New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
Both Planes and Dirigibles Will Be
+ EQUIPPED With Dining and
Sleeping Quarters
By Jack Binns
THIs yearNs destined to stand
cut wildly In history as the

cut wildly in history as the
beginning of the e1a q
"a m m 9th aircraft. Before
It passes we shall have seen man.
made machine-birds soaring through
the air carrying thirty tons at 120
miles an hour in nonstop flights of
twenty hours.
We shall, in all probability, see
this year the construction Of gigan-
tic airships capable Of carrying be-
tween 100 and 200 passengers in
nonstop flights across the Atlantic.
One such ship has already been de-
signed by Henri Julliot, the veteran
French airship engineer, who de-
signed more than three hundred
airships for the United States gov
eminent during the war.
So far as heavier-than-air ma
chimes are concerned, the remark
able thing is that it will not be mere
ly one type, but several, that will
fly successfully with 100 passengers
this year.
A Giant Caproni
Gianni Caproni, one Of the pio-
neers Of the giant airplane, is in
America to educate US to the use
Of the larger type Of machine. He
brings with him the details Of his
giant triplane that has just been
completed in Italy. This huge ma
chine made its initial test fight a
month ago, and it can easily carry
100 passengers.
This monster of tho air itself
weighs twelve tons and can lift an
other twelve. tons. It Is powered
with eight Liberty motors, giving it
an aggregate horsepower Of 5000.
Apart from its tremendous dimen-
sions, the new Caproni airplane is
remarkable in It's construction. It
is apparently the first successful
tandem machine" It is equipped
with three sets Of wings, not mere
" above each other but placed tan
dem fashion. Each Of these set of
wings Is placed at a definite dis
tance behind the preceding set.
In such an arrangement the max
mum lifting capacity is obtained
and lateral stability greatly i'm
proved. Moreover, it Is not neces-
sary to equip the remarkable air
plane with the usual tail surfaces,
as the tandem wings take over the
functions of the tail.
American aeronautical engineers
and designers are awaiting anxious
ly for the first accurate description
OF this airplane, as well as photo
graphs Of it. It's flying perform
ances will be watched with great in
terest, because it is the first time
that the tandem airplane" has been
actually demonstrated.
Out OF England there comes news
Of a flying boat Of such proportions
That it staggers the imagination. It's
boat body will be equipped as luxu-
riously as any transatlantic steam
er. In the same country two man,
moth land airplanes are being con-
structed, each capable Of carrying
LOO passengers in extended flight
at high speed.
An Amazing German, Machine
Germany has just completed the
most amazing airplane ever con-
eefved by man. 1t is giant mono
plane constructed entirely Of metal
and is the largest of it's type in the
world. Built primarily for wer pur-
poses, 1t has mono Of the character
stics OF tho newer commercial ma
chimes, although it differs in every
respect from any other aircraft. 1t
~ shortly TO be turned over to the
Allies under the terms Of the armis-
tice,
Nor are the manufacturers OF this
country lagging in the development
a the large passenger and freight
carrying airplane, although they pre-
isr 70 walk before they rum" All
are bending their energies in the ef-
aort TO overcome the inherent diff
eu'''es that accompany the develop
ms1n OF larger types Of aircraft. We
a1eady haye several successful
s"siye~passenger airplanes, and one
wsnty-six passenger machine. The
aver In simplicity OF design and
sHac'eney of operation eclipses any
ains yet produced.
But 10 return TO the mammoth fly
.ag boat now being built at Barrow
= England by Mcssrs. Vickers, Ltd,
asaGners OF the famous Vickers-
sHy bomber. which nadA thu drxk