The state herald., 1919-05-02
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10 development of
the winged giant.
BY LLOYD ALLEN,
Special Staff Correspondent.

BY LLOYD ALLEN,
Special STAFF Correspondent
Copyright 1919. by Western Newspaper union)
URN, Italy.-Here In Turin, which
~ was headquarters for the American
air service In Italy during the war;
- n there many American aviation
l0A officers who believe the Caproni air
tI plane is the highest type of giant
M0M aircraft developed during the great
war.
Gianni Caproni. the Italian engin
Ger who is the genius responsible
for the Caproni plane. has no hesitancy In giving
the Wright brothers and Doctor Langley Of Amer
lea the fullest credit for making and developing
the first practical nirplanes and states frankly that
he was kind Of pupil of the great Americans
Here is what Capron has developed from the
American planes invented by Langley and the
Wrights, according to American officers In Turin
who are working with Caproni planes Caproni
has perfected machine that will carry something
IKE 3oOO pounds OF weight, five hours fuel supply
and with Liberty motors. American made climb
5000 feet in six minutes. With giant machine
like this Italian avators are making plans to fly
across the Atlantic during the present year.
They may cross from Africa to Brazil may
attempt the North Atlantic flight They realize In
Italy, as well ms In France and England md Amer
lea. that the first machine to accomplish the At
antic flight will win laurels eternal and you can
take 1t for granted that the Italians fully apprec
ate the value OF the advertising they will get II
they cross the Atlantic first And they have also
n very high appreciation of the glory they will
achieve. because. like Americans. they u people
that love to accomplish the seemingly impossible
for the sheer JOY of doing II.
While big Caproui planes are being tested out
In the north Of Italy In the attempt to ind a mn.
chine sound Qnd perfect for the grueng test II
will get flying overseas the Caproni plant at Milan
mn Immense institution. Is finishing Its first com.
mercnl arpnnes. which have comfortable cnbins
for the passengers. The interior of an nir.csbin
ms completed In the Caproni works, looks very
much like the inside Of finely finished street car
except that II is somewhat more crowded together
II you had visited Milan during the winter YOU
probably would have seen the first CapronI pas
senger plane. GOOhorsepower affair capable of
carrying IL persons. making Its trial flights over
town. The Capronl works nre In the outskirts OF
Milnn-and the Milanese are justly proud OF the
accomplishments Of Gianni Caproni.
i talked with Americans who have been taken
M in the Cnproni planes. They declared the big
machines start on slowly without nerverncking
jars and after running few yards take the
mir In n stable fashion that goes long way toward
reas-uring the amateur making his first Night.
world.wide Traffic Predicted.
Passenger and freightcarrying Capronis are be.
ing built In three Sizes The first type. which In
the one that has been flown repeatedly Milan.
Is the smallest Of the three In the shops the fin
viii carry % passengers This Ii the middle sized
plane The large machine-the type that will at
tempt the Atlantic hight-is n monster. II IL capa
BILE Of carrying 100 persons and Its passenger cabin
Is helng made comfortable q Pullman car.
with padded chairs and handsome veneer nnishings
for the walls
The largest planes nre fast They can make 100
miles mn hour when going at top speed. And II Is
expected That on longdistnnce flights they will
make the fastest rnilroad trains seem slow means
Of travel.
Caproni believes that within n very few years
the world will he covered with air lines through
which passenger planes will fly and over which
sluadrons OF hlgh.clnss freight cnrrying machines
viii transport mail and certain kinds OF freight ut
rites thnt compare fnvorably with the chnrges
mnde by the rnrond companies for performing the
snmc service.
Islands. now Isolated from the mnlnlands Of the
world. viii be cnsiiy and regularly reached when
the regime Of mir traiic gets under way. Capron
declares
while the pence conference In Pnris creates n
Icngie Of nations to handle mntterr of intcrnntion
nj interest such M freedom " tho seas and free
dom Of the mir. the manufacturers Of nrplnncs will
have the chnncc to get ready for international ny
Ing.
Cnproni. like iinndey. Page In London and like
the French md American leaders In the nircrnft
business feels that most predictions about the fu
iurc Of aviation nrc more or less modest. when you
stop 10 compare the promises Of the aircraft mnnu
fnc,urers with their nctuni mpshrnents during
the war.
when the war stnr,.d. long distance Nights were
virtually unknown. Just ns soon ns tho value Of
nircrnf wns rcnilzcd. every wnrring nation rot
busy building machines md previous records were
smashed almost daily. During the wnr nircrnft nc
romplirhed time after time what hnd previously
been considered Impossible. When the war ended,
The allied nntions. including Ainerlcn were com.
Melting mn aircrnf, building program that would
hnye pu, such n feet Of bomb curriers' In the mir
u,t Berlin IKE Mannheim. coblcnx md the Rhine