Evening star., 1921-09-09
ny GEORGE MIrrE.

Special Correspondence of The Star and Chicago
Daily News.
BERLIN, Germany, August 15.-Al-
though the allied nations have done
their best to cripple Germany's avia-
ton. Germany is leading the world
In commercial exploitation of the air
plane.
France has left Germany very little
In the way of airplanes. France is
afraid of Germany's aviation and will
not even permit her to build air.
planes that are meant for CONNER
cial purposes alone and would be
impracticable for warfare. Never
theless. by making over the few air
planes left them. the Germans have
inaugurated an aerial service that
not only enables one to- fly from
Berlin to almost every important IN
dustrial center within the borders of
Germany, but also to make connec-
tionS with the international air lines.
T Thus. one may fly from Berlin to
Bremen and here catch an airplane
to Amsterdam. and thence on to Lon
don or to Brussels and Paris. Or one
may catch the Paris Warsaw airplane
at Nuremberg. and go in either di-
rection. Another line takes one to
Copenhagen and Stockholm, and still
another makes connections at Danzig
with the Baltic airplane for Riga and
Reval.
1 have made numerous trips in Ger
man airplanes, besides having flown
all the 'way from Paris to Berlin.
stopping at London. Amsterdam and
Bremen to change planes.
Many Afrpiane Routes.
Germany is the first country to
make commercial aviation practical.
despite the fact that she is much
poorer than France or England, and
- ar,f nrt ha
man aircraft industry to only limit
ed extent. There are twenty-eight
aviation companies in Germany and
twelve air lines that give regular
service: The most important are the
Berlin Bremen line, the Berlin
line. They are the backbone of the
German air service. They make stops
at various other cities. at which they
meet other planes flying in other di-
rections. 1t is impossible. for in
stance. to fly directly from Berlin to
Hamburg. But one may take Berlin
Munich airplane, land at Leipzig and
there catch a plane for Hamburg.
Many would-be passengers, hearing
the pilots tales of how old their
machines are and what hard job it
is to keep the motors in good repair.
cancel their passages at the last mo-
ment Others, more courageous. make
the trip, but with the resolve that
they would never take another
chance in German plane if they sur
accidents has been less than ! per
cent of the number of flights. and not
a single passenger has been killed or
even seriously wounded in two years
of commercial aerial travel in Ger
many.
Planes Small But Strong.
Close to 10000 airpRnes were built
In Germany during the war. 1000 in
| the last year-191S. The output OF
airpiane motors exceeded 10000. Last
wear Germany built $50 airplanes, that
| being the number allowed under the
treaty of Versailles. Most of these
are aerial limousines de luxe and are
being used for the seaside resort serv-
ice. These planes are not as large as
those flying between London and the
continent, some of which have a seat
ing capacity of thirteen passengers.
Four and six passenger machines are
the rule in Germany, but they are
much heavier and stronger planes than
the majority of the French and Eng
lish passenger planes.
The Junker monoplanes. which are
being used on the Berlin-koenigsberg-
Riga route, and, since July Is, have
carried on the service between Stock
holm and Reval, are perhanps the
strongest made. Although America S
experiences with the -. L." all-metal
planes, which were bought from Ger
many were none too gratifying. avia-
ton experts here still contend that
the Junker has not been surpassed
for general stability and power of re-
sistancs in all sorts of weather. These
planes are equipped with a 1S5-horse-
power motor and can make up to IS0
kilometers (nearly 102 miles) an hour.
Most of the planes used on the main
German lines are former war ma
chimes. The famous Rumpler "Taube, "
one of the earliest fighting planes
brought out by Germany, is used be-
tween Berlin and Munich: the IL. V.
G" between Drekden and Hamburg