Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1921-10-13

cles to the point where success IL
assured In consequence. Omaha Is, proudly claim
ing to be Americas most progressive aviation
center.
The purposes of the congress are praisew0rthy.
The congress itself Is likely to be Of great i'm
portahce.
One purpose is to bring the flyers together for
q big reunion the first since the World War. An
ether In 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 ls: Aviation supreme Tor
America"
The formation Of national air body appears
to he welt under way. through preliminary organi-
satiOas In the states At this writing twenty-five
states forming state organizations Of the con-
Neess and will he represented by delegates.
Thst there Is necessity for the formation Of such
- %ody aeens hardly open to argument Rudyard
Kipiin9. 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
Gar beyond that now and the march OF events
forces to keep on turning the leaves. If we
would keep our place In the forefront Of the pro-
cession Of the nations.
In the opinton Of those who seem hest qualified
to know, the United States has not kept abreast
with other countries In the development Of avta-
tion, especially In the matter Of development of
airways. For example. the best can show IN
tho way OF transcOntinental route is that follow
ing the general line of Cleveland. Chicago Omaha.
to he not more than 40 per cent complete In organt
cation.
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 It Is wonder that men Of
large affairs want the Organization Of a national
air body and want 1t now
Omaha's slogan was Inspired by the Aero Club
nf 0risl,a. nm 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 dronIng
overhead they gazed skyward for moment. 9th
er,vise they unnterestel.
Ytcn Earl W. Porter president Of the Aero
(3ub Of Omaha. conceived the Idea Of the
gress mud 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
lGk est,er cities the people may call anything that
traverses the air airship. But not so in Omaha:
they rightly use the word aircraft. Do you hear
ealmp In Omahaf Well. hardly Omaha knows
that btimp Is aot only slang. but obsolete slang.
whereas people In other cities are still applying
the word lndIscriminstely to all balloons. rigid
ard ncnrigid airshIps and lIghter-thanair craft
You never catch an Omahan these days saying
hydropinne when he means seaplane; he knows
that the former never leaves the water. And you
aad him correctly using airplane. seaplane and
Sirshfp iDsiead Of aeroplane hydro aer0plane and
didglbie. You may even overhear conversation
about the captive helfcopter. In short, everyone
u Omaha appears to be enthusiastic about avia.
tien Ia general and the coming congress in par.
Hcsiar.
President Porter went to his fellow clubmen
4hey Endorsed his Idea md his plans and pledged
their support. They also hxed on him as the lOxi-
sai head os the movement and he was duly mnde