New Britain herald., 1919-05-09

Diego to Puget Sound, touching every city on the Pacific coast.
 (h) The Gulf Airway - From Key West to the mouth of the Rio Grande, following the coast anu touching every city on the Guh seaboard.
 Sixth On Friday, November 22. army arplanes from flying fields in various parts of the United States started cross-country mapping and charttns tour. They will gather valuable sta- tistics and locate sites for landing fields and airdromes The fields are to become a part of the great chain of transcontinental airways, and the airdromes are to shelter and assist all visiting f1iers.
 Seventh The Aero Club of America is backing Captain Robert A. Bartlett in his Polar expedition by airplane' The expedition will leave the United States next June to take advantage oA the six weeks of warm weather Whlcn exists in the Arctic regions after the middle of July. Captain Bartlett will use a large-sized airplane and several smaller ones. It Is his intention to Av from Cape Columbia on the Amer ican side to Cape Chelyuskin on the Siberian side, over the top of the world. He further expects to eXplore the upper air of the Polar region, the bottom of the Polar basin and to show bv photographs and maps from the plane the existence or nonexlstence
 
 square miles in that +egion
 Eighth. Captain Benjamin B. LIDS ner who recently resigned as superln' tendent of the aerial mail serVlce' stated on December 17 that syhof cate had been formed to back nm HI establishing an aerial transporIaIloh cornany. The capital is $l,oOO'oV"' Captain Lipsner said that lne pi'''i
 to be used would carry forty paSseif
 gers or their equivalent III eApA ea'
 matter: that the rates will De "lIiiAn
 the reach of all; that regular s0ioo
 ule would be maintained ana In"' 'A' nodern conveniences would pc AiF .+o,1ad in the planes, such as WlreieSS
 4o1o,,honv stationery and all the latest
 scientific applldllSSo'
 will insure its passengers anu 0''A e0' definite rebate will be oHereu Aof
 everv minute the plane is late' lSAl- ,- ,roods and express will be carrieo' O n;u,,1o,,os can be chartered for speclal 'e +rins or certain attitudes. Only the
 most expert pilots will be employeo'
 Ninth Curtiss will operate an alr 1;ne bep,nning this spring, between New York city and Atlantic Clty' 1he
 service will be extended oo"h 'ne
 coast to all resorts, including Florloa n. Flying boats will be used and the trAl ,u +o Atlantic City will take less than
 an hour.
 .a Tenth The Aero Transport Com ,e nanv with offices now in Atlantic Clty il Philadelphia and New York, opened lI a first season February 1, 191S' at A'' xe Atlantic City station, where us sea
 plane flying school is located. IL IS eA
 nected the company will open hyin'
 schools for both land and sea plane 's at Philadelphia and New York cltS he On April 1 it's 'joy rides" of hftee ce miles commence. A fee Of Slo VIII
 charged for this "joy ride. Ilcke
 will he available soon at all the leao , ,re hotels in the eastern States. TIT "a "rides" can be had at any one or Il an present flying stations. It Is planne ,e to begin passenger service oet"ee ,no the three points about June l. IF F.. fare will range from $25 to $50 re" IN CONCLUSION ac- Commercial flying is coming on VII
 amazing strides in every civilized cou full +rv. All foreign countries now engage lilt in it are receiving governmental su on port. financial, judicial and technlc' vk, Every encouragement is given deslg sht ers engineers and inventors to bril der abo,,t the most efficient commerc he' types of planes.
 ero In the United States the goVernme lub at present is not offering such Of commencement and has been restrictl en- designers, engineers and inventors IS military types of planes. If this sho' ate continue, our country will fall oe two at least ten years in commercial aN rlo. ton as compared to countries nav rds government support. It is to be ho son this drawback will not be perman
 in the country of countries for a' now tion. In order to attain the best ork suits an independent department y to aeronautics should be established eri- Washington to offer to the a1rpI' 'ork industries every support and encc 7 to agement.
 fty- Then, as to which cities in ines United States are to become the le ting CTS in this newest, greatest or e
 mercial activities, it may be sta con- that all have a chance as yet. nion three cities which show "live'w tally interest are Albany and New York
 in New York and Atlantic City, N