Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-10-13

CleS, to the point Wnere success is
assured. In consequence, Omaha Is proudly claim
ing to be Americas most progressive aviation
center.
The purposes of the congress are praiseworthy.
The congress itself Is likely to be Of great i'm
portance. ,
One purpose is to bring the flyers together for
a big reunion, the first since the World War. An
other Is to show everything In connection with
aviation, in order to interest the people of the
nation in flying third Is to form a national
air body for the advancement of aviation In Amer
lea. The big purpose is: Aviation supreme for
America"
The formation of national air body appears
to be well under way, through preliminary organi-
cations in the states. At this writing twenty-five
states are forming state organizations of the con-
gress and will be represented by delegates.
That there is necessity for the formation Of such
a body seems hardly open to argument Rudyard
Klpling, years ago, wrote Of aircraft: 1--WE are
at the opening verse 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 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
anyways For example, the best we can show IN
the way of tr9nsCOntinenta route is that follow
ing the general line Of Cleveland, Chicago, Omaha,
Reno and San Francisco The experts declare 1t
to be not than 40 per cent complete in organt
cation.
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 will be five
years from 1t is no wonder that men of
large affairs want thu organization of national
air body and want 1t now.
Omaha's slogan was inspired by the Aero Club
Of Omaha, 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, 1t was not So Omaha was
no more enthusiastic over aviation than any other
city When its citizens heard an airplane dronng
overhead they gazed skyward for moment. 9th
erwise they were unnterested
Then Earl w. Porter, president of the Aero
Club of Omaha, conceived the idea Of the con-
gress and went to work on 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 arshp. But not so In Omaha
they rightly use the word aircraft DO you hear
bllmp in Omaha? Well hardly Omaha knows
that blimp is not only slang, but obsolete slang
whereas people in other cities are still APPLYING
the word indiscrimlnately to all balloons rigid
ard nonrigid arships and ghter-than-air craft
You never catch an Omahan these days saving
hydrOplane when he means seaplane; he knows
that the former never leaves the water And Won
find him correctly using airplane, seapane and
airShip instead Of aeroplane, hydro-aeroplane and
dirigble. You may even overhear conversation
about the captive helcopter. In short everyone
in Omaha appears to be enthusiastic about avIa
ton in general and the coming congress in par.
ticular.
President Porter went to his fellow cIubmen
They ndOrsed his idea and his plans and pledged
their support They also fixed on him as the log
rai head Of the movement and he was duly made