The Washington times., 1918-04-17


not twenty-five fifty thousand such machines uactured
be the right kind of United States flock to send
above the Germans?
These machines can be made for less than $1,000 each
in quantities for less than half that sum- with proteerlg
cut out With the first 600 appropriated for flying
machnean appropriation that leaves the Germans undis
tubed faryou could build than $4,000 flying ma
chimes like this
Three hundred and fifty thousand such machines could
carry trip and distribute above the German army
on German cities 105,0O0000 POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVES
at one trip
Would it not be WISE beginning with 25 900 or 10000
Of these machines carrying from 100000 to
pounds of dynamite trip to work up rapidly as
possible really big flock of these aerial dynamite carriers?
Would the Germans have advanced quickly in this
last offensive $4,000 of these flying machines loaded with
dynamite had been flying above their heads?
Do you say that the fast or high-powered German
chimes would destroy such flock of United States Aerial
Fords? Possibly German machine guns destroy infantry
Yet for purpose you send men on foot against the machine
And the few high hpowered Prussian flying against
5000 $4,000 of these machines could do little few
hawks against great flock Of migrating brdsdamage i'm
perceptible and unimportant.
And the allies would have their small flock of crack
avators and high powered flying machines circng the
outskirts of the United States army flock of flying fvvers
fighting off the swift, powerful Prussian fiers.
The engines in this flying machine not made like
chronometer made by hand.
If they were there would not be million Ford in
the United States and the automobile problem would not be
solved here-as it is solved.
Henry Ford produce engines for this machine at the
raGe OF Two thousand a Gay.
That would supply engines for thirty thousand flying
machines month
If the aircraft gentlemen had started year ago
make these machines they could have enough France
to backen the sky above the German army and this drive
would not have been started
The Liberty Motor engineers may look with this
picture and explain that the machine would be worthless
They would have done the if few years ago you
had shown them Ford car-before the Ford demon
sratedand had told them that it would do the work
of the United States.
What the Ford has done on the ground this machine
could do In the arcrudey roughly dangerously perhaps
But it would DO it.
This machine would do the work of the United States
army dropping tens OF millions of pounds of explosives on
German fighters and German towns, daily.
Many of these machines would be wrecked many avi-
ators klled-undoubtedy. But running of these ma
chimes would be than work in the trenches or in the in
fany charging against bayonets shrapne and poison gas
These machines would fly above the poison gas and
above the treby poisonous PrussaL and drop their
heads the only argument that they understand.
There nothing expensive about this flying ivver "
glory OF any craft genius glorious experimenting
g1neer able to do almost anything BUT help solve the
fighting flying machine problem.
The Aircraft Art Department complains of lack of
linen You do not need linen for THESE machines Cotton
properly prepared, will do you get for the engine
castor OIL which is scarce something else will do If
you cannot get particular kind of wood you can make
1t of another.
If you make perfect and safe make it imper
feet and unsafet will still drop dynamite Prussians
1t won't develop glorious ace ers to have their pic
lures printed 1t only go up about me-almost
visible at that height by the wayit only go little
faster than fifty miles hourbut fast enough
take and rain dynamite Prussan regiments foot on
horseback or in automobiles
This picture printed for the President of the United