The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-03-28


Tf5s=sssA I'll ONDON.-Here in England
HNktVEIIll the aircraft makers are busy
HfNWENH night and day getting ready
RtfzzN&zzl for that great boom in the
-y-@ airplane business that is GO
ing to come just as soon as
the peace treaty Is signed.
America, 1t is generally agreed, forms
the most fertile field for the develop
ment of commercial aviatlon-passen-
ger traffic and freight carrying. AT
least one British concern--Handley
Page, Limted-is willing to cooperate
with American manufacturers.
Lord Weir, the British air minister
expects the parliament to consider and
pass code of rules the first Laws
of the Air." that have been prepared
by the leading men In the aviation In
dustry.
The next step Will be the formation
Of an international flying convention,
by a committee that will probably be
appointed by the peace conference.
1T Will be appreciated" Lord Weir
has just declared, that until this con-
vention Is signed and this domestic
legislation becomes operative there can
be no flying at all, either internatieh-
ally or In this country"
In the meantime there are at least
100000 men and women working every
day here In the airplane and airship
factories And the British air minis
try is expecting to remain In business
as part of the government, with some
changes perhaps, but still as an active
force to promote aviation In peace
times.
This Is only part of the preparation
that is being made here for widespread
passenger traffic and rapid transporta-
ton of mail by means of airplanes.
The other preparatory effort that Is
now under way Is the marking off,
through Europe and Asia. of interna-
tional alrways that will prove most
practicable for the era of aerial pas
senger traffic soon to come.
Pars-London Line Sure.
1t seems settled fact that one of the
first routes that will see air traffic is
the London-Paris trip across the Eng
fish channel, now requiring at least
twelve to fourteen hours.
Airplanes on military missions dur
ing the past few months have been
taking passengers and delivering them
at Paris In two hours and there is no
reason to believe that civilian passen-
ger traffic will not be carried on the
same quick schedule-possible before
the early summer months. The fare
Will be high at first. Later, when more
machines are available and competition
becomes factor it will be possible to
fly to Paris Mt treble the cost of land
and water transportation say $50 or
even less The first charges, the fare
now under consideration for the first
flights, will be approximately SIS, a
sum that will prove prohibitive to all
except wealthy travellers.
Members Of the British air ministry
are confident the American liberty mo-
tor will take a prominent part In com
mercial aviation.
Here In England" lieutenant col
onel at the air ministry said 1--WE are
naturally fond of the Rolls Royce en-
CINE. We know, nevertheless. that
the Liberty motor is fine piece Of
workmanship and that 1t can be pro-
duced much more rapidly than the
Rolls Royce engine, which has some
thing like two thousand separate parts
We were mighty glad to get Liberty
motors for the bombing machines that
t.xI
German lines because it was impossible
to produce Rolls Royce motors rapidly