Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-20
NEXT WAR WILL Be
BEGUN IN THE AIR
So Aviator Brant Declares and
II BehOoves United States to
BE Prepared--Aviator Dren-
nan Says University Has Good
Landing Field

Landing Field
y real aviation meeting was held at
the city Hall last evening The sneakers
were Colonel Gerald G. Rrant of New
| YORK, department air service officer of
the eastern department; Lawrence l.,
briggs. president of the American FLYING
club; Lieut.. Col. Leonard II. brennan,
department air service officer of the
northeastern department. embracing New
England; and f. Il. Hartwcll Of the local
weather bureau. James p. Taylor secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce. pre-
sided. A reel of slides. showing different
types Of airplanes now in use in this
country, and two reels OF moving pic
lures showing the training in gunnery
given in the air service were shown.
There was a good attendance at thc
meeting, and some side lights on the air
plane industry in this country. especially
in connection with the need of landing
fields. were given to the assembly Colonel
brennan, the man who made the flight
from birmingham, Mass, to Fort Ethan
Allen in one hour and 40 minutes, visited
, the proposed site of the landing field on
the University land Yesterday and looked
~ oNei c"'eiu'is' rue S'a'eu i"St evening
.''a' 'e Vo's,uo'e" ~ "a" eN'c,'e"' '''1
anu ."ous ~ 'n"' sou' -, pus -" So
great deal of expense.
James u. Taylor. in Introducing the
| speakers. said that there is aviation
80 aa Mo,,. Wi, car,,,ins ~ othar
angles. which is rapidly becoming an i'm
portant air route. Burlington Is located
,.o,,. oorraniort snot fo, ,irn,e, to ston
on IT. rho faci,i,ias arc good for taking
cara of ,bono Mr. Tav,or told of some
If Tho oxnoriences encountered in taking
| ..ro Of tbo bvdroranes which came here
| last summer simnlv because the city
was mot nrenared ia nrovide hospitality
| ro, ,bis sort of craft
! col G. G. Brant the first speaker
| a,ponp tho thrca visitors smoke in Bur-
| linrton some vceks ago at the time Of the
! Joint ,noetinp of the Vermont Society of
| I,rpineers with tho Aero Club of Vermont
| Color.l Rrapt said that one of the i'm
,ortart reaeons ,vbv military men are so
| Interested in muuicinal landing fields il
mat IL is evident tina. the government
,,.iu mn, he ahIe to keen in training as
many niers as win be needed in active
! service when tho next war comes
Tho next war will he begun in the air,
said Co,oneI Rrant and unless the limited
states improves oyerv opportunitv to
lknon m win the ranid strides made in
| ,he mastery Of the Air during the last
faw yoars sbe wtl1 find herself far bebind
! tho otb.r natiope nc ,vas tho case when
tbo world war oneped
Eor This reason tbo military mon Of
! tho country .re vary a,xious IN deyeIon
! coun,orci,i aviation with landing ae,ds
in everv cepter of imnortance in order
tho, tho voun, mon of tbo nation NAV
loo, u, ,nuch viii ,b. DIV game ard bo
nha 80 i,,o,r into - at roonart,s
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No'''" MUMMY WIN ''''''' an an po' DC ''u'
49," ,,
A''o"6" "'ii''a'S an pi'"es uui ihS 'ne
war were not ou'l' SO much Tor SAFETY
as tHeE were lor speeu an" iiaheuVerihs
''e p'a"es "nlch are oeins puit no" are
constructor LOT saie'y' win TWO engines
separa'eIy puiil so mat II one iaiis the
o'her VIII keep the plane gong until II
can lana
Lawrence L. briggs president of the
| American Flying club. told of experiences
IN farlS In l9lf, just after the wal
started, when one German arman ter
rorized the entire city for days, also OF
the development of the airplanc during
the war so that. at its close the British
who had gone the farthest with its de.
veopment, were bombardng German
towns with 1.650-pound bombs of r ~ T.
which shook the ground for two mile,
from the place where they struck.
Mr.. briggs declared that the aerial mai
in this country has been proven a nrac.
ItiCaI thing. and that il is more dependabls
than train service these DAYS Tho sneal,
or told of the forming of the American
FLYING club on the dav before the ar.
mistice was signed and of the ain, n,
the club to nut America to tho fore ir
aviation Nunicinal landing nlaces
throughout the country are NECESSARY
he said i'm order ia keen nm tho flvint
game. and il is only as the peonle CIV
, iorvwhcre became interested and don,n,
= such landing places that thew Will be Sc
cured
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