The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-08-12
MARKS new ERA
IN U. S. FLYING
All Metal Plane Will RevoIutioniZe
Aircraft Design and ~
Construction.
BIG ADVANCE IN SCIENCE
FraiI Spruce and Linen Ship That Did
Its Bit in War and Has Been Used
In Commerce viii Be Displaced
by All Metal Type.

New York.-The presence In Amer
lea of John M. Larsen's JIG all meta
mOnoplane will completely revolution
ize aircraft design and construction
according to statements made here by
leading airplane manufacturers.
The fraiI spruce and linen ship that
did it's bit in the war and that has
cariously, in commerce will soon be
displaced by the sturdy all metal type
brought out after the war by the
Germans almost every aeronautical
expert who has witnessed the per-
| Torrance Of the JL-6 agrees. One
American manufacturing company has
already announced its intention OF
disseminating operations.
The War Plane Passes.
There is little comparison between
the JL-6 and the old type plane.
The only type of airplane that was
successful prior to the JL-6's appear
ance was the wood and linen biplane
The wing beams, the long fuselage,
the engine bearers, the struts, the
under-carriage were made of either
spruce or ash and the wings were
covered with Irish linen. The fuse
lage between the wings gave support
to the panels. 1t was strong ship;
only a cyclone or a crash could warp
the wings around the fuselage.
But 1t appears as fragile and deli
cate as a china vase beside the JL-6.
There Is an all metal fuselage. One
metal wing spreads from each side OF
the body, a wing that measures eight
or ten inches In thickness at the lead
ing edge, and has a trailing edge as
thick as the blade Of your knife. There
are no interwing struts to offer wind
resistance, no control horns on the
ailerons, no flying or landing wires.
no control wires free to the wind. II
has been said that the flying, landing
and control wires 81 the ~ Upe nip
cut down its speed by as much as
twenty-five miles an hour.
Wings Survive Side Slip.
The wings Of the JL-6 are so rigid
that only head on crash will injure
them. One plane that side slipped to
the earth was Immediately righted
and flown away after q new propeller
had been put on. Not even the fuse
lage to which the metal panels are
attached was injured Eighty-five
men have stood upon the forty-seven
foot spread without causing any III
effects
The body of the plane contains
luxuriously furnished compartment
that will seat in upholstered chairs
six people. Two pilots may be seated
In the control compartment. The mo-
tive power Is furnished by 100 horse
power Mercedes engine. 1t requires
Ave gallons OF gasoline to fly 100
miles. Present aeronautical motors
require from ten to fifteen gallons for
that distance. The motor is almost
silent, compared to the deafening roar
Of the Liberty. A conversation can be
carried on in the cabin with the motor
wide open.
According 10 Mr.. Larsen, the JL-6
represents the greatest step forward
in flying in all time. He has pur-
chased all American rights, from the
Junker company of Germany, which
first perfected the all metal plane. 1t
was from an all metal battle plane
that the boche shot down Maj. Raoul
Lufberry in the most heroic air battle
Of the war DR.. Hugo Junker, German
engineer, is the original designer Of
the all metal ship.