Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-04
WILL CARRY MAILS
AIRPlANE SOON
sfa@ag San Is Considering plasss
sa Gftssssaga. tfsssa fava
SERVES.
To MAKE TRAP IN Q HOURS


Pre- gass.
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as gtss essas @'sass as'paYfasssRt wass have
distressed slss psesgsss possibilities ~
aerial saass transportation with AtEs@gi-
sas representatives ef thn setease of
asglat aaYigAGian sad age asaasssi taat
Mss YsFk s5eag5 service is practical
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ilhsl bsssssn the swo largest AlaegI-
gan tstste& aoalts he eight hours.
tsfsatA American promoters have
proposed definite plans Ear the fnsln-
tsnanse on regular ses,estale or taia
air trunk .llaa for the ,rlaiis. They
pptst uat that f'tsse siiEhts Of Ruth Law
ansi Victor tsarlstruta we're sfsness more
eittfsetiit aud remarkable than tiie rsga.
lar trips aa aFe planning. They had
no help aioftg Tie route, whereas Wa
would provide everything that ear be
tl6ags,t Of"
Ono plan Involves emergency sta
ttoae every ~ miles, saseh equipped
with powerful lights, tsso landing sta
sions. aud oae raiay station. The
planes would leave the two sss1nsat at
q p M. and deliver the mail before o
a, III. the following day. Under The
tsieet favorable conditions. the mall
would reach destination by midnight.
From 500 te 1000 pounds Of ioah or
searga' weuld be carried,
Lights 10 Guide Fliers.
Leaving New York at tsuak. the air
mali carrier would follow the lights
at The emergency stations TO the first
landing station which would be In the
vicinity Of Wiiltamspert, Pm, There.
Mt flying field fully equipped with
hangays. tools md spare parts, he
would stop for oil and gas, and would
then continue to the relay station near
Niles, Ohio. Here another machine
would finIsh the flight, landing once at
the second landing, near Napoleon.
Ohio. One extra machine with pilot
would be maintained at each. landing
station and three extra machines and
pilots al the relay station. Powerful
sessrchlights would mark the emer-
geacy stations and special lighting sys-
TENS illuminate the flying fields ut the
landing and relay stations. By the
use of searchilghts OF about S,o00 can
| die power equipped with acetyiene gns
tanks, IL liz stated that the pilots
would be able to see the lights when
several miles distant even in foggy
weather and would be compelled To fly
i In darkness under the worst conditions
only 10 or u minutes.
/ American authorities agree that the
development of rirplafie and Zeppelin
] navigation abroad incident 10 che war
hns been such as 10 promise very def
nftely the ultimate success OF both
types of machine as cross-cenntry car
riers. Heavy loads are carried. long
flights made md the war planes are
servieeable In practically all weather
The end of the war will release hun
gfrefis al aviaturs accustomed to face
regular duty In good and bad weather.
and viii bring about keen competition
In applying 10 commerce the dearly
horgh. experience ana knowledge
gained In the war. It Is foreseen that
4 I2-hMlr one, two or three-stop mai
4 service by airpiane between New Yori
: and Chicago, two-hour nonstop rur
/ between New York and Boston. three
hour nonstop service between Chicago
and ST. Louis, and even a 36-hour six
q stop service between New York ane
san Francisco, are no longer the mere
dreams of active imaglnations,
Airplanes 20 rrecede zepnelins.
Exact information Of the opportuni
ties offered by the zeppeiins seem Il
be lacking In this country. It seem.
likely that the people OF America vii
see the mails regularly carried by air
plane before zeppellns sail on sshedult
between the big cities Of this coun
Il try.
The introduction as an esstssss s5,aaissshiies Bib
feature of postal facilities Of such |
high-speed mall service, limited neces
sariiy as to weight, would raise tn!
question OF whether the service shouls
be classed separately and charged fo
on speciai basis. II would offer /,
medium Of communication midway be
tween Che present special delivery let
!. ter and the telegram. s5
The sugKestibn OF an air trunk-lln
y htstsrsssan ffta txrr n ariynSf t.;tfcs ~ III,