Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-03
Flying in France
Safe as Motoring,
Il Statistics Show
Million Miles Flown With
Only Four Killed and Four
Iniured-Ciant Strides
". Are Made.

Tr Paris, Dec. I.-hrsr the Httie Car,
inter the airplane for all.
Models shown at the air salon at
the Grand Palais indicate a trc-
mendous effort on the part of de-
signers in two directions:
!. To build monster machines
capable OF crossing oceans with as
many as 100 passengers.
2. To build tiny, self-stabilized
''flyplancs" as simple of operation
as jitney. capable Of landing al
most anywhere, and with prices de-.
signed to suit the purse OF any man
who can afford an automobile.
Other developments include: An
air taximeter; helicopter capable
of ascending and descending verti-l
cally without wings; mufhcr de-
vice, which it is claimed will allow
air passengers to converse freely;
a folding airplane, measuring III
feet by p feet, which can be pack
cd away in three ordinary sized
trunks and rcasscmbled in one hour.
The tremendous strides air dcvel-
opncnt has made since the war are
demonstrated everywhere at the
salon.
III VIC were Ak war now there
would be practically no use for
armies and navies," commented Al
yaro Pescara, inventor of hcilcop-
ter and one of Spain's leading aero
nauts.
France Leads.
The exposition reveals that the
leading country in airplane develop
lncnt is France-if Germany is ex-
cepted, and Germany is not repre-
'sented.
Following France comes Italy and
then Great Britain. Judged by the
nleagcr exhibits expected from the
United States. America is far down
on the list of nations who have
taken the lessons of the war and
applied them to commercial use.
The extraordinary development of
French air work may, be attributed
first to the liberal subsidies granted
by the government and secondly to
the panstaking researches of
group of French airplane designers,
who have never ceased their labors
to make flying a universally safe
business and pastime. a8
!, While to Italy belongs the credit
OF creating the first super -airplane,
capable of transporting 80 to 100
persons exclusive of crew, France
rs tie home OF the most. important
invention touching air development
since the Wright brothers first denl-
onstrated, at lie Mans, tho possibili-
tss of controlled flight.
StabiIxer in Use.
This is the stabilizer, by which a
s,seavily loaded passenger airplane re-
Gently flew from Paris to Rotterdam
and return-a distance OF 500 miles
'-ewithout the pilot once touching
the controls except to take off and
land. By means of this invention
fhe dangers of flying in clouds and
fog are largely dispelled.
Il 1t is. in fact, possible to ascend
in a thick fog, reach 4 certain
height above the fog, and by means
OF compass, altimeter, windometer
and other directive instruments,
aided by the stabilizer, guaranteeing
constant height and direction, land
again in a fog. The signal for land
ing is given by wireless, the. opcr-
ator on the ground, by shortening
and frightening his waves, being
able to inform the pilot his exact
location over the field.
The problem of fogflying is not
entirely done away with, but the
wireless telephone and the stabilizer n
have gone a long way toward its
solution.
Motorless Planes.
! Apparently the Germans are
ahead in motorless trials, but French
experts such as Rene Fonck, the
ace Of aces, observe that the idea OF
flying without motors is as though
giant oil-burning liners on the ocean
were deprived of their engines and
set to running with sails.
The French have been among the
GEst to realize the practical bene--
tits Of Parker R. Bradley's invention
Tor making airplanes non--inflam-
nable. Fire, it is recognized, is still
tlie greatest danger OF the air. Null
.iple engines can reduce to zero the
danger Of collapse through engine
failure; dual pilotage and control
can abolish to a large degree the
uncertainty attaching to the human
sfement; stabilizers and other de-
vices can render the airolane inn
nune from storms in the air, but the
langer from overheating or from
Electric discharge remains as great
Is ever.
Many Air Taxi Lines.
Bradely's invention, explained be-
ore the Areo Club Of America, is
therefore hailed as of tremendous
Importance by French experts anj
liready test machines have been con-
along Bradley's specifica-
ions
( One Of the chief reasons France is
lolding its lead in aviation is that
-aurent- Eynac, under secretary OF
.cronautics, is himself pilot and
aw active service over the German
ines during the war. Shy of pub
ioity, he is working day and night
. provide France with the greatest
Commercial air fleet of the world.
Under his direction French air
ines now exploit approximately
O0O miles of territory, covering a
.reat part OF Europe. Among these
ines are:
Paris London.
Paris Brussels-Amsterdam.
Paris-Strasbourg- -Prague--Warsaw
Toulouse France Capablanco)
,forocco.
Bayonne- ao-Santander.
Bordeaux Toulouse1A Montpelier.
Paris-Lyons.
Paris Marseilles.
Paris-St. Nazairc.
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