The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-17

tbcrc 3ro number Of committees
uri iut,hIr1totH an trying. but per
ltps InWp'iIug cn'h other Al are
wording luuusiy ana hard. I have
nl dDuhl 1u Vr need single head
and tuul ,u-ordluatlyf which Is pos
tlDlo only whom a singlc Acad con-
'rDis all
"Nll intoroptcd now ara holding
back waiting FOR plan ! boliryo
innt one would BE- secured inost
.DUiIfr by concentration under "a
ttri, hoad But this ls not absolute
.pr'au. II would depend upon
Mo. .hrme ana more ,hau that upon
tho head selected The single hc1d
ldoa has been tried abroad without
iuvafiabie aucccss. / think II wOuld
succeed here
Engineers Sot Idle
"No matter what may bo believed
vo are NOT absolutely ~ n stand
allll. our snEiucors are all thinking.
oven thought they have not been
ooustruotluR. Their pencils hay"
been busy during the period Of de
PRECISION, when We get started again
wc ahall 80 fast enough, perhaps,
TO make up for lost time
non the speed with which We
travel In our air development will
depend the place which we shall
take among the nations not only In
military sense but 20 notable
degree, In a commercial RonHc,
"Cortsinly thcqo are the days
when tho most favored nation Hhuuld
take tho leadership that Is It's own
both by right ~ creation and by vir-
tuo OF opportunity
splendid things nre going on
abroad while We sit without def
uito accomplishment on" week In
MAY cav "A record number Of air
pasangoa between London and tho
continent These. short though the
trip IT,. covered q total flying dis-
lance Of eI.O0O miles In more than
90 flights carrying between $40 to
$50 passengers, most OF them buHi-
ness people. flying because II was
Of real advantage to thcm and not
because II had n thrill That's H..
They are learning over there, what
tho American public 80 far has
doubted that air-travcl is practical
necessity OF modern lifc.
"A line hna boon established be-
tween London and Amsterdam
I'm America we have done moro
than the public dreams, I think
We have worked out systom or
signaling 80 that directions with re-
gard to landings. may be given to
mention the fnct that In England
the government In endcavorlng to
educate tho public with regard 20
airplancs much M the public had
To he taught. IN days OF old. with
regard to railway trains.
RcxOri os Air Service.
American air service IL moro Of
;iricnt than most people think. our
air mail shows only one forced land.
ing for 1925 miles operated. |
wonder n any 10000 milos of mail
train travel have been marked by
80 fcw forced stor-, Another mail
.rocord In oven better: soven forced
| landings in 1l3,b95 miles flown
During six weeks tho mail run from
Now York to Cleveland was nhao'
lutely 100 per cent perfect--no mis-
| haps or delays. The New York tc
Washington service has been stoppct
because trains make the trip be
tween business days and therefore
seem to- serve all necessary pur
poses, but II was 100 pcr cont eff
Client for eight consecutive weeks.
"The postoffice department ~ nov
working the New York TO San Frnn
cisco route. whore lies the greatest
| opportunity. Time could not bt
saved on the short New York tc
Washington run. The New York tc
San Francisco flight perhaps soor
may hc made regularly In - hours
'Thc navy Ia building sea planes
with ninc Liberty motors each, gtX
ing $500 horsepower. Such planc'
might cross the Pacific ocean, anC
ono OF them probably will The,
viii he bigger than the n. G. planes
(N. c., by the way, means "nava
Curtlsa,' so the speaker knew Sha
he was talking nhouN and will b'