The log cabin Democrat., 1920-03-06
LUXURY FEATURES
 NEW AIR PLANES
tBy United Press)

New York, March 6.-The finest
 custom-built motor car will hardly
 compare in luxurious fitting and ar arrangements for personal comfort with some of the new American-built air
 craft to be shown at the Second Aero
 nautical Exposition which opened here
 today. American aircraft designers apparently have laid stress on com fort and luxury.
 The machines vary in size and prlce
 from gant freightlrs costing several thousand dollars to the smaller sport planes for land and water.
 These first wholly popular fly abouts are said to be reasonably low in price, comparing favorably with motor cars
 One of the planes is the Gurus Eagle. an eight passenger limousine, the first three-motored airplane to be built in the United States. Entering an accessible side door, one finds hlm- self in a comfortable cabin with In- dividual wicker chairs and windows through which the outside world can be plain lvseen. The motors are equipped with a self-starter. The machine has a speed of 107 miles an hour.
 Another giant entry is the Glenn L. Martin twelve-passenger transport. The seating arrangements are unique Four passengers, including the pilot, are carried up in the nose of the plane and eight more are seated in leather chairs in the main body, both compartments being connected by a sliding door. The whole huge body is enclosed, the nose being cowled over with celluloid composition allowing the pilot good visibility
 Windows of non-breakable glass in the sides give the passengers an un- surpassed view of the country. Un- der test with a full load of twelve passengers this Martin transport dis closed remarkable speed and climb. approximately two miles a minute has been maintained with full load. This ship is designed for long distance flights. The length of the Martin plane is 46 feet, width II feet, height II feet. It has four-wheel landing gear and is given by two Liberty mo- tors of 400 H. P. each.
 Another feature of the exposition is the new Thomas Morse twin-engined mail plane, powered with two Hispano- Suiza motors, both being placed in a center nacelle. One drives a pusher propeller and the other tractor pro- peller.
 Leather padded cockpits, instrument boards as complete as those of high priced automobiles, self-starters, tel ephcnes, wicker chairs, chairs with velvet cushions, compartments up- holstered in Spanish leather, vanity cases, room for a game and folding tables for luncheon while in flight are some of the features of these new flying limousines. The ae- flying boat, for instance has a weather-proof cabin finely upholster- sd and sound proof
 Dwarfed by comparison with the larger airplanes, nevertheless, the small fyabout machines will attract much attention, promoters say Built to sell for 1,500 up these airplanes are capable of being parked in the or linary "fivver" garage
 The Gallaudet "chummy fyabout" which carries two people is only 13 feet : inches long, 33 feet wide and feet high and is of monoplane de sign. The Cato "Butterbv" is also a monoplane measuring only 28 feet II 1-2 inches from tip to tip. Weigh ing only 735 pounds fully loaded it has attained a height of 12,500 feet and flown at a speed of 70 miles an hour. Most remarkable of all is that it can remain in the air six hours, and be brought to a dead stop within 45 feet of the place where it's wheels first touch the ground.
 He who wants to make a slow com fortable cruise through the air will be interested in the pony blmp shown, said to be the smallest dirigible fer practical uses ever constructed in this country.
 Only 95 feet long and with a bag which has diameter of only 28 feet, 1t has comfortable accommodations in the little fusilage for two passen- gers A 40-horse power motor drives this pony bhmp at speed of 4o miles an hour. Enough fuel is carried to allow cruising radius of 400 miles.
 MANY OFT. TFASFS