The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-05
Representative of British Concern
Makes Proposition to Govern
ment-DecIares Only Three
Days Necessary For
Voyage

New York, July 3.-To build air
planes in this country to win the wal
by dropping nightly $4,000 tons Of ex
plosives in enemy territory, and to
fly them across the Atlantic ready fol-
action, was the offer, indorsing the re
Gently suggested transatlantic flight
plan made recently by w. H. Work
man, an American, who Is special
representative of Hadley- Paige, Ltd.
of London. He offers also to make
the first fight to demonstrate the
ability of the super-Hadley-Paige aer
ial dreadnought to make the voyage
He wants to build 10000 Of the ma
chimes for the American government
and have them flown across to
France, with the idea Of defeating
Germany by the middle Of next year
Il am prepared to make the first
trip with one of the present type OF
Handley-Paige machines, one OF
which arrived in this country few
days ago, just as soon as the Govern
ment places at the disposal of our
organization the engines to install the
machines" he said yesterday at the
Aero Club of America. I will use
one American pilot, Clifford B. Prod
ger, and one British pilot, Col. Savory,
who piloted the same type Of ma
chine from London to Constantinople
year ago."
Makes Offer To United States
Mr. Workman said he had written
to the War Department Of Military
Aeronautics submitting proposition
to make enough airplanes in this
country by April LIST next ITO defeat
the Germans within thirty to sixty
days If we start now"
"And every one Of these machines
can be delivered in France under its
own power" he added, carrying with
1t its full military load of bombs, guns
and men, without single ton or Gu.
bic foot Of shipping space being used
If we make up our minds to do it, go
at it and accomplish it! I do not
advocate the construction of a spe
cial machine, as some designers have
done in order to make the first trir
across the ocean. II 1t cannot be
done with a standard production job
1t is an impractical undertaking. The
machine l propose putting into pro
duction for this work is the Handley
Paige aerial SUPERINTENDENT, ant
for military reasons l am not per
mitted to give the specifications
which would convince any one Of the
feasibility of flying the Atlantic.
"The route propose taking II
from Newfoundland to the Azores
thence to Portugal and France. Fl
nancial, business and production mel
in production centers such as Cleve
land, Buffalo, Detroit, and Crane
Rapids, have assured me their fac
tories can do certain amount of thu
work necessary to produce 10000 o
these aeroplanes, deliveries to star
by December 1, 1918, and all to be II
France by April l, 1919, provide,
they receive word before August Is
to proceed with installation of tn
machine tools and jigs necessary.
Could Drop Much Explosives
These machines would be able t
drop nightly $4,000 tons of explosive
on German lines of communicate
BRIDGES, ammunition dumps an
plants and fortified places. To gras
what this means, it is equal to $500
of the largest shells fired by the BIZ
gest guns yet constructed-our i
inch coast guns. But while the e,
IRENE trajectory Of such a gun ca
ries shell weighing ton about thi
ty miles, the Handley-Paige aeri'
dreadnought will easily carry fro
Paris to Berlin several times the d
structive power Of one il such shell
and do it nightly week in and wee
out. And at the end of thirty or 81
ty days If there were anything left
the Germans they would cry +
peace. While doing all this ca,
machine with the strong armament
will carry will be able to defend itst
against all attacks.
Each month will see Eastern doc
congested with aerial and other W
materials waiting for ships. o
only solution is to build planes a
fly them across. l do not think s
gle machine need be lost If the p
gram is properly organized and m,
aged.
Three Days for Trip
"These machines can be lan(
safely in France within three d.
from the time they leave the erect
shops in this country. The
days fight would take them