The Washington herald., 1922-01-22
GIANT AIRPLANES
PLANNED TO JOIN
EUROPEAN CITIES
French Expert Foresees
World Bound Up By
Cloud Lines.

PARIS Jan. 4.-Aeroplanes which
are now under construction by
french firms are capable of main
einins q commercial speed Of I2O
niies an hour. Therefore Algiers
VIII be next year within the reach
OF Paris by a single fight of seven
or eight hours Similar aeroplanes
on other European air routes will
bring an the great cities of Eu-
Fope within a days reach Of Paris.
IN two or three years time says
4 Louis Breguet, the famous
French flyer and constructor,
planes will be built on huge de-
signs which are already under con-
uderetion, and will be capable of
carrying twenty to thirty passen-
sers. with their luggage, at a speed
Q. iso miles an hour for continuous
nignt over twenty-four hours. New
Iork could then be reached in Tess
'hAn day and a nights nying.
six-Foet wings-
These planes are being planned
Win huge wings over six feet
NICK the interior of which will
% utilized as cabins, while the
ordinary body Of the aeroplane will
accommodate only the motor. the
ouot and the engine-room and
-etrol supplies.
An American firm, adds NJ. Bre-
uet. have sent to the Eiffel Air
laboratory plans for such a plane,
1e total weight Of which will be
% tons and having wings stretch
nE s75 feet across. This monster
plane Is to have six motor groups,
each with four motors of 500 horse
power.
Make Reduced Models.
The Eiffei Laboratory Is prepar-
ing reduced models for the purpose
OF calculating the engine power
and the stream line of air re-
sistance and lifting power. As
soon as these calculations are COM
pleted the American nrm will start
building.
N. Louis Bregust who is not a
dreamer and idealist as his practi-
cal work in turning out thousands
OF lighting planes during the war
has proved. then turned to the
more distant future. 'T see no rea-
son." he said. why this should in
any way represent the utmost limit
Of the capacity of aerial flight. II
We pursue the formula as to weight
lifting and speed. which is now so
wen known. and II greater accom-
modation can be given for petrol.
say 10 per cent of the total lifting
power. there Is no reason why a
plane could not perform without a
stop the complete circuit of the
earth.
"of course. the problem would
then have to be faced Of how to
bring to land an aeroplane carrying
q weight of 500 pounds to the
square meter Of wing surface.
Such a plane would also travel at
the rate Of $50 miles an hour.
Must Keep High.
Such a speed would be impos-
sible unless the plane were flying
at a great height from the ground,
height where the atmosphere has
one-fifth of its ordinary density.
This height would be about $4,000
feet.
The vista opened up by such a
possibility is immense. Man could
then fly around the earth faster
than the earth's movement. He
would, as IL were. catch up with
the sun. New York would then be
six hours from Europe
Again, in the cause of war;" Mr..
Breguet points out, what would be
the use of huge fleets when faced
with great 100 and 200 ton aerial
torpedo planes? The navies of the
world would then be things Of the
past, and would only have q place
as ancient curiosities like NAM
moths in the museums.
People laugh at these predic-
tions," concludes N. Breguet. so
did people in 1S4o when steenynav-
ixatlon was introduced. Just be-
fore the Great Western made her
twenty-five day trip across the At
Iantic from Liverpool to New York
a number Of scientists wrote prov
ing Il utterly impossible, and yet
steam went on speeding up faster