the development o
aeronautice
The Atlantic Airwav will extern
from Bangor, Me-, 10 Key West, Fla
and viii touch every important cit
on the Atlantic seaboard. The Gul
hrway will extend from Kew West t
the mouth of the Rio Grande. follow
ing the coast and touching every in
port2nt city on the Gulf seaboard TIL
Pacific Airway viii extend from Sa
Diego TO Puget Sound. following tn
coast line, touching every city on tn
Pacific seaboard