Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-04
B|PLA|VE FLIGHTS
MADE BY $4,000
PERSONS IN 1921

SIOUX CITY, Ia, April 1.-Some
10000 persons Travelled by air in
1871 although a year ago many per-
sons believed that the present gen.
GRAFTON would not accept the flying
machine, according to a paper by
samuel S. Bradley, Of New York,
general manager of the Aeronautical
chamber Of Commerce Of America,
which was read in his absence at
the commercial air conference here.
commercial aviation t'e.rvived with
no appreciate encouragement 9th.
er than the hard work and rela-
lively meager funds which it's sup.
porters put into it. Such was 1920.
Then the next twelve months wit
messed the most interesting develop
tment in our transportation history.
hundreds of persons flew. The pub
lie has changed it's mind" the mes
sage said, and added:
The hit and miss flying of for
mer years has passed, together with
the aerial tramp, the side-show per-
former and the self-styled dare
DEVELOP the air. The gypsy flier is
being absorbed by the established
companies.
Approximately 100 companies or
individuals are permanently estab-
1shed and operating about half OF
the civilian planes in the country.
In other words, they operate be-
tween 500 and 600 of the aggregate
1900 machines. They report to us
that in 1921 they carried 122 ,512 pas
sengers and 1921 pounds OF
freight. They traversed air routes
and made short flights aggregating
2,907,245 miles. The average cost
per passenger was So cents a mile,
as compared to SIS cents the year be-
fore. The average charge per flight
was 50.
In the Mountain Regions
Half of the activity of 1921 was
carried on in the region between the
Appalachian and the Rocky noun
tains. Half the airplanes in the
country are operated there. me
Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri river
valleys, Colorado, Montana, the Da'
kotas, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma
and Texas afford many natural adj
vantages, chief among them emer-
gency landing facilities. 1t is es-
timated that more than 300 planes
were entered in the various flying
meets in the Middle West, that they
flew a total of some 100000 miles
at those meets, carrying approx
mately $4,000 passengers and per-
forming before crowds aggregating
in q
+ instances without a single serious
accident.
Revenues derived by civilian
aerial transport in 1921 amounted 10
considerably more than ever oeIore,
principally because there was not
the free-flying or educational work
that marked 1920 as year OF
pioneering. The fact that the vast
majority of operators remained IN
business at the end OF the year Is
conclusive evidence that the pubic
paid.
ssThe Wadsworth bill now before
congress, providing for bureau OF
civil aviation in the department OIL
commerce which would administer
the air laws and provide regulations
should be made a law before the
spring flying season opens. :
Mr.. Bradley said the Aeronautical
Chamber Of Commerce was FORMED
to coordinate the efforts OF all op-
orators of aircraft. -.
Will Adopt Air Traffic
lust as mankind adopted the
clock and the ten digits, 1t Will
adout the channels in the air Tor
its tracks of traffic and transporta-
ton" John B. Coleman, OF this CITY,
national committeeman OF the COM
mercial Air conference, SAID IN an
address before the conference here
ssTbe men who founded the airplane
and the airsRip did for transporta-
tion exactly what the invention OF
the clock did for timekeeping, and
what the creator of the digits did
for mathematics. AS nation and
as states and as business men WELD
ing tremendous influence in our
cities and towns we must prepare
ourselves to receive this evolution
in our modes of business and social
advancement. Our cities, like our
national government, must grasp its
Importance in serious terms.
1--WE must realize its commercial
advantages to our business institu-
lions. the saving in time on floats
for our bank clearings, and the rapid
delivery of mail and merchandise to
the manufacturer, jobber and retail
err. The national aeronautic asso-
Citations must be extended. We are
here to install a system"
In the course of his address Mr..
Coleman declared that ''the modern
business man and farmer are rap
idlv passing most other vocations in
intelligence and new agencies that
have fallen inte,, their hands for
croot achievements