Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16
j. S. AIRPLANES
NOW IN FRANCE
Thirteen Hundred American
Made Crafts Aiding the
Fight for Liberty.
1000 LIBERTY ENGINES
Machine Proves Worth But
Has One Handicap-Dan-
ger of Fire.

WASHINGTON, June 15.-Thir-
teen hundred airplanes, made OF
American materials by American
mechanis IN French factories, arc
now operating with the American
army in France. or these 323 are
'2combat planes. Up TO May IL, IA
bombing airplanes were made In this
country. In the week following "a
were turned out and in the succeed
ing week 81 were produced, Win
production now constantly increas-
Ing. Five hundred and sixty-one
Liberty airplane engines have been
delivered to the United states army.
4S0 to the United States navy and
more than nine hundred to the allied
armies, a total OF two thousand pro
duced to date.
In the last four weeks a substi-
tute for the castor oil used Tor ar
plare lubrication has been found
that utilizes 10 per cent Of castor
oil and 80 per cent OF the raw oil
for use in the Liberty engine.
Army Air PERSONAL
These facts developed Tuesday in
hearings on the new army appro-
priation bill calling for S1,000,0O0,-
600 for aviation. Other facts de-
veloped in the debates included
these:
There are 12.017 officers. 136,761
enlisted men and 4.05i flyers in
the aviation section OF the signal
corps, with 1916 airplanes in France
and 3,760 in this country.
Single-seated pursuit planes are
being made In France, while the
combat and bombing planes are be-
ing made in this country and
equipped with Liberty engines.
one hundred and seven de liaVl-
land bombing planes have been
made and completed in this country.
The causes for delay in produc,,
ton are due to changes suggested
freqGently by cur forces and the
allies abroad.
OF the s650.0oo,ooO appropriated
for airp,anes, $2t6,517,Q00 has been
spent for the airplanes In France
and this country, the 27 training
fields and for engine parts, etc,
while the balance is obligated for
airplanes, special clothing. trans
ports, etc.
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The average price of a plane Is
5000 and OF the engine 1880 to
5000.
There are 191 bombing schools
145 pursuit schools and IS observ-
er's schools. Flying officers in this
country number 1905 and sbroad
1880. making total of 6,21l
There are 6,506 non-flying officers
~. o Dhr n
total of 1864. There are 2,9SJ
country and 2,04A abroad, a total
of 5,037.
In the week ending April q we
shipped through the various fac
tories 10 primary training planes,
seven combat planes, 24l primary
training planes, 10S advanced train
ing engines, Sc Liberty engines.
Money expended up to May 23 for
planes, propellers. etc. included for
planes, propellers and spare parts
average per plane, $1,000, $1S6,154,-
369.79: for engines and spare parts,
average price. 1850 to $1,000 each,
s240,S03,1 176.65; balloons, $780,
20i.54; machine guns. ammunitions
and bombs, S2S,496,912.S3; general
equipment, including instruments,
$32,76S,733.47; and clothing S2,5lg,-
S24.79. This brings the total Of obt
legations to $3.50,
The Duesenberg company in New
Jersey started TO equip for manufac-
ture OF Liberty engines. They were
ordered to change, after equipment
was completed, for the manufacture
OF Bguati engines. Soon after get
ting ready for this work, another
order by cable from abroad counter
manded the manufacture of Bugai
engines and advised manufacture Of
Liberty engines. Sull later another
cablegram directed the manufacture
OF the Bugati. These various orders
each created immense expense and
delay.