The Holly chieftain., 1919-01-02
BRIGHT future
FOR AVIATION
Given Consideration by
Many Eminent Men.
IN EXPLORATION AIRPLANE
BRINGS UNLIMITED SCOPE
transportation and Mail Services.
However. Seem to Offer Greatest
Fields for Development Of Utility
Of the Flying Machine In Future.

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Far seeing men, who have given
much thought to aerOnautics, find
in the development of aviation a
tremendous factor for world prog
-ress.
Already our government is using
aircraft successfully in its mail ser
vice and such use of this new car
rier will be rapidly extended all
through the country and the entire
world.
1t has been announced that an
aviation section will shortly con-
stitute part of he equipment of the
police force of New York City, and
the employment of the airplane by
municipalities throughout the en-
tire world for various useful pur
poses seems imminent A plane fly
ing above burning building can
render invaluable aid in directing
the fire fighters and in protecting
adjacent property.
The value of airplanes in case OF
an emergency was demonstrated
during the recent catastrophe at
Morgan, N. j., when the burning
nunition plants, which threaten
ed to set on fire hundreds of tons
of INT, might have caused the en-
tire destruction of life and property
throughout thousands OF addition
al square miles of territory, includ-
ing New York and other cities, but
for the effective work accomplished
by aviatOrs
In connection with our forest re-
serves, 1.-THE airpIane will be of great
value since, by this means, it will be
possible effectively to patrol such
territory and promptly to locate
and check fires which now destroy
enprMloas quantities OF valuable
timber 1t is reported that Canada
is already arranging for the patrol
of her huge forests by airplanes.
While the United States already
has, it is believed, the best-organ-
lied life-saving establishment In
the world, there is no doubt that
even greater efficiency will be pos
sible by the use of airplanes in this
service.
In the field of exploration, the
airplane brings unlimited pOssibili.
ties, and the day Is close at hand
when there will no longer be any
isolated sections of the world.
The development of transporta
ton probably offers the most i'm
portant field for the utilization of
large numbers of planes, since. now
that flying has been so perfected as
to entail little or no danger, air.
craft will be rapidly adopted for
many business and pleasure pur-
poses.
In this connection, the following
airplane news items are OF interest:
The fact that airplanes can be
successfully navigated by compass,
even when aviators are shut off
from sight of land by cloud banks
and fog, has been clearly demon
strated by the flight made almost
entirely by compass, on Dec. 18th,
from Buffalo to New York City Ia
distance of 407 miles) by Capt. w.
P. Jacobs, with Col. l.. w. Mcintosh
as q passenger, in three and one
half hours.
Capt. Benjamn b. Lipsner, who
recently resigned as superintendent
OF the U. s. Aerial Mail service, has
Just announced the formation OF a
syndicate, with sl,0OO.O0O capital,
which proposes to inaugurate, on
May Is, 1919, the first American pass
cnger and express service. Mr.. Lips
-ncr's statement indicates that the
airplanes to be used will have al
capacity of 40 passengers: that the
rates will be reasonable: tnat the
company win carry its own insur-l
ance, and that regular schedules are
to be maintained and rebates paid
for every minute the planes are
late. While details are lacking as
to the kind of planes to be used
and also as to the cities between
which the proposed lines are to be
established the announcement is
sufficiently definite to arouse much
interest Undoubtedly the next II
months will witness much progress
in the inevitable cOmmercialization
OF the airplane and also OF aircraft
Of the Zeppelin type.