The Dolores star., 1921-10-14


assured In consequence, Omaha is proudly claim
ing be Americas most progressive aviation
center
The purposes of the congress praiseworthy.
The congress itself is likely to be of great i'm
i,"rtance.
One purpose is TO bring the flyers together for
Il hi. reunion the first since the World War An
other is tc show everything in connection with
;vation. in order TO interest the people of the
-,ation in hying. A third is to form national
air body for the advancement Of aviation in Amer
jc, The big purpose s Aviation supreme for
A.scrica.'
1'te formation of a national air body appears
20 he well under way. through preliminary organ
zatonS in the states. At this writing twenty-five
states are forming state organizations of the CON
.resS and will be represented by delegates.
That there is necessity for the formation of such
n boGy seems hardly open TO argument. Rudyard
Kiping, years ago. wrote of aircraft: I'VE are
at the opening 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, 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
tion. especially in the matter Of development OF
nirways. For example the best can show in
the way Of tranScontinental route Is that follow
ing the general line of Cleveland, Chicago. OMAHA
Reno and San Francisco. The experts declare it
10 he not more than 10 per complete in organ
zaion.
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 VIII be five
years from now. 1t is no wonder that men of
large affairs want the organization of a national
air hody ana want it
OIuaha's slogan inspired by the Aero Club
Of FU"hn, an organization of 100 former pilots
and observers Of the World War Nevertheless.
al the city is talking aviation these days. Three
suonths ago. Of course. it was not Omaha
more enthusiastic. over aviation than any other
city. When its citizens heard airpane droning
overhead they gazed skyward for moment. 9th
erHise they unntcrested.
Then Earl w. Porter. president of the Aero
Club Of Omaha, conceived the idea of the con
:ress and went to work it. 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
traverses the air an airship But not in Omaha
they rightly use the word aircraft. Do you hear
l.'imp in Omaha? Well, hardly. Omaha knows
thnt blimp is not only slang, but obsolete slang
whereas people in other cities still applying
the word indiscriminDtely to all balloons, rigid
ard nonrigid arships and lighter than-ar craft
You catch Omahan these days saying
iydroplane when he Seaplane: he knows
that the former never leaves the water And YOU
find him correctly using airplane, seaplane and
airship instead of aeroplane, hydro-aeroplane and
dirigible. You may even overhear n conversation
about the captive helicOpter. In short everyone
in Omaha appears to be enthusiastic about aya-
4ion in general and the coming congress In par.
tlcular.
President Porter went to his fellow clubmen
They indOrsed his idea and his plans and pledged
their support. They also fixed him as the logi-
cal bead OF the movement and he was duly mace