El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-09
If THE BIC LAND FLIGHT WINS
TT WILL SPEED AERIAL COMMERCE

IL possible being laid the development Of
aeronaucs because that development the open
tviies Now they work. play live the land and
sea- under the earh surface and under the Only
expansion Of the possible Of aircraft limits the pos
bss Of their usefulness above the earth and and
What may be done in the air appeals to the ina gina
ton II stimulates mems inventive genus and causes dar-
ing pioneers OF the air to go aot IN order to test posi-
mhes Of flight and discover wherein weaknesses Of
craft lie and how they may be remedied To the Of
the people brings vision Of the day when swift flying
aircraft viii carry passengers as trains now carry them
and when other aircraft VIII carry express parcels mail
and even freight continents at speed train could
approach
An airplane crew has flown over the Atlantic demon
sTang that ans-oceanic flights Of airpanes If not yet
quite feasible, at least possible and viii bet
ter arpanes built, become feasible ships voy
ages It Is matter Of regret that the arshp which
have been part of the navys air fleet in this first flight
over the ocean, blew out TO sea and was lost before start
ing time for It may be that the dgble balloon, rather
than the apane, VIII be found the best vehicle Of the
future for flights the ocean; this for technical reasons
IN which the public is not much interested So until din
gibe has made test flight the experiment VIII have
been complete During the the Germans claimed it
Germany, the Atlantic bomb American cities and
return to their home bases Perhaps They did not
try it. The cruising radius Of airhips and the extent to
which they subject to air and storms
the haveenot been demonstrated.
Reverng to the aplane, those who interested in
watching the development Of aeTonautics viii follow
closely the transcontnenal flight attempted BY Capt
Roy n. Francis, O. s. army IN o. S. Martin bomber,
equipped with Liberty motor and carrying full military
from San Diego to Washington through FL Paso, by Maj
T. C. MacAuley, who flew light plane.
Capt Francis's flight VIII not be made through FL PasO
but by way of Nebraska, Wyoming and Nevada It VIII be-
at Mineola Long Island ard end at San Francisco Cal
On the military side If this flight is made successfully
according schedule (3s hours for the entire flight It
VIII demonstrate the ability Of the American bombing plane
territory equivalent to the width Of the entire
American continent and drop bombs any city, town
fertilization in its path
The general public is that bomb dropping ain
plane IS effect increase Of range Of the artillery
Therefore It be proved by such flight this that
the United States army has weapon Of destruction which
play havoc with enemy troops equipment and territory
for distance of at least 1900 miles perhaps much
inside his border-and photograph the results It viii dem
onsrate that machines Of this type be used for long
coast patrols and that disturbances where martial law
has declared be checked easily by fleet Of these
big airplanes.
On the commercial side, this proposed flight presages
the era Of civil aerial transportation. successful it viii
demonstrate that trips from coast to coast by air both
practicable and reasonably safe.
Civil aerial transportation, accepted aetuahty
IN Great Britain France and Italy, is calling into all
types flying machines whether for land
ter Even this country where appreciation Of the pos
sbes Of aircraft has been somewhat ardy, although the
Wrgs Langley and Curtiss led the world pioneers IN
mechanical flight freight and passenger lines being
established covering relatively short distances There
in existence shortly viii be- aerial services which