The Arvada enterprise., 1922-08-17

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he started recently on nm aerial tour Of
the United States. lie was to visit all
tire states and 10 report 10 the federal
E:..,..Y government on the condition Mnd avail.
ability of landing fields snd ON other
al aviation snattera Probably he had
81 quad machine; It is to be presumed that
II. 10 had the best available And what
t.::;5 did Eddie Rickeobacker report7 Moth.
a. Ing. nothing at all. His machine was
s"fces' h'wn four days Ia succession. ThereupOA
@e ahsnooned the trip
10 C"Icsx". BOT sonx axo. local flyer took up
"s'"s9reM aud bride for n short flight They
wers hoaey,noonlng and wanted the best there
vas eo'nG In the way Of seeing the agl,ts. The
s'ses'ae erashed Both passeasers were killed
Pressdeat Harding was making an opeaalr
addeea roesatly II Washington. A commercial
AJes tack Ats plane full Of sighseers no close that
the Prsss6sotS vuace was drowned out and %
r'"ss Z" the ve9 crowd that had the plane fmiiea
scores would have bsea killed and Injured.
Thee are bet hress'acideats-any Issue of
aewNpaper Will fwrnish mose-whIch clearly indI
cate. accusdag to the experts that aviation in
the Unated States 10 at loose epds and TINT tho
aitaats"a 10 - bad that sosethlng really must be
doae shout II.
by way of emphasis to our own do nothing po,
ICY. the experts declare. Europe IL dotted with
handing places and ilned with air ti,utes Earn
Iean nat'"as are stimulating comn,srclai avlstio,
with suhsitlIeA
On the other hand. according to the exper,. m.
results of systematic development, are shown NV
tho fact that the air mail service of the Pos, Om,.
Department has Just completed yeur William,
= single fatal accident with 1.71OOOO miles c,v.
cred.
In congress- the Wntswor,h. Hicks bin \, mend.
sng. This provides for Il United States bnrenn ~,
commercial aviation.
Out Of congress the National Aeronuu,,c ,x.,.
c'at'on and the Soclety Of Automotiye Engineers
arr cooperating the drafting If nm nrr"nnu,ic
saf~sy c"r. with the assistance of expcrts of m.
@ur~nu of standards. Pending the pnssmve Of tho
WadswosthIlcks bili the drift "f I,s safety cod.
Ia tentative. but Its principal provisions win in
ciudc:
Inspection Of avlatora and aircraft In cvnn~c.
ei"a with the granting of licenses to pilots and mir
transportation companies: prohibiting of DANGER
sus proximity ef aircraft IL hight; rules govern
Eng rsssonaei sad equlpaent II slr,lrones Includ.
ting medical sad sixnal equipment: arrraft radio
se9watioA ruSes for landing ne,ds lighthouses far
aisat hylax and landing.
In the senate the other day Senator Thomas J.
Wat.A Of Aoatana read Into the Conversational
Record an article. "Our Aviation rrnblem" con.
tributed ~ the New Tort Times by Senn,or David
Z. Wasah II Massachusetts. saying TINT II WINS an
sstssestinx discussion II the pso'lem II aviation.
PestiAeot to the diNusal0a of the bill now before
eks eeaate.
says thnt what We now neei Ia the cousoin,,on
At the Array end Navy departments into the In.
partneOt of Natioaai Dcfens~ with n .srrtnry N,
IT. heNd and three uudeesccrctnries for the army.
navy aud als.
Here ARE ansse of tho r"'nis n.nic by Senator
Walsh of MNsarcs,usetts Ii the article:
III h r~gresamhls In o. gu, Of c.nvrrsa ,h.r.
IL ~ little Interest Ia what our government In do
ting. ~ rather falling 10 to. to stimulate intcrcu,
IN arronavtical mnitcrx md 4" foster md ~u,sur.
age In every manner r'ssslhc this most lmpor,nnt
a'caha ~ defeaae and transportation which hns
come IN ~ geoesnIiy acknowledged nnong nro.
gr~asve naslu0s ~ IT vital necessity TO their com.
Nercisl aRd l01ussriai expansion mud to their pru.
eectl"n and psuaperity.
'~TNe lnestlmaois value Of this comparatively
aew aeseare ~ Asosoeaerated dur'nx the World
war; as1 % !sas wsil deny that Il must play an
svea lasxes part ID any future controvesxy h.
Iwesa uatk,aD-Whethes oN lsaA or "a the sea
"Sinrs The tssnlAaalan II the World war msch