The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-05-09

- Gianni Caproni, the italian engin-
eer who is the genius responsible
for the Caproni plane has no hestancy in giving
the Wright brothers and Doctor Langley of Amer
lea the fullest credit for making and developing
the first practical airpanes and states frankly that
he was a kind of pupil of the great Americans.
Here is what Caproni has developed from the
American planes invented by Langley and the
Wrights, according to American officers in Turin
who are working with Caproni planes: Caproni
has perfected machine that will carry something
like 5000 pounds of weight five hours fuel supply,
and with Liberty motors, American made, climb
5000 feet in six minutes With giant machine
like this Italian aviators are making plans to fly
across the Atlantic during the present year.
They may cross from Africa to Brazil or may
attempt the North Atlantic flight. They realize In
Italy, as well as in France and England and Amer
lea. that the first machine to accomplish the At
lantic flight viii win laurels eternal and you
take it for granted that the Italians fully appreci
ate the value OF the advertising they viii get If
they cross the Atlantic first. And they have also
q very high appreciation of the glory they will
achieve, because, like Americans, they people
that love to accomplish the seemingly impossible
for the sheer JOY of doing it.
While big Caproni planes are being tested out
in the north of Italy In the attempt to find ma
chine sound and perfect for the gruelling test It
win get flying overseas the Caproni plant at Milan,
an immense institution, is finishing its first COM
merclal airplanes which have comfortable cabins
for the passengers. The interior Of an air-cabin,
as completed in the Caproni works, looks very
much like the inside of finely finished street car,
except that it is somewhat more crowded together.
II you had visited Milan during the winter you
probably would have seen the first Capr0ni pas
senger plane 6O0-horsepower affair capable of
carrying II persons, making its trial flights over
town The Capron works are in the outskirts of
Milan-and the I~ianese are justly proud OF the
accomplishments of Gianni Caproni.
I talked with Americans who have been taken
mn IN the Caproni planes. They declared the big
machines start off slowly without nerve-racking
lars and after running few score yards take the
ar IN n stable fashion that goes long way toward
reassuring the amateur making his first hight.
Worldwide Traffic Predicted
Passenger and freightcarrying Capronis are be-
Ing built in three sizes. The first type which is
the one that has been flown repeatedly over Miah'
is the smallest of the three In the shops the nm
ishine touches are being put on machine tnaI
will carry % passengers This is the middlesized
nlane. The large machine the type that viii at
ten,Dr the Atlantic flights monster. II IS capa-
ha 81 carrying 100 persons and its passenger cabin
is being made as comfortable as Q Pullman car
with padded chairs and handsome veneer fnisnngs
for the walls. -oo
ma largest planes are fast. They can make luU
miles, m hour when going at top speed And u y
evnerted that on long-dstance flights they VIII
make the fastest railroad trains seem slow means
Of travel. -. r.ars
f,anronf believes that within very few years
49,, world win Be covered with air lines through
,.,,,ch messenger planes viii fly and over which
rons Of hiah-class freight macnipes
IN tansrt mail and certain kinds Of freight at
-atas that compare fayorahly with the charges
made bv the railroad companies Tor performing INC
sumo service. s.-,..,,,a - IN,
Islands now isolated from the mainands q tne
world WIN be easily and regularly reached Wnen
tha regime Of air traffic gets under way Oaplola
declares. Z. 49,. oroo+as :
white fhe peace conference u Pars creates
lao o,a ~ nations to handle matters OF intefnauon
Il ir+oreat such es freedom of the seas ana 1res
~, s ~, air the manufacturers OF airplanes WIN
hs~s "a chance TO get ready for internauonai ny
ing. =. r<,v,aon ana ike
49, $500. and American leaders IN the aircran
'..as saels that most predictions about inc ~
t,,1 y a.sat3o are more or less modest wnen sou
ste = The promises Of the aircraft manu-
facturers with their actual
the war. .,..area atghfs were
ss-t,,aY,. ,,nlxnown Just as soon as the sa'us Z.
,ssssst x,as realized. every warning nanon sVa
- h,ss,y machines and previous records Wels
smasld almost daily. During tne va
complIshed time after time wnas nay 20 s. 5000;
been considered impossible hen sne 800 cs,,,
ia allied nations including Amerea' W. ,,,,a
etlnp Al aircraft building prosEam ~ IL, 80
have mt such neet of bomb carriers = '.a s,ss
that berlin IKE Mannheim copienH anu ''s