American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-04-04
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huut for the niles. The impression got ABOUT
TINT lighter than air ships were failures peI"uoo
the Zeppeiins failed In their raids lhoio
doubt on this subject In the British ar mihsus,
There It is known positively that IN ="
dlrlgible Is just beginning
An immense amount or antisupulu'i"u "a,
Inc md convoy escortinR was done ny ulrisi"'0,
during the last year of the war "A Gnu" ~
nlrshlp stations was maintained right arounu ~
const OF England, from Muhloh III Ooin""
around Scotland to Pembroke a mrRo 49,
~ hostile submarines were either put out OF NC
t,on or actually destroyed by bombing othe'
suhs yer. located by the air men ana the IN
formation passed along to the destroyers in'
knew we'll enough how to handle the Nhaer'se"
murderers,
II was In convoy escortlng that airships showed
tbeIr specIel advantages over alrplhnes' Inc
a,rshIn with its big bag of gas to Keep II up
could 90 very slowly, keeping nm even pace win
tho TRANSPORTS below. loaded with American sol
dIcrs. II could stay ut amy given height whhe
It's lookouts searched the sea Tor mines ana suos'
Can Cross Atlantic In FIFTY Hours
nur,rg the war one British alrship made a
- lasting 40 hours and 80 minutes, and since
tho ormistice this record has been beaten by II
trim Of al hours. With such reliable data MS TINS
IN work on the air experts hgure that crossing
the Atlantic is going to be a fairly easy Jon,
since there are in existence today ulrlgloies that
hnye n speed OF more than so miles an hour, which
Ollu w hNN'
t,ouors nv,np 10 reach New York,
Az present the British builders are specializing
80 ,wn hip ilghter.than-air types. The first Is Of
oho,t the same size ms the largest Zeppelin,
n,huo tho second type, the one that will have a
% ooo-mie cruising range, Is -FOUR times as large
os tho largest Zeppelin ever built.
rmooIne nm airship with a gas bag 1,1oO feet
80 longer than the Mauretania and higher
,hon the woolworth building were the dirigible
80, on end. Inside this bag 10,0o0,oOo cubic feet
= ., vos will be carried, capable OF lifting 200 tons
4 !, freight and passengers In addition to the
l. ro,cht Of tho operating machinery. Plans fol
y W. craft make provision for saloons, drawint
. roors smoking rooms, and a roof garden
,SnIch may be reached by an elevator. The es
a ,,nated speed is OK miles an hour,
when the German Zeppelin l. 20 was bull
u xas predicted that she would be the larges
=, bar kind. vet the new British Goliath OF tn
air has ouadrupled the capacity OF the German
A. compared TO the "ten million ship tn
I. thar british type Is somewhat Of nm infant sine
sha can carry but so tons OF luggage and pa
~ sonvera and can travel only 1000 odd mile
!, ,y,,hout descending for a fresh supply OF gas,
no line and oil.
,e Best for Long Distance Flights.
no with these possibilities In aerial travel virtual
go realized. IL Is conceded here that the dirigthI
must take first place as a long-distonce pa
sanger carrier. Heavier than air machines wi
ne built In considerable numbers, and will con
IN into a very large use. but IN all probability the
=, win be utilized mainly for flights that aggrega
into the hundreds of miles rather than into u
ur thousands. The a~irplanes special advantages W
he made use of where certain routes are to