Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
BIG LINERS NOW
AIRPLANE BASES
Immense IIulls Workshop and
Hangers for Winged
Vessels.
fLiERS EASY OF LAUNCHING
Il. Walter Tells How It Feels
to BE High in Air over
Grand Fleet.
fLIERS EASY OF LAUNCHING

N\ BOARD IT, NJ S uEECU-
LIES SOMEWHERE " ES1 pt
- SrEI. Having seen tle Graud
fleet Inn is mystery ut might 1nd ~
It's ,plpudor of dar. there Wls only ono
other view / honrd fpi "a hrd.s c}"
view from basket or plane. knew
that the flVing branch of the service.
liIc that Of the under water Cratl an'
indeed eNerythng connected with n7
wa against submarines WhS q thuSl-
Of carefully guarded secrets. But ="
IA. is had seemed that one hhd "ul'
1, mention casually the wish io Visit
n shin or Witness some part ot lh"
feet. activities and "a II Icy magic
messenger came in with 'sisrcf
tnyitlng one on the coveted ,rip. So
Thad mentioned the fleet of nit SER
r. ships that iay not far from oui
gauadron that day THIS m1ruinS
received q signal to q" on procu'e
cruise from the captain and officers
of one of those ships.
famous tor hcr trans 4 Ihntic Geo.. IDS
now rmrecognizabIe from outside nnd
entirely strange within. Conc were
the luxurious cabins and even the sp'-
-t,Us saloons except that one or lh'
Natter had been turned iutD "ep1r
-hop aud. crowded with machinery,
an aeroplnuc factory 50 thoroiN
equipped was IL that WIS tol0 80 =
no matter how severely damaged
Jlcne might he, provided IL was worth
repairing, the wlrl, was done th"t"
ON board one great opc1 wei was
the seaplonc hangar capable Of hous-
Ing many monsters with folding wtu|S
be sides flock OF litth Zeppelin chaS-
ers Another huge well space was D.,
mass Of ncttcd silk hillowiug In the
breeze rs first saw IT, Tn" ucct
snace around both these wells was
10 erely a narrow balcony. Above this
deck. by an ingenious reconstruction
of finn1lS an extensive -tarun@
ground had been provided, slopins tol
'he bows Of the ship.
New Fra Dauns.
It seems only yesterday tina, tns
world was thrilled with the account
of Ely's firs; flight from the dccN
cf n ship at Sca--ouly five Years ace.
f. was when the war came n cut
tain fell over the progress OF naval
aviation, not to be entirely iifted un-
~ the war is over But it ~ well
Known that planes and balloons oi
ell kinds have now become ~ inn
pnrtant factors in sea fighting ~
they are on land An entirely new
type of vessel has been dcN cl"rcd, the
deck OF which can not only be used
for starting but also Cor landing. a
very much more difficult feat "a
dc Il suCcc .sfulN with the heavy
tyne of machines used al SEA. whose
wings extend beyond each side of the
mother ship. involves rapid. auto
matte calculations ot the relations r"-
tween the speed aud direction or the
plane. Of The wind, and OF the ship.
Even starting has It's surprises, ac-
Customed as every nu al pilot is to-
taking a running leap into space. If
the nose OF the ship is not holding
stright into the wind. some allowance
has 20 he made ny the pilot In his
short run. too much may mean
tumble over one side OF tho diving
board. too little a tumble over the
other side, 4 strong wind ahead II
essential 10 getting the wheels OFT
the deck i'm time to clear the ships
bows. this wind can be partly reEu-
lated by the speed Of the ship. iut
however strong the wind. the ship
mus, he kept dead against it and the
wind may be so strong and the run
of the plane ia So short that it Is
sometimes race between ship aud
plane.
Plane Easily Launched.
ON one flight something that n
iRndsnau would call a gale was blow
ing The plane started and rolled
slowly down the deck against the Wind
toward the jumping OF place slowly.
that u.s. I'm relation to the movement
OF the ship. II left the deck half
WAY down he slope and rose hN inches
obuyc the deck, but without making
Ruy apprcciahle progress forward. AS
81 rose and held It's position above TIE
deck its running gear eight tat mo
tor car wheels ON b1lls-fcll ON the
deck instead Of into the sea. As is the
practice, there to be picked up by ur
attendant tug Then, to the horror ot
those on the bridge. it was seen that
the plane was slowly drifting back.
that I'm spite OF the minimum speed
the ship was i'm relation % the wind,
moving more swiftly than the plane.
Slowly the plane came nearer TO the
bridge. rising slowly, too. but not fast
enough 20 clear the bridge, let alone