Taiban Valley news., 1921-10-14

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assured. In consequence, Omaha is proudly claim
ing to be Americas most progressive aviation
center.
The purposes of the congress praisewOrthy
The congress itself is likely to be of great i'm
portance.
One purpose is to bring the flyers together for
Il hg reunion. the first since the World War. An
other is to show everything in connection with
aviation in order to interest the people of the
nation in flying third is to form national
air body for the advancement of aviation in Amer
ica. The big purpose is: Aviation supreme for
America"
The formation of national air body appears
TO be wei under way, through preliminary organi-
cations in the states At this writing twenty-five
states are forming state organizations of the con-
gress and will be represented by delegates.
That there is necessity for the formation of such
a body seems hardly open to argument. Rudyard
Kiplng years ago, wrote of aircraft: I'VE are
at the opening verse of the opening page of the
chapter of endless possibilities" We have read
far beyond that and the march of events
forces us to keep on turning the leaves if we
would keep our place in the forefront Of the pro-
CessiOn of the nations
In the opinion of those who seem best qualified
TO know the United States has not kept abreast
With other countries in the development of avia-
ton especially in the matter of development of
airways For example, the best can show in
the way of a transcontinental route is that follow
ing tie general line of Cleveland Chicago Omaha,
Reno and San Francisco. The experts declare it
10 be not than 40 per cent complete in organi
zatiOn
An essential of the success of big business Is
imagination. Imagine, if you can, what the part
of aviation in the life of the nation will be five
years from now. It is wonder that men spf
large affairs want the organization of national
air body and want it now.
of Oaho m organization of 100 former pilots
and observers Of the World War. Nevertheless
all the city is talking aviation these days. Three
months ago of course it was not so. Omaha was
no more enthusiastic over aviation than any other
city When its citizens heard an airplane dronlng
overhead they gazed skyward for a moment. 9th
erwse they were uninterested.
Then Earl w. Porter, president of the Aero
Club of Omaha conceived the idea of the con-
gress and went to work on it. Now aviation is in
the blood of the citizens. They talk of the many
phases of air travel with the nonchalance of aces
Ia other cities the people may call anything that
traverses the air an alrShip But not so in Omaha;
they rightly use the word aircraft. Do you hear
bump 10 Omaha? Well, hardly Omaha knows
that blmp is not only slang, but obsolete slang
whereas people in other cities are still applying
the word ndiscrimnately to all balloons rigid
ard nonrigid alrships and lighter-than-air craft
You never catch an Omahan these days saving
hydroplane when he means seaplane; he knows
that the former never leaves the water And YOU
find him correctly using airplane, seaplane and
ii rshp instead Of aeroplane, hydro-aeroplane and
ifrfglbIe You may even Overhear conversation
,bOut the captive helcopter In short, everyone
n. Omaha appears to be enthusiastic about avia-
ion ia general and the coming congress in par.
ocular.
President Porter went to his fellow clubmen.
,l,ey indorsed his idea and his plans and pledged
heir support They also fixed on him as the log
NJ head Of the movement and he was duly made