The Washington times., 1922-06-08
HELICOPTER To
MAKE FLYING
SAFE FOR ALL
Invention Of Louis Brennan
Will RevoIutionize Aviation,
Rickenbacker Ayers.
By wILLENE TAYLOR.
Cormopolitan News Service.


NEW YORK, June s.-"Aviat
tion has been simphfied through
the invention by Louis Brennan,
the Englishman, of the helicop-
ter" Eddie Rickenbacker said be-
fore starting his $4,000 miles
pioneer flight to survey CONNER
cial cir line possibilities. "The
helicopter will make flying sim
ple enough for the average man,
the non-professionaL The dan
ger of landing and taking off will
have been eliminated, and a few
years hence the business man will
be landing in his own airplane on
his office roof"
Advantages Commercial.
The advantages which the hell,
copter will bring will be commercial
rather than military. the American
ace thinks. In war time. landing
grounds are not the item they are in
peace times. when every real estate
plot is boosted Therefore the fact
that the new plane can arise
horizontally is most important eco.
nomically and commercially, Rcken.
hacker says. The helicopter's realiza-
ton during the great war would have.
Of course, helped in many a
maneuver, especially in its ability TO
hover over a given spot and allow
the aiming of bombs, he said.
All to Fly Soon.
Rickenbacker has an interesting
vision Of the future. the world revolu.
tionized by aviation. The cities. he
says, will be for business only. all
persons living in the country or resi-.
dence communities. The cities will
see little day light. but will be buz.
zing factories where country folk fly
back and forward by day. The build.
ings will be of uniform height. and
all the streets will be bridged. thus
forming a great smooth landing field,
not to be used for taxing, but for
landing Of commuters aeroplanes.
Business people will fly TO town,
land on their office building and take
an elevator down, instead Of up, to
their offices. The first five floors
Of the buildings will probably be used
for garages and storehouses. Ricken.
hacker said. while the subways will
still be run under ground. There will
be so many automobiles that there
will be doubled deck streets, and
right of ways for autos will be built
eliminating stops for cross town
traffic. And this new arrangement
isn't more than twenty or twenty.
five years distant the flyer says.
Visits 81 Centers.
Rickenbacker. in his pion ser flight
starting today, will visit sixty. four
distribution centers for his motor
car, and get a personal, Immediate
survey Of affairs. He said a railroaI
trip over the same ground would take
year, and then he would not he
up to date. Rickenbacker expects
manX-oth business men to follow
his example on inspection trips.
Within five years II will be possible
to get a good plane for $500,
whereas II costs $4,000 now, he says.
President Harding has expressed his
thanks to Rickenbacker for his part
as pioneer in this new field, and en-.
trusted him with his greetings 10 the
oHIi1SiS COHNeillOl. at san FRAN
cisco on June IL. Rickenbacker's s
record across the continent-the rec.
ord for one person in a nlans--is
twenty-six hours actual flying time
and two days and two nights elapsed
time. He will have four pa sseeer
with him on todays flight, and al.
though speed will be a factor. he
won't try to make this a record
When everybody takes up flying
the health Of the nation will improve,
the flyer says. He declares he can
think better In the air than any.
where, and that he has worked out
his biggest problems while flying.
Flying is safer than motoring. too,
he asserted.
Concentration and application
have saved me from accidents" NJ
said. "Carelessness has killed many
of my e0paPadaaH ~