The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-18

| things, possibly. AS gold. jewels.
mails, light fabrics and drugs
But 1t will not require tho ener-
gies OF all OF Great Britain's air
plane designers and manufacturers
who were turning out 1000 war ma
chimes month when the armlstice
was signed To meet the special prob
lens and requirements OF pescetimo
aviation. Unless there are substan-
tial subsidies the majority Of the
airplanc factories wlll have To go
In for making bicycles, sewing ma
chimes and other products less
hazardous TO manipulate. civil avih-
ton demands certainly viii not re-
quire 1000 machines "A month nov.
Tho thing Is sull cropping and found
ering too much in the wilderness Ot
experimentation and proposed de-
velopmcnt
hut when these present obstacles
are removed. and 1t is not doubted
by aviation experts that they Will
be--there certainly viii have to be
set up. probably under the league Of
nations. an aerial board OF CON
troll at least for the old world, to
regulate International air commerce
Otherwise some nation with "A tom
porary air superiority. duo possibly
To new type OF dirplane might
suddenly launch "A devastating at
TACK upon another nation. Com
mentlhg upon such "A board, an Of
nclal OF the air ministry said:
This board OF control will bo able
10 exercise It's authority upon ma
lions who do not play the game on
land or sea. 1t may at times have
to take drastlr action In order To
bo mercifuL II 100 mon must die
| IN order that an unjust war u5 a
fhnatical revolution may Ice fore
stalled, then their deaths will be
justified and will be accomplished
ruthlessly This board undoubtedly
Will bo elected from the powerful
nations OF tho world They will
watch and decide aerial matters, not
| Tor the momcnthry advantage OF any
country, hut for the present and fu-
turc tranquility OF tho universe"
Before airships arc put to com
mercial use the Government un-
doubtedly will first conduct expert
ments with them over proposed
routes. thus giving data toward so
luton OF practical problems involved.
There will DO no soap bubble en-
terprises by British concerns First
must come flights 10 ascertain aero-
nautical conditions, tho effect OF
tropical temperatures on airship fab
rics, and meteorological conditions
generally And In gathering this in o.
! formation tho smaller diriEihlcs Of
the North Sea" typo, not the mon
ster airships. may be used.
! Rut when 1t IN considered that
| British brains already have solved
some OF the most pressing war prob
lens In connection with aeronauticS
leading the Germans In construction
OF airplanes OF all types aud meet
! Ing enemy competition In C6nstruc-
| ton OF Xcppclins, regarding which
there was practically no information
available In this country. such prob
lens that peace will present stand a
! fair. chance OF being answered satis-
factorily For instance. In building
"a b00-foot alrshlp the problem was
| Construct rigid cylindrical body,
Weighing not more than eight tons.
bearing load OF seven tons sus-
! pended from three points and a fur
| lhcr load OF twenty tons equally dis
| tributed throughout. This solved.
| the next puzzle was; Find an i'm
pormeable gasbag fabric, not much