The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-27
Save Up" For an Air Jiney
THEY'LL Be Common AS Autos After the War
Clerks to Ride to Work Through
Air., Says Aero Head
BY FREDERICK. M. KERRY

Dy T nGOCTiSFN' VI. ~ I'hS'
New York, Aug. 27.-'The airplane
is going to become as common as the
automobile Winged jitneys will be
an every day sight The tremendous
development Of flying brought about
by the war is going to revolutionize
travel when peace comes. The train
ing of hundreds OF thousands OF air
men will populate the air lanes with
'"air limousines." air boats, winged
li2zies,' and "air jitneys."
This is the conclusion draw from
q talk with Alan r.. HaWley, presi-
dent OF the Aero club of America, first
to come to the aid OF the government
when war made necessary the sudden
expansion of The airplane forces.
"Certainly we will have the air jit-
ney' after the war;" said HaWley. BE
fore the war, aeronautics was looked
upon as at best only an expensive
sport, with not real utilitarian pur-
pose. Few believed in the future OF
the airplane as a commercial carrier,
or weapon OF war;
Now HaWey is looking forward
to the time when the bank clerk
or small farmer can lead his little
tin ar-Iizzie out Of the hangar in
the attic and rattle away, kicking
UP a little cloud-dust in the faces
Of the aristocratic occupants of
some more pretentous ar-Iimou-
sine.
1.-THE war" he went on, "has taught
everybody the utility of aircraft. We
are going to use the air much more
than we ever dreamed of before the
intensive development caused by the
war.
"The British government, for in
stance. spent $515,o00,OoO last year for
aeronautics and is spending about one
billion dollars this year Our own
government has appropriated $780,
100000 for aeronautics, nearly $780,
100000 10 g. into the actual manu-
facture OF aircraft. That means ap-
proXimate!y LOCO planes this year.
England is turning out about 10000,
and the other allies almost as many.
|. Great Britain has about 100000
aviators, pilots. operators, mechanics
and assistants We will train 10000
aviators this year but the numbers
in all the nations will be rapidly in
creased.
when The war ends there Will be
not only a rem ondouS number OF
seryiceable aircraft of all kinds, but
also q large number Of thoroughly
trained airnle I-and, OF course, vast
factory equipment.
None of this viii De junked, you
may be sure ! certain proportion of
the equipment and men will be kept
in military. aryice, but there will be
a tremendous number OF men avail
able as commercial aircraft pilots:
"Cf course air mail routes will be
established. Our own post office has
plans already drawn for over 200 such
routes.
"As to the private use OF planes it
goes without saying very many men
will have their private machines.
..As matter Of fact the 'jitney air
bus or rather sair limousine ii | may
coin the term, is nothing new. At the
first Pan-American Aeronautic exposi-
ton here in FEBRUARY, the Curtiss peo-
pie exhibited an auto-piano with
fuseIage constructed exactly on the
automobile type, the motor located in
the forward part of the machine as
in automobile practice. four wheels on
the car. and with wing span of 40
feet. This machine, with it's glass
enclosed body, is an ideal pleasure car
for running around in the air.
'if we are inclined to minimize
it's possibilities, we ought not to
forget that the first 'horseIess car
rage excited the same kind OF
surprise and the same predictions
that it was merely a rich mans
fad. Some Henry Ford Of the
aerorauticaI world will get the
price down where almost anybody
will be able to have his private
aircar.'
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