The Raymer enterprise., 1921-10-13

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assured In consequence, Omaha Is proudly claim
ing to be Americas most progressive aviation
center. ~ +a. w
The purposes Of the congress are praisew0rthy.
The congress itself is likely to be Of great I'm.
portance .....a ,.t..-. ssns :Js
One purpose is TO bring the flyers together for
a bic reunion. the frst since the World War. An
other Is to show everything In connection with
aviation In order 70 interest the people OF the
nation In flying third Is to form a national
air body for the advancement OF aviation In Amer
lea. The big purpose Is: Aviation supreme for
America" %. it
The formation of national air body appears
to be well under way, through preliminary orgnni-
cations In the states At this writing twenty-five
States Ore forming state organizations OF the con-
sress and will he represented by delegates
That there Is necessity for the formation OF such
a body seems hardly open to argument. Rudyard
Klpling 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 now and the march Of events
forces us TO keep on turning the leaves, II we
would keep our place In the forefront Of the pro.
cession Of the nations. 'r "a't'
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
arways. For example, the best we can show In
the way Of transcontnental route Is that follow
ing the general line of Cleveland. Chicago Omaha,
Reno and San Francisco. The experts declare It
to be not more than 40 per cent complete In organt
cation. -. s'T & -. af ,-. Ia" 5- w.
An. essential Of the success Of big business Is
Imagination. Imagine, II you can, what the part
Of aviation In the life Of the nation will be Ave
years from now. II Is no wonder that men Of
large affairs want the organization Of a national
air body and want 1t now.
0maha's slogan was inspired by the Aero Club
Of omnta, an 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, II was not So Omaha was
no more enthusiastic over aviation than any other
city. When Its citizens heard an alrplane droning
overhead they gazed skyward for moment. 9th
erwise they were uninterested. .a
Then Earl w. Porter president Of the Aero
Club Of Omaha, conceived the idea OF the con.
gress and went to work on II. Now aviation is In
the blood Of the citizens. They talk Of the many
phases Of air travel with the nonchalance Of aces
In other cities the people may call anything that
paverses the air an alrship. But not SO In Omaha
they rightly use the word aircraft Do you hear
blIpp In Omahai Well. hardly. Omaha knows
that blimp Ii not only slang. but obsolete slang,
whereas people In other cities are still applying
the word !ndiscriminntely to all balloons, rigid
aEd nonfigid aIrships and ligiter.than.air craft
You never catch an 0mahan these days saying
hydroplane when he. means seaplane; he knows
thatsthe former never leaves the water. And You
End him correctly using alrplane. seaplane and
sirshiR Instead M aeroplane, hydro-aeroplane and
diFigible, Yog Jpay. even oyerhear a conversation
about t6S-captlve helicopter. In short. everyone.
In Omaha appears to be enthusiastic about avia.
ttoR ip general and the coming congress ip par.
ticular. az.
President P0rter went to his fellow clubmen
They indorsed his idea and His plans and pledged
their support They also fixed on him as the logi.
caI head Of the movement and hs was duly made