Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15
AIR LINERS SOON,
SEA FL|ER SAYS
Sir Arthur Written Brown, Here,
Tells of Giant Dirigibles
Building in England
TO CROSS OCEAN IN A DAY

Immense transatlantic air liners,
three times as long ms the biggest
steamships now alloat. will be voyaging
between America aud Europe soon. ac-
cordng to Sir Arthur Written Brown.
first navigator to cross the Atlantic
ocean in an nonstop airplane fight,
The young man. who was knightcd
for his great achievement, is in this city
today bringing with him an air of ro
nance and vision of still greater ac-
complshmcnt in the conquest Of the
air.
Sir Arthur revealed that, there are
now building in England two dirlgibless
100 feet long. ninety foot beam aud
with a gas capacity of 3,oOo,oOO cublc
feet
But greater even than those two air.
ships will be giant dirigbles with a
gas capacity Of 100000 cubic feet
and an approximate length of 5000
feet. aerial palaces which will land pas
scucers i'm London on the same day they
leave New York.
Even now, he said. sheds are being
built to house the projected lcviathaus
of the air Their operation in regular
transatlantic service is only Il matter
of n few years at mot. he predicted.
NrOSSpU C9pd III EHtttH ttuutN
Sir Arthur Brown. who is here with
his wife. few across the ocean June II
with Captain Alcock. who also was
knighted, Brown was navigator. Alcock
nilot on the historic fight which con
sumcd fifteen hours and fifty Seven min
utes from the coast of Newfoundland to
the coast of Ireland.
Aerial traffic. the modern knight OF
the clouds predicted, will knit closer
the bonds between the two great Eng
lish speaking peoples. Within six to
ten generations, he said, English will
he the language of the eutire civil
lied world.
1t is imperative. Sir Arthur con
tnucd. that America and Great Britain
retain control of the air lanes over
the Atlantic ocean Germany, he said.
must be given no chance to become an
aerial power. but should be restricted
to navigation within her own borders.
England. the air voyager continued
is now far ahead of all other nations in
the construction of airships and plans
to maintain her lead.
The first regular passenger flight
from New York to London. he asserted
will be in an airship of the rigid type
similar to the R-34. but larger.
The R-34 is $50 feet long and has q
seventy foot beam. Her gas capacity is
900 900 cubic feet.
Must Prepare Landing Places
In view of the rapid strides being
made in England in airship coustruc
tion, Sir Arthur declared. it will bt
necessary for this country to prepare
at least eight landing places for tn,
transatlantic liners.
| The problem of handling the giant
ships at anchorage has been solved, b,
asserted. Formerly it required 600 mer
TO hold down big dirigible. Now tn,
task is accomplished by six men.
The problem was solved by erecting
lpasts with great resisting powers. The
nose of the aircraft is fastened to the
mast and. except in unusual storms, tn,
air liner rides at ease. When storms o
great magnitude roll over the landin,
places. the liner is cut loose and allowed
to ride out the tempest.
Sir Arthur. who holds commission
as lieutenant in the British forces be
lives flying is safe. The number of live.
lost in the present transcontinenta
| flight. he added is no criterion, Th,
same number would be lost in an auto.
mobile race over the continent. he con
: tended.
The distinguished young visitor is t,
narrate his experiences tomorrow nigh
in the Academy of Music. His lectur,
! is under the auspices of the Aero Cml
of Pennsylvania and the Engineers
Club.