New-York tribune., 1919-01-15
Mcspensire Flyaboufs

Perhaps the best indication of what we
may expect OF the aeroplane as a commercial
carrier is embodied in the present plans OF
the manufacturers of aircraft. Using the
past history Of the hcavier-than-air ma
chimes performance and their own expert
cncc and the experience Of tons of thou
sands Of Aiers under all imaginable circum-
stances and conditions basis. they arc
building various types OF aircraft More
than score of American and British firms
nave already built and are putting upon the
Mafket large numbers of sports models
lhcsc machines are single and double seat.
crs alter the type Of the famous Baby Nieu-
ports, Spads and British Sopwith Pups They
have a wing spread of anywhere from
seventeen to thirty feet The fusclage meas
ures between ten and twenty feet. Some
arc equipped with one small motor general
ing from twenty horse power up to forty
horse power. Most of these motors are up
right, like the. ones used on motorcycles.
Tie whole machine will not weigh more
than five hundred pounds, and these models
are able to fly at eighty to one hundred
miles an hour and make an average Of
twenty miles or more a gallon of gas.
Ine price of these will depend on the de-
mand, but most manufacturers believe they
VIII sell for five hundred to thousand dol
lars. These machines are SO small that
they can be landed on any road or field
Besides, the small amount of space tbov
occupy will make it possible to house them
ineNpensively and they can be used for anv
kind of cross country flying.
The second type of the sports model hos
wing spread of twenty-sx to thirtv-eipbt
feet These wings be folded back so
that the acroplane be housed in q
hangar ten by thirty feet, with ample room
tor the owner to work indoors on tho NM
chime. The fuselage is proportionatelv
larger than that on the smaller machine
This aeroplanc is equipped with q four-
cylinder upright motor or an air-cooled ro-
tary motor of the Gnome styIe with ,;no
or eleven cylinders, generating up to ninety
horsepower. Some also have two small
twenty horsepower engines geared to III.
one propeller so they can be throtted down.
or IN case one stalls the other can take the
n'ers TO their aerodrome without being
forced to land Some models have two mo-
tors on the smaller machines These air
craft VIII sell for about the price of
meulCm cost automobile.
Naturally no manufacturing industry can
exist without potential market. Aircraft
manufacturers are sure the majority of the
twenty thousand fiers and hundred tho,,
sand aero mechanics who have learned ,ho;u
trade IN the great war will want to fv citbar
machiEes OF their own or Of somebody el,.
or OF some trans aerial company. TIE aero
nautical engineers have therefore das;oraa
the sports type for the young fellows who
wish to race in the air, travel iron, cou,t,v
town to country town. rem lake "a ,;,or
or to commatc from country 10 city. si,c.
these machines fly faster than The sas.ss.
bird or Inc fee.est animal they will aeora
great sport fc. sunners. Indeed. ,hc n,.
ahinas Aavc already been uscd with snch
disastrous' effects rpon the bird that n,ar,
hunters say it is not good sportsmansbin -
aunt from them. "