The sun., 1918-01-11
US. AIRPLANES
| READY BY JULY
Training Machine Require
ments to Be Fully Supplied
Within Two Weeks.
WORKING WITH ALLIES
Same Standards Adopted
Liberty Motors and Material
Being Shipped Abroad.
WORKING WITH ALLIES
Sp,ciai Dcspdtch 10 TnE II

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. - Within two
weeks the production of standardized
training airplanes 10y the United States
Aircraft Production Board will be in
excess OF the requirements Of the thou
sands Of recruits at the American train
ing camps. Within THE same period de-
livery OF advanced training planes. which
are duplicates Of the battle and scout
planes to be used on the battle front. will
begin, and within ninety days the output
will meet the requirements Of the men in
training. These facts were brought out
to-day in the first report Of the Aircraft
Production Board of the United States,
Of which Howard Colin is chairman.
According to the report the Aircraft
Board in June required from one 10
three weeks to deliver a properly author
lied contract to manufacturer after
details of negotiation had been settled.
To-day only few hours are needed. In
this connection the report says tho
siowDesS Of the Government departments =
in paying for goods delivered has been
q contractors complaint OF long stand
ing. For sixty days past. in the dis
account properly presented has remained
unpaid longer than one day after the de-
livery OF the material"
In part the report says; We have
seen and heard much of the proposal
of 100000 airplanes' tn be provided by
the United States within the next year
In a country where one great industry
produces a million and half motor
cars per year the fabrication Of a hun
drcd thousand planes might seem easy.
but actual figures based upon three
years OF practical experience in the war
show that there are now between forty
and nfty men OF the auxiliary services
required for each active machine at the
front.
Requirements StaERerinx.
t'if this same ratio should he adhered
| 10 IL our service IT would mean that
some four million mon would he re.
qnlred IN our aeronautical department
on foreign soil between our ports Of de.
barkaticn and the fighting front.
Even though this number OF mer
! could be reduced by 50 per cent bv in.
creased efficiency and standardizatio,
the number required is still staggering
consider also the overseas transporta
zion problem as related to material ONLY
! ana without reference 10 personnel an,
! its maintenance. The TRANSFORMATION n
I finished planes. properly cratel wi.l
7 the necessary spares, acccs sorics an,
/ equipment. is in itself a serious pfoblcn
! in view OF the situation in ship ton
mage"
IN" report sets forth that soor af;c
the board took up its work "A military
technical and industrial mission wa
sent TO EUROPE. and as a result a seven
. fold policy OF aircraft production for I'M
country was mapped out.
This policy provides for the estab
lishmcnt OF twenty four training sta
Tons. half OF which arc in operation
toordinatinS with the Allies. standard
iza'ion In types designs and material
was accomplished. standardize
training machine was designed and an
proved by the War and Navy Depa ri
melts. The enlistment equipment an
training Of filers and mechanics has bee
carried forward in strict accordance wit
the schedule of needs recommended b
the Joint navy and army technical com
mittee.
Fighting Machines Purchased.
RAW and seni-1nishcd materials, in
cludng the new Liberty motor. are be
ing sent to the Allies. Sufficient fight
pcditicrary forces in France have bee
purchased from the Allies, The Allie
Will provide the American force wit
several thousand machines.
The last measure OF the policy call
for the completion and delivery at shit
ping points on July ! next of as man
machines, including combat and bomt
ing types as can he shipped abroad
In telling OF the boards cooperatio
with the Allies tho report says;
Every policy in the development {
the American air services has been d,
cided upon recommendation of our tecl
nical advisers In daily consultation
allied countries and under advice Of a
interallied stan Of half hundred e,
perts assigned to our air service in III
United States"