The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-12-17
Prediction Is Made That Huge
Graft viii Be Used In Regular
Transatlantic Trips.
AIR LINER IS ON THE WAY
Long. Distance Craft Of the Future May
6s Plane. but Expsrts At London
Conference Predict Lighter.
Than-Air Type.

London.--In awarding prizes recent.
ly for new types Of aIrplanes built by
British manufacturers, the govern
ment took occasion to deplore what It
viewed az a retrogression In the tield
VI aerial research. Manufacturers OF
aircraft. In answering the criticism. re-
piled that one could not hope. In timer
Of peace. for as rapid Developments as
were possible when the exlgencies Of
war made expense and human life com
paratively Of little Importance.
Nevertheless. some bold predictions
have been made at the air conference
which met ut the Guildhall. There
were. Of course speeches which embod-
led the dreams of every reader of
jules Verne or II. q. Wells, ard there
were graphic pictures of the great air
liners OF the future. Hut there also
were sober talks by distinguished sci
cntlsts. who paid more attention to
such practical details as wing tips and
automatic controls than To visions.
The air liner Is on the wny. there Is
no doubt about that but II Is going TO
research and experimenting. It Is GO
Ing TO embpdy a detail here aud sug-
gcstion there. and when Il Is finally
| turned out ON profitable aMsls II
viii provide mode Of travel ts safe
ma and Infinitely more swift than amy
land transport.
| Craft Eight hundred Feet Long.
| The long distance aircraft III the fu-
,ic may he nm airplanc. but II Is more
likely that a llghter.than-air type will
prevail.
What are the requirements for n
craft capable Of carrying out a sus-
tanned flight. say. from England to
| Australia?
According to the experts n, the
Gulidhall, each craft would ne about
SON feet long. with gas capacity Of
at least l.0UOOoO cubic feet. The "R'
diriglhles already constructed In Eng
| land hold more than S.ooo,uo cubic
feet. So that this seems by 10 means
an impossible provision. An average
speed OF 90 miles an hour would h
required something already achieved
l, Il estimated that dirlgihle con
structcd on this basis would carry i0l
passengers. for whom comfortable
properly heated and we'll ventilated
living. dining aud sleeping quarter
would he provided.
inasriuch ms the dtrigibse would n,
In n direct line. II would be able I,
make the Loadon.Cape Town journe!
In Ave days. whereas the ocean tril
nnw requires rs days. India nigh
be reached In four days. as against Il
az present.
Even though passengerscarrying n
tirst might not prove practicable.
seems probable that before long mall
for the frlnIcs Of the British empir
? may be carried by the air route. II
I calculated that the whole weekly ma
from britain for Egypt, South Afrlcs
!, India, Australia and New 2eaian
I could be transported In one dlrigihl
e for each route. Sir Trevor pawso,
5 ylce-chalrman of vickses. Limite'
the great aeronautic firm. Is arthorlt
. for the statement that the fire dang,
!, Tor n tirigible Is really no create
r than that of any ocean liner.
f. one OF the great drawbacks To N
use of the dirigihlcs- difficulty
:. housing them In storms I've avol
al ,ty moorinv 'hsa = great mas