New Britain herald., 1923-01-12
3, s E. HEINkEN.


 A spEcK in the sky, huFlliRl
 ~ thEough space si the tastes
 speed man has ever lraVelea
 gFarirs larger as some focused ob'
 i.el through a camera lens until ths
 srees takes the form of a giant rel
 sirplane, is wlngspread as great as
 hs'f city block roar af it's en'
 ginss as grea. as lhe clap Of the
 haefhpsls Of me 400 horses it dis'
 R'sess then a sudden cutoff Of lhls
 sn FEY, graceful velplane and .
 sweep 10 earth. The machine 10 bs
 hFnugh' 10 rest within an inch of [, designated spot and within 3 see' and of an hour long established
 From doors in the fuselage step forth so1en travellers, dressed as though they were leayine a closed automobile hul with flush which only travel through the air aI speed greater than the fastest express train can give. Twelve hours be. fore they had been in Budapest, that charming capital nf old Bohemia with which one can scarcely associate the th0nshr nf The most modern of twentieth century leeomotion Now they are dsparking ai i.e Bourget. the aiI port of thai gay Paris. the greatest Grand Central Terminal Of the aerial highways. at which daily thirty express planes call and start for dozen capitals Of the conti- nent.
 From Constantinople.
 Or perhaps some of the voyagers may have taken he plane when it left Constantinople with its spired mosques behind only the evening before They have travelled with A break ln he journey overnight. distanrc of l.30O miles in a brief twenty .foui hours Less adventur. ous poyacprs. whose timidity and fear Of the breakneck speed of these racing air expresses led them tJ choose a voyage by boat or train will not arrive in Paris or London until four or tive days later fatigued and hstine undergone a travel equally as dangerous uS--.sia;istics ot fatalities prove his as he mad dash through he air
 Rnt 'he call of this giant plane from t'ous' antinople. Buda pest. Vienna 'ras,'e and Warsaw is orly one even, in busy day at l.e Bonrsct Early in fhe morning the first 4erIa express loaded down with . wHpapers. mai and perhaps an eart> rising passenger or TWO. leaves fot London and from then un'il darkness falls there is con- stGni rovetrent in the great air por'
 Test flights are now being made al nl.hl and snnn the schedule of flight aill moi be interrupted by the gong down of the sun Giant aeria bra,'ons and the many light houses whi . dot the Channel chasts vii light un the aerial high way s' tha' pilots can drive their p'anes 4tween Loedon and Paris, aina n siaht of one of the string of lights which will mark out the course between the two ca apitals.
 R,tgin mn demand nigh; fly irg The dangers of such travel, espatlHtN m view of the Channel foes li he great were 1t not for the enterprise ot the French Air Ministry 3 most essential part of the Government service. which has bee rNsponsibe for building up in l,e Bo rre, the center of the great the world The Government means to eliminate this danger by making right flying-from the pilots point of view-even more safe than day travel Not only Lighthouses mark his path. but lights will direct him to any of half dozen emergency landing fields so that he will not have 10 trust to luck in the event of torred descent
 Long befor the departure of the frs, plane for London l.e Bourget is the scene of activity. The planes. ike he great locomotives which haul our Wolverine. Twentieth Century and Sunset limiteds. must be coaxed and caressed for hours before they take Ip the task of hauling their human freight safely at the greatest speed. Often after night in the open hangars the engines cough bit ......
 Tuning Up the Express. To send plane directly into the air would be to encourage fatalities. Army fliers learned the wisdom of keeping engne running in an icipa- lion of trouble during busy nights al the front Often an hour is required primirg these aerial expresses before they are 'taxied' up tn the stone square which is the railroad plat form at Le Bourget.
 The pilot the Casey Jones" of the ,ir. generally joins the pane al the anne time As rhe passengers At Le 3ou, gel winch IS situa cd for con- renience sake about five miles from he city the passengers are met al heir hotels by limousines and drought to the air port before the