The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-10-18

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1--WE can go ahead few years and
show the general trend beyond
that, but no one can tell just how
far flying will take us.
ut will have great effect just
as have steamships, railroads and
automobiles. But | believe the
change will come more quickly, be-
cause the airplane has developed
more rapidly. In less than twenty.
five years it has grown from the
crudest experimental stage to a
safe, reliable carrier with many
cOnveniences ana comforts"
The best basis for estimating
the future is to look at the present
You can see that Europe seems to
have everything its own way in
regard to commercial lines. On
many of these lines they are using
large multi-engined cabin ships,
equipped as comfortably as Pull
man cars. They run on regular
schedules and are used by travel
ers just as we use our own trains
in the United States.
The real reason for their success
is that they are subsidized by their
governments. Almost every Euro
pean commercial line is subsidized
from fifty to ninety per cent of its
operating cost. Naturally they have
been very successful, for they do
not have to worry about overhead
and deficits
This country began slowly. The
post office department established
an air mail line in 1919, from which
grew the trans-continental route.
This line has been very successful.
It is the backbone of the present
contract air-mail system, as almost
all other routes feed into it from
outlying sections.
1.-The mail airways now cover
between 1000 and 5000 miles, and
over $500 miles are flown daily
on these routes. This is regular,
scheduled flying, and does not in
clude miscellaneous operations,
such as Photographic work, cotton
busting, sightseeing, taxi work
and similar projects.
Future Passenger Lines.
"These lines are :he basis of the
future great passenger lines. Even
now, some of them carry pas
sengers, and others are planning
such service. Five lines are be-
ginning express service. New
routes are being established to
transport mail, express and pas
sengers, so that, by the end OF
1927, there will be over 1900 miles
of airways, and more than $4,000
miles flown daily-on schedule.
What kind of planes will be
used on these lines?" | asked.
Modern ships" he answered
with emphasis. con a few routes
mail alone will be carried, but most
contractors are trying to include
passengers and express. On shorter
runs, or in starting new lines,
small ships may be used, such as
cabin or open types,
capable of transporting from two
to four passengers, besides the
pilot.
As the traffic increases. and on
the longer lines, these will event
ually be replaced by multi-engined
planes with large cabins. equipped
with heating and ventilating de-
vices, wide windows. comfortable
seats and many other conyenlences.
Such ships are now in existence
and are in use on few routes"
with these great developments
in aviation. there should be many
opportunities for young men, /
said. What is your advice to those
who would like to take up that
work."
"That depends OH each case"
he replied IF man wished to-
follow the engineering and con-
struction phase, he would be best
fitted by attending a college or
which gives complete
aeronautical-engineering course.
There are several of these already
If he wished to get into actual
flying, he might try the army
cadet course. which is as complete
as any in the world. If the age
limit or the lack OF vacancies pre-
vented this he could try one OF