Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1921-02-23
i. s. MAINTAINS
AIR LEADERSHIP
Good Performances Offset D.
creased Production and
Contraction Of Industry.
LONG FLIGHTS suQfssfla
Clear Fs6ersi Policy 70 Az prssrpss
ef Commercial Flying 10 oein
laekino-Ysar's Fcats A.
Recorded.

C0W 4Ofk--AIuef1cn mas oocce0o
fully maintained her leadership In thu
navigation OF the air. so tar ~ heavier
than air craft are concerned, despite
the lack Of aerial laws. landing fields
and other such handicnps. according
to a review OF the year 1920, issued
by the Manufacturers Aircraft asso-
ctation. The review says:
Decreased production and q gen
erai contraction 10 the aeronSutical
industry generally is oiise, By the
more encouraging records Of perform
ance made In American aviation this
year. While the last twelve months
have not brought the carefully out
lined policy Of federal jurisdiction re-
CURED TO assure steady and economical
progress In commercial aviation, they
have Witnessed many remarkable
achievements by American pilots In
American machines"
Years Performances
Then follows 4 long. detailed list
Of performances, among them the fol-
lowing:
Commander A. c. Read, hero Of
the TRANSATLANTIC tiigh. In the NC-A
coumanded the same iiy!ng boat 90 Z
noteworthy expedition from Rock
away. l.. l.. down the Atlantic coast,
along the sr1 coas, and up the Mis-
kissippl river TO Cairo. III. When the
NC-i returned TO Kockaway January
n last 1t had flown 7,7iO nautical
miles Three OF the four Packard
Liberty engines had operated without
trouble dur!r. the lis hours In the
air. the fourth more than e.ghty.swo
hours Along t'a Mississippi the
motors were run VA commercial gaso-
line picked up from point to point en-
rouIe. Read reported that the great
est difficulty encountered was lack Of
proper maps.
COMPARED to long flight attempts
conducted by European governments
he American ventures were particp.
ariy successful. No less than four
expeditions attempted so ny the 8.aud
miles from Cairo to CSpe;oun. South
Africa. Colenel T., Van Ryndveld
Ind NJ. .tor {, j, q, Erand finally com.
'ietes their flight on March 20. 1890.
n DH-a plane sent up ny the gu~.
'rasneHi ~ the Union Of South A.r.ca
f,er their fIchers-vlmy machine had |
rashtsd. They had set eat from Cairo
'ebruaTy 10. Ncae OF the machines
hat started reached Capetown
'DiGcren; suc,pss attended the
Alaskan flying expedition Of the Unit.
d States Army Air service. -Four
'ai!audet retnodelied DH+-B planea
sch powered with Z singie Liberty
sosor. and each carrying two per
ona few frosn Mitchell Field. l.. L, to
'eme. Alaska. and return In ll2 hours
ytng time. total distance Of 5000
'lies. without a meter missing Gre or
'her accident serious enough to de-
y the party. Rain and fas c.n.eA
'oss of the ditnculty In nytna ovus
'un'ry not evrn charted "a the mapA
Operation es Air Mall ssrvisa.
''rhe Air Mail .n 1870 operating b.
rcen New York and waxhing,oa
e~ York. Cleveland. Chicago. Omaha
nj Lake City and San Franc.sco
ahsisor;ed Approximately Que hun.
Nd million letters at ordinary pos
Sc rates The system was extended
1870 fran Chicago TO San Francis
. fsptA '"y West. Fla. to Havana
ihs. and from Seattle, Wash., to Vic.
ria, T. C. Ahca, thirty Ave air mai
ancs are In the air each day dying
total. in round trips of about Aooo
les,
During the year the navy has been
skiax sh aerial sur,cy of the Pxns.
/ Canal sone.
The geological survey has coopss-
si with thc marine corps In mapping
. ecastline Of HaytL American ~.
,aes. CurtisA Aesonsrine and Bos-
, types, have operated on passenger
ltes In China.
Major r. ". Schroeder. flying IN
nerican designed and built Packard.
peri biplane, went Up from McCook
Nd, Dayton. Ohio. on February ID
reached the worlds record aiti. I