Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-27
POST SERVICE
NOW PLANNED
BY AIR ROUTE:
French Army Aviators
Have Already Begun to
Work Out Plans. and
Service Developed.
Practical Aviation Sc
verely Tested Because
of Mountains and the
Large Oceans.

Bucharest, June 26-This city will
become huge communication center
for south Europe. both for wireless and
aviation, if present French plans are
carried out. The Marconi company has
offered to build a huge wireless station
in Rumania, which would handle busi-
ness from the east as well as local bus
mess to the west, but it appears likely
that the Rumanians will either continue
their own wireless service in connection
with the Eifel Tower and other stations
in France, or else permit the French to
establish such a station.
Both British and French firms. backed
up by their governments, are attempt
ing to arrange a complete airplane SER
vice. The French propose TO connect
Paris. Vienna. Budapest, Bucharest. and
Constantinople, in a general way, with
garia and Greece. 1t is hoped later to
extend this service into Russia.
Establish Post Services.
French army aviators began last sum-
mer to establish a tentative post SER
vice between Constantinople and Bucha-
rest. connecting with the express train
to Paris. This service is being develop
ed but owing to its great cost IL is felt
necessary to have each of the gov
ernments over whose territory the air.
plane service will be conducted, to con-
tribute a pro-rata share to maintain
the service.
1t is estimated that tho cost averages
$40 for each hour the machine is kept
in the air.
In view of the poor conditions Of the
railway systems in south Europe. busi-
ness men generally have given their sup
port to these plans.
Flying Severely Tested.
Due to the mountains of central and
southern Europe and waters of ths
Black sea. the Adriatic and the Medi-
terranean. practical aviation is constant
ly severely tested.
Flying into Russia does not present.
the same difficulties Since the armis-
tice huge German machines carrying
passengers and contraband moneys and
other articles of speculative nature,
have made frequent trips between Mos
cow and Berlin Now and then, these.
machines come down. but it Is generally
because of motor trouble. During the
bolshevik regime in Hungary. frequent
trips were made to Moscow, though the
aviators had TO cross the Carpathian
mountains from Budapest.
New Types Luxurious.
From passengers point Of view.
sucn TRIPS 40 not present any dlIrlCulty,
once the passenger has overcome the
preliminary apprehension of danger This
apprehension is much diminished BY the
new limousine type of machine. where.
the passenger suffers neither from cold
wind nor motor noise.
The establishment of these wireless
and airplane communications are a con-
tinuance of the French policy Of keep
ing eastern and western Europe con-,
nected. 1t is due to the French that
since the aImistice express trains have
been run between Paris and Warsaw.
passing the intervening cities Of Prague
and Vienna, and also between Paris and
Bucharest. and finally between Paris
and Constantinople. These three which
arc known as the Warsaw, Simplon and
Orient expresses, were first under
French army control and are now under
commercial control of the Internation~
al Sleeping Car company.