The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-29

Corps on the Western front our.
ing the World War and is now
on the editorial staff of the Fl.
Worth (Tex.) Press.
BY CAPT. MALCOLM BUCHANAN
When a new method of transpor-
tation springs up it invariably
causes revolutionary changes in the
older modes of travel--thus the
airplane has brought about radical
changes in the operation of surface.
under surface, elevated and water
routes in use before the advent of
winged vehicles.
The adaptability Of the airplane
to commercial usage has set the
great traffic experts Of our country
to revising the various problems of
transportation. And, as a result,
some Of the railroad lines and some
of the steamship companies already
are using the plane to help speed
travel on their respective systems.
Planes leave ships at sea and
speed passengers, mail or cargo to
port long before the ship itself can
arrive; the railroads transfer night
passengers to day planes and ar
range connection with another
night train, thus giving more speed
to land travel.
Land Lines See the Trend
Because we already have a net
work of airlines over the United
States extending from coast to coast
and from Canada to Mexico, and
because the lines already are begin
ming to draw heavily on the revenue
of existing surface transportation
lines, the railroads and the ship
ping interests have found these
measures necessary. The straight
air lines, however, go the old sys-
TENS one better - they are able to
reach places not accessible to sur
face lines.
The uses to which a plane may be
put seems to have no limit.
Advertising firms all over the
country are profiting with the flying
machine. And even skywritin, has
been patented 80 that only one con-
Germ has q right to make letters in
the sky with an airplane.
Not long ago a leading cigar
company fitted out a large passen-
ger plane as a flying cigar store
and at the various ports of call the
store" sold over the counter an
average of 5000 worth of cigars
daily.
A cigaret manufacturer fitted a
plane with loud speaker and used
it over the country $4,000 over the
larger cities) to inform the world
OF their products excellent quail
ties.
On the Farm
Then, too, the plane is taking it's
place in agriculture. In the south
several companies have been organ
ized to spray cotton and other
crops with anti-insect powder in
order to kill pests that are cutting
down crop production. In this work
the plane does in 80 minutes the
work that would require DAYS under
the old methods Of spraying. The
cotton busting planes can "inocn-
late" thousands Of acres each dav.
A drug store in one of our cities
- using the plane for out-cf-.own
deliveries, and scattered over the
country are hundreds of privately
owned planes that may be hired
Tor delivery service.
Aerial mapping is another bus;-
ness that is proving quite a suc-
cess. for the Photographic mans
obtainable by use of the nlape
shows the lay Of the land in verv
accurate detail. There is 4 sl;cht
scale variance but the correct IA.
TAI OF the ground surface more than
offsets this element. '"a'
Passengers and Mail
BUT the greatest job for aircraft
- IN passenger, freight, express
ana mail transport, things which
have become big factors within !.
short period Of time. =
Air passenger lines are spr;no;rc
up almost daily and the demand for
commercial ships is almost nnhe-
Aevable. One passenger line on the
west coast has just ordered 4 flaat
q trl-motored planes to put into
passenger service. This COMPANY
operates coastwise service and IS
preparing to put into operation a
erans-continental service. :
The popularity of the a;rnl.n.
y . passenger machine is emnha-
sized, perhaps, in the fact that N
recent issue Of one aviation mac.
axlne there were advertisement 81
o. flying schools. Look through anv
o. the leading aviation magazines
ana you will find no less than so
q y advertisements Of aircraft
manufacturers. This alone proves
tnae the use Of the commercial
plane il decidedly on the increase
AT present there are more than
100 different types of airplaras he.
ing manufactured in the United
States-and the manufacturers are
selling their product.
The old barnstormer"-the lone
aviator that made the country fairs
and carried passengers at 4 certain
zee - - still seen At times but is
last becoming outclassed by organ
lied companies that are equipped
with more modern machines.
Passenger Miles
Inc air passenger miles flown
every year far out-distance ore.
forms Of travel on the passenger
mile basis, government statistics
snow. A passenger mile is the
transportation Of one passeneer
one mile. To speed Of the plsne
doubles that Of the fastest surface
machine and ct the same time car
re- - occupants with more COM