New Britain herald., 1920-02-20

Ing G1rn6n ana InaCHluSS and providing them with fuel and re- pairs. At the height of 5000 feet. considered the minimum at which commercial planes of the future will travel, especially over cities, it is set forth that an airplane, the motor ot which has become stalled, could vol plane or glide a distance of four to five miles in a horizontal direction.
 In addition to the regular routes a company at Seattle has started an in ternational air mail, operating be- tween that city and Vancouver, E. C. Several lumber companies in the northwest are using the alrplane for forest patrols and surveys. A New ark, N. J., department store delivered merchandise by airplane to customers in ASbury Park last summer, while a large Chicago clothing house made speciality of delivering clothes to col Fege students within a 100-miIe radius of that city. A Canadian aviator car ried 400 pounds of furS from Toronto to Newark. N. J., stopping at Clayton, N. Y, to pay customs duties on them. The navy conducted experiments in guiding fishing craft by airplane at Gloucester, while the army conducted a coast airplane patrol between New York and Newport News, Va.
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 One of the StrangeSt uses for which the airplane is being considered is the spreading of the gospel in the Congo states of Africa. A large American manufacturer received a request for prices from the Congo mission of the church of the Disciples of Christ, which proposed to replace steam launches with flying boats. The plan has not yet been carried into effect Airplanes and spare parts, valued at several hundred thousand dollars were recently sold by American man Ufacturers to French interests, who are planning airplane commercial routes in the Orient. Delivery of the material has begun.
 In Europe three English companies maintain regular passenger and parcel post service between London and Paris and London and Brussels. On one of the trips a grand piano was carried from a London store to it's customer in France by airplane
 In accordance with British aircraft regulations. adopted last April, pilots of these commercial craft are exam ined, physically and technically. and licensed by the government landing fields and prominent points along the routes are distinctly marked, standard S1SllSGAS Sii . uSSO anu Glr les aref ollowed.
 Two French companies carry pas sengers on sightseeing tours over the battle lines and there is a regular service between Paris and Brussels and some of the large French cities. Merchandise carried on the first Paris to Brussels trip included 500 pounds Of Holsters. Regular mail service be- tween Paris and Geneva was estab- ished last May when a Swiss aviator made the trip Of 250 miles in 1-2 hours. including 30 minutes spent on Trench soil as a result of forced landing in tine fog. London, Manchcs- t"r Paris and Berlin ncWSDaDers are successfully employing airplanes in 1hc delivery of their publications
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 ZeppelinS as well as airplanes have been used extensively for commercial purposes in Germany. Although lit tie is known of German aviation de- velopment during the past few months it is reported that several long air routes. including one from Berlin to London via Paris or Brussels, and an- other from Berlin to ConstantinopFe. I via Vienna, will be put into operation during the coming year.
 Commercial aerial service has been prS into operation between Johannes burg and Cape Town, South Africa.