El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-01

| 7 ONDON. Eng. Feb. IA most op-
Il perfume moment" T. Handley
Page remarked when a representative
OF a London paper called 10 hear his
views Of the historic report on or
gained airways. which has Just been
issued By the civil aerial transport
committee 1t was opportune because
news had just been received OF the
safe arrival In Delhi from England o.
one OF the aandley Page machines
and il showed, as he pointed out. that
commercial aviation Is already an ac-
cOmplshed fact
Few people, he said. realize the
amount Of organization which IS
necessary before a long distance
flight can be accOmp lished. There are
the necessary aerodromes to be pre-
pared. the ground surveyed. the petrol
supplies made available. and spare
parts collected at various depcts in
case OF need for replacement Great
credit IS. therefore. due 10 Cen sal
mond and 10 those responsible for the
organization that the first flight from
England 10 India has been accom-
plished without a hitch This world s
record cross. country flight shows the
great advance that has been made in
aviation since Bleirot crossed the
channel in 1910.
That the aircraft Industry has
progressed so much during the war IS
largely due TO the great cooperation
which there has been between the in
dustry and the department OF aircraft
production at first under the guidance
OF Sir William Weir. as he then was
and Afterwards OF Sir Arthur Duck
ham 1t IS fortunate too. for the
full development OF commercial aerial
transport that in this transition
period the secretary OF state for the
royal air force should be one who
thoroughly understands aircraft re-
quirements and has the best interests
Of aviation at heart
Meet Many Problems
There are many problems with
which the authorities have TO deal in
civil aerial transport In the first
place, al the present time. no flying
is possible either in this country OF
between this country and abroad. and
although the regulations with regard
TO flvinr in this country win shortly
be relaxed. IL is improbable that uni
versal flying win take place before
peace IS signed
Quite apart from the difficulty Of
our being theoretically still al war,
and that therefore there must be re-
strictions on travel and transport.
there are many questions still TO be
settled-questiOns Of customs. OF the
right OF flying over foreign territory
and OF the prohibition Of flying over
TO be considered by International con-
vention- By the time they have been
settled We shah be ready TO deal with
aerodrome organization. and meteoro-
logical and uavigational difficulties
viii have been overcome
Carries 40 Passengers
"One must realize that the aero
plane as a transport vehicle has de-
veluped in advance OF the orEauiza-
ton necessary TO operate IL. The
Handley Page machine which flew 70
Cairo. Bagdad and India is capable to-
day OF flying regularly with twenty
passengers for long distances and
carrying freight as well The larger
four engined Eandley PAGE has al
ready demonstrated its capabilities OF
carrying large loads by flying over
London al a height OF $500 feet with ]
q pilot and forty passengers and six
hours supply OF petrol
The mere fact. however OF ac-
complishing these individual flights
does not necessarily mean that they
can be repeated every day IN the year
20 scheduled time Here in England .
we have fog. low lying clouds. and 4
adverse weather 20 consider. To over :
come the difficulties OF fog and cloud 4
II Is necessary that air routes should
be mapped out by captive balloons ]
at such a height that they are above 2
the fog An aviator flying with his
and running into district
covered with fog viii thus be able 20 7
tell from these balloons exactly where T
TO alight
speed Main Advantage.
From the report OF the committee
which considered possibilities OF air f
craft performance and the require
ments Of aerial services. the basic +
fact is very clearly seen that the .
main advantage Of the aeronlane is 3
its speed and that it can maintain /
continuously speeds that are imnossi-i
bic by any other means OF transport
I'm consequence Of its high speed F.
its loads must necessarily he small 4
III the speeds demanded are pushed TO .
too high a limit the traffic cost be-
comes nrohibitive It is thus nroha-I
bic that the speed Of aer0plane trans
port VIII be kept down TO the limit
az which adverse winds or weather.
viii not initiate against the success