The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-10-10
FLYING AFTER
THE WAR

II
the affirmative. We not only shall b.
We are able.
The thousands who have read of tn
air battles in the last few month
have been wondering anew about tn
| use Of aircraft after the war. Their
will then be tens of thousands o
, trained aviators, tens Of thousands o
planes and numerous factories equip
ped for the production Of planes sn'
motors. With such a condition Their
is certain to be great development
Of flying. How far will this develop
ment go?
The development Of the motor ear II
sometimes compared with the develop
ment Of the airplane, and it is sug
gested that just as motoring in thu
early days was hazardous and engaged
in only by few persons, and later
became almost universal, SO there will
be corresponding growth in flying
Instead Of going out in the car in the
evening to cool off, the family will
get out the airplane and fly to neigh
boring towns and back after dinner.
Ed Hayes will be flying to Big Eddy
before breakfast and be back in time
for his wife to cook them for the
morning meal, and Sam Mcmillan will
jump into his DeHaviland when the
ducks fly high and run 'em down.
These speculations are fascinating,
but lead to exaggeration. Flying is
bound to be more or less hazardous.
The average motor car driver recalls
how often he has made errors in dri-
ing that were inexcusable. He has
started with the brakes on, or he has
tried to make hill on high and got in
to trouble, or he has let the water in
the radiator get low and has found his
motor sticking. The results were not
serious. He was on the ground, and
If he could not go on, at least he could
stop without damage. The aviator
faces a much more serious situation.
A mistake may be fatal. A few weeks
ago skillful Italian aviator started
from the ground at too acute an angle.
When he was 80 feet up his machine
stalled. just as an automobile might
on too steep a hill. But the worst the
automobile could do would be to back
down the hill. The airplane fell to.
the ground and the driver was killed.
Occasionally persons mind slips a
cog. In motoring such slip may be
unpleasant. In flying it may be dis
astrous.
1t may be set down as certain that
only a small percentage of persons
who drive automobiles have the neces-
sary qualities to make them successful
aviators.
That does not mean that there will
not be great expansion in the use
Of airplanes. There are large num-
bers who can fly with perfect safety.
They can use planes for various spe
cial purposes. The mail route from
Washington to New York is now OPP
Grating successfully and at moderate
cost. There ought to be great de-
velopment in the air post. 1t will be
useful where large numbers of i'm
portant letters require speedy trans
portation, and in inaccessible districts,
such as in Alaska and in mountainous
regions.
The airplanes may take the place Of
the special train for persons who
wish to reach destination in hurry
twenty four hours to go from Chi
cago to New York. He might go in
eight hours in an airplane 1t is
quite possible that regular airplane
routes might be oNerated between
important business centers.
Finally, there undoubtedly will be
development of the airplane for sport.
There are enough men and women
with the necessary requisite qualities
to drive plane safely to permit fly
ing TO become recognized means of
recreation; by no means on the scale
IF motoring. but like yachting.
In orded that these developments
shall be possible it will be necessary
% provide landing fields every few
niles on recognized air routes. There
s always the possibility that some
hing may go wrong with the motor
md that the aviator may have to glide
Town to earth 1t is all right if he has
, place to land. Orville Wright fig 7
Tres that there should be landing
ield every fifteen miles. II is pos
ible at height of mile, at which !,
most flying would be done, to coast : :
With dead engine about seven and a
'alf miles If there were a field \
very fifteen miles, well marked, the 3
viator would always be taken care Of .
n the event Of engine trouble
With the interest that will be taken I
a aviation, there ought to be no diff '
iculty in building up air routes with
be necessary fields. Indeed, the q
layton enthusiasts were at work on S
uch plan at the outbreak Of the war
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