El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-02
ReCkIeSSneSS
III AirpIane
Use To Stop
Aerial Laws to Be Enacted
Soon. S. To Sell
Airplane Material.

While judge Hall and constable
Davis and the police are looking AZ
ter automobile speeders. the chances
are that there viii be as much con
Germ ia the next Few years over aer-
iai speeders and somebody is going
70 have 10 take the Job OF aerial COP
There has been a good deal Of
Joking about "the aerial COP when
Tying becomes general but It is more
OF 2 problem, or promises to be, than
The average person thinks.
With FL Paso on the transconHn-
tinental aerial route and a LOT OF peo-
pie headed this way within the next
Few years and Ell Pasoans themselves
remote possibility that aerial mari
cation viii give concern 70 the people
Of paso before long
Reckless Already.
curing the recent parade o. the
IN division IN New YORK. nycro-
airplane flew I'D and down Fifth ave
nue., over the heads Of g. crowd packed
into the streets like cobnlestunes. al
an elevation estimated 70 be not more
than 500 feet
EVER aviator knows that flying at
low attitudes Is the most dangerous
kind Of flying- If engine trouble had
caused THAI 1ler to come down. he
could not have chosen safe landing.
Ten to one. he would have smashed
into the crowd, killing and manning
This occurrence was called to the
attention o. SHE 10 II army and navy
board Of aer0nautic cosnizance,"
which has control Of all aircraft IL
cenzes for civilians. II was discovered
that the reckless fiier was a civilian
who had no license. Sc was rspri-
as a pilot and obtain 8 license before
he could 1ly again The incident IS
significant because il SHOWS how
easy the airplane mikes il for a fool
10 risk his own life and the loves OF
others
Licenses Only To RssponsibIes.
To pr, tect the public against care
less fliers IS the object OF TIE aero
nautic board. Licenses viii be issued
only 10 responsible persons. who
have qualified as pilots The govern
s1ent is not opposed 10 civilian flying.
bit il does require that person
must first take out pilots license
70 operate an airnlane, seapisne OF q
balloon Some Of the war restrlc-
lions on civilian flyin6 have been re-
moved, but president Wilson's procla-
mation Of February %. 1918, requir-
from the government IS s-il effective
There is q heavy penalty Tor the VIC
lafion Of this regulation
These licenses are issued without
cost AM ane desiring pilots l-
censC. may make application 10 me
Joint army nd navy GARD OF aero
mantle cuEnizalce.. Building %. Skin
and p streets. Northwest Washing
ton. D O. The application must be
accompanied by evidence OF the ap-
ulicantls qualifications 70 operate
mschine Requests Tor licenses have
been more numerous during the past
month thar at any time since the
January -. 1919, 10 May 10. tle board
granted SIS licenses Many Of these
we're issued 10 former army and navy
aViators, who purchased machines Tor I
their own personal use OF Tor com I
mercial purposes
Program Being Worked ont.
This licensing system has done
much TO prevent Inexperienced and /
unqualified civilians from operating .
machines. and its continuance is parl +
OF the pc. ce time aviation program q
being worked out by the army ar
service n-ganization-
The demobilizstion % the air serr- 1
ice has probably proceeded farther
than that OF any other service. Al
though a little more than six ms ltns
have elapsed since the signing { : the
armistice. the personnel OF the az
service as been reduced from l9o, 200 :
commissioned and enlisted men 20 4
approximately $4,000. About one half Z
Of the en- row in service are
overseas OF the 81 flying uelas u 4
operation duriug the war. only i've
are now active while millions OF
dollars worth Of equipment has peen :
stored up until such tine as plan
Is decided upon fer its disposal
ccordfnE 10 the present tentati@e