South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-09
WILL
LECTURE HERE
MONDAY NOON
Famous Student Of Aviation
to Inspect Landing Sites
About City.
PLANS BIG AIRLINE
Will Tell Chamber of Com.
merce About Possibili-
ties for South Bend.

alfred W. lawson. noted club
man, airplane designer. manufac-
turer and operator of the worlds
first transcontncntal aerial trans
portation line, Will arrive in South
Bend Monday morning to address
the Chamber OF Commerce at its
weekly MONDAY luncheon In the
afternoon ne Will inspect surround
ing fields available and suitable for
the landing of these giant 20
passenger airliuCrs which ne Will
put into transcontincntal service for
passengers and mail and parcel mat
ter this coming summer.
Monday may be an epOChal even.
in the future OF South Bend. said A.
g.. PeEdleton, "a representative of the
Lawson airlines. for then II viii de-
termine whether or not South Bend
Is ready and willing 10 receive avi-
alton. whether she believes in the
future of aerial transportation. ana
whether or not the city VIII vel
come the coming of this system
which will put them over 60 FER
cent closer to New York or san
Francisco"
Trial Flights.
From facts gained during the
trial flight Of the first Lawson air
liner. which made trip from Mil
waukee 10 New York, Was hington
and return( carrying total OF 400
messengers en- route. including a
special trip at Washington for Secy
OF War Baker his wife and chill
dren. some United States senator's,
Father Cavanaugh. OF Notre Dame,
and other notables, we believe that
we can make the transcOntinental
trim from Gotham TO the Golden
Gate city in SO hours This will FRO
portionately make South Bend with
in one hours run from Chicago,
seven hours from New York and
abou. % hours from San Francisco.
These figures are based on facts and
not upon fancies, and / think are
quite within the realms OF reason.
The Lawson airliner is the iarg-
est practical commercial airplane IN
the world. II carries 26 passengers,
together with baggage. 1t has a
span Of 90 feet, and overall length
OF 81 feet and a height of practical
Nv t6 feet. II l. equipIe ed with two
motors OF 400 horsepower each. or
"a total horsepower OF 500. The body
OF the plane IS completely enclosed
The passengers seats are on each
side. with an aisleway three feet
wide between. Each seat has an
observation window, together with
overhead racks for parcel matter
The interior OF the body presents a
very neat appearance, as It IS highly
polished, well cushioned seats and
a carpet On the floor.
Ride in Comfort
Mr. LAWSON In designing THIS
plane primarily for commercial pur-
poses had the passengers comfort
in view. for it Is as completely
fitted out as much as Pullman car.
The body being completely enclosed,
no blast Of the air either from the
propellers nor from the line OF
flight affect the passengers comfort
no Gil or grease so often noticeable
previously in airplancs comes in con-
tact with the OCCUPANTS.
"It IS only a matter Of time until
every city in the United States will
he equipped with landing field
They will be as necessary as the or
binary railway station. the city's no
tel or the local garage. and in my
opinion the time is very near. Al
ready most Of the cities in both the
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