New Britain herald., 1919-05-09
By Ralph T. Fol,oeH,
 U. s, W. R. r.

claI aeronautiCs If the pleP" nndar v,.v in oil tne leading countries of the globe can be taNs' criterion. . The rr,,,ad states Navy DepaT 'fnF''' , .o,- ", +be project of trans atlantic flying; and in t"e S-' ''
 ,&h otno, nations to be crst in 'fe ....,uar+ of so epoch-making sn achievement is bending every '>- ..o,,o+o aviation in all it's phases
 rr Erance, the government has " nigh commission on aeronaut'oS "o'> .,,e ceaseless;y to stimulate the eNten' .,,r oF inc use of airpianes In COIN nlerce.
 Tn rbts respect Italy, too, has con'- ..,s.i,r a+ work with a similar object in view
 Looking forward to word conqueSeS r.or, +he air Germany, despite her crippled condition, has established all a.,iators' league of boys Of from fifteen n e;pbteen and and is giving them practical training in flying at four marks year.
 From England comes the announce ment that the government has ar nlanes capable of carrying thirty pas sAn~ars and a crew of seven, travelling at 100 miles an hour at an altitude 2f ,o ooo feet and without a stop in H 1900 miles.
 Tn Spain, too, great activity has been begun to make commercial avia- ton a success.
 Tn Scandinavian countries an almost feverish interest in aviation has been aroused and congresses are discussing ways and means and judicial prob Ierns regarding aeronautics, and aerial transportation companies are being formed.
 Japan, of course, is not backward in this movement and expects to rank second to no otueI co"AAIAy HI coIu- nercial aviation.
 India, Australia and the big coun- tries of South America are likewise on the alert in this field. Little Belgium, mauled, mangled, ravaged and in ruins, has shown the grit it is made of by establishing an aerial intercity mail service.
 Following is a more detailed account of what the world is doing for its commerce in the air:
 Fifteen foreign countries actively engaged in commercial aeronautics! ITALY First. At Rome is quartered the Italian Permanent Commission O. Aeronautics," whose duties are to en courage and promote all forms or aero nautics in Italy.
 Second. Italy has four of thu worlds largest airplane plants-tht Caproni, Pomilio, Ansaldo and Fiat also more than twenty minor alrplah
 factories.
 Third. In the northern part ol llal
 are many factories manutacturih
 daily more than 5000 square miles O
 veneer wood exclusively for alrplane
 Fourth. The Permanent CommlS
 sion of Aeronautics" has issued
 through the Italian Bureau or Fuoii
 rnformation, this statement: That tr
 n1ans for the regular aeronaV1gauo
 CaDit9lS
 lied nations and that of the suosldlaf lines across the Mediterranean h"' been officially approved. Fifth Rome, Dec. 8.-G1annl
 pront makes the following statemen "T am building a triplane when w accommodate 100 passengers, Wlth
 modern comforts, cabins ana pee
 When sufficient planes have been ou
 in form a flotilla l shall sketch an itinerary for each one 10 'af For the present we cannot transpo
 third.class passengers, owing to t
 axnense of the journey. We are DO
 tive of important results, put lhAl
 that others will follow that Will
 even more important.
 Sixth. MT Caproni Is also bulloi
 8 triplane of 1900 horsepower I0 ii'a
 one of the first transatlantic nlgl
 early next spring.
 TRANCE
 First. The French Government
 a high commission on aeronautlcs'
 are untiringly working 10 stlfnul
 the use of the airplane in connne
 and planning ways and means to m'
 France a leader in aeronautics.
 Second. Paris, Nov. 17-The Frei
 Government is contemplating the cl
 tion of about twenty aerial lines nec+ing Paris with the chief cities
 r,~.,ce and inc great foreign cent