The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-12
WHY MEN WANT TO STAY
I'm THE AIR SERVICE
(By an Army Aviator. }

stay in the air service and what ap-
peals OF me about the flying game.
The answer is easy, but it is hard to
give to men who have not flown.
There is just something in the game
that holds you up. Of course, it had
its adventures and thrills, but that
isn't all. The more you sail the open
blue vault of heaven the tighter the
spell grips you. You can't escape
he call of the broad cloud-fanked
highways of the skies. The rush of
the air across your face, the heavy
sleepy drone of the motor, the ter
rife speed; they can't be broken away
from.
Then there is another side of the
game that we aviators think about
with the Dollars and Cents" corner
of our brains. 1t is the commercial
future of the heavier-than-air craft.
Already the Atlantic has been SPAN
ned by Yankee pilots. 1t was done
only after much preparation and at
a great expense, but you must remem-
Der that it was the pioneer trip and
that when Columbus sailed on his
great exploration that the CONNER
cial future of such voyages was not
lreamed of. 1t is safe prediction
that within the next twenty years
Or less that transatlantic commerce
by airplane will have gained good
foothold. Long before that time,
coastwise passenger airships will have
settled to regular schedules, and
rans-continental shipping air-roads
will be buzzing with the roar of thou
ands of motors as they speed the
Dig planes on their way. Companies
will be turning out thousands of the
big airships every year for CONNER
cial purposes.
At the present time the govern
ment controls practically all of the
lirplane manufacturing in the United
States. 1t is through The government
hat the airplane has gotten its start
md the government will keep that
start going. Arrangements have been
made that the interest in the airplane
hall not wane. In the fast cruisers
If the air, it is only little more
han an hour from Washington to
New York. The fastest planes travel
through space at rate of speed that
exceeds two miles a minute. The
continent has been crossed in one
enth of the time that it takes our
fastest train.
1t is through the efforts of the Air
Service of the United States army
that airplanes will be kept going,
Young men are being offered wonder
full opportunities in the Air Service
and the big Mechanics School at
Langley Field is teaching forty-eight
trades. The Air Service is the most
select, most interesting and most in
3tructive branch of the service. The
oay ranges from $50 to 1921 a month
Turing the first enlistments with all
expenses free. Men who join the Air
Service will be taught to fly if they
can qualify and will be given a rating
as pilot as soon as they have COM
pleted their training. The motto al
Langley Field is: "Come in a Helper.
go out an Expert" Men who have
lad previous service can enlist for
one year. Flying is not compulsory.
Young men who are interested in the
Air Service and who want to learn
a good trade should write to the Re,
;ruiting Officer, Langley Field, Hamp-
ION, Va. He will give any advice
that is wanted. If it is not convenient
TO write to him, call on the nearest
United States Army Recruiting Office.