The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-15
FLYING FLEETS AIM
IS TO match DREAM
OF SEVEN-SEAN Navy
Aviation Minister Is Spending
s120,0o0,ooo Annually in
Aircraft Program
LOOKS TO PAY OF DIVISION
Wants to Be Prepared to Assert
Claim to Her. Share Of
Business and for War
LOOKS TO PAY OF DIVISION

BUSINESS and tor war
Paris, Mar. l5.-(o-France seeks
to spread a spiders web Of air lines
over half the globe.
She wants a full share OF peace
time aerial traffic and she wants to
train a great reserve of war time
pilots.
France also desires to reach out her
long maternal aerial arms to the
colonies, n the Mediterranean,
the Atlantic and some day into the
Pacific. Just as she wants her navy
on the seven seas she wants her all =
planes flying in the air lanes that
lead to every spot where Frances
so. O0O, 900 colonials live.
French airplanes fly O TO Eng
land, Poland. all of southern and
eastern Europe, to Africa and South
America. Already there is a line as
far east as Bagdad and pioneer work
is being done to have regular mail
service to Indo-China and Madagas-
cer The radial lines OF a big part
Of the aerial web already arc woven.
100000 900 for Air Military
Laurent Eynac. minister Of air. has
divided the work into three zones,
the North African and South Amer
ican service, the European and the
Asiatic. He hopes some day to or
ganizc three state-controlled COM
panies to coordinate the many private
concerns 10Y fighting for business.
That Is the scheme for postal and
commercial service.
= M. Eynac. as minister of air. con-
trolls aviation for the army and navy.
Three -fourthS OF his budget Of $780,
O00, 900 goes for military work. He
is organizing training schools. re-
search laboratories, searching for the
best types Of war aircraft and seeking
safety for his pilots. But he is frown-
ing upon transatlantic and other
stunt flights.
The merchant service, it Is agreed
by the government experts, will solve
many military problems and furnish
en- army OF filters. needing little exer-
else to put them in trim when the
guns begin to roar.
It Is M. Eynac's theory that some
time soon there will be a sort Of di-
vision of commercial air spoils. and
France wants TO be ready to claim her
share of the flying trade Over world
routes.
we shall not be able to trade on
plans and theories; We must have
actual air trade in existence to justify
our demand for control Of certain
routes" he says.
Routes Now in Operation
TWo-thirds of the mail between
France and French Africa is carried
by plane now and the mail service
from Paris to Rio Janeiro is on a
Six-day basis instead Of nearly three
weeks by boat. Postal service with
all the capitals Of Europe as far as
1stambul is growing and before long
1t is hope Indo-China will be linked
with Paris by regular planes. as well
as Madagascar and the French COL
onies Of West Africa.
France is well aided by her geo.
graphical situation" says Emanuel
Chaumie, chief Of the commercial
SCCtlOIl VI VIC dll lI!lll1Slly. ny flIldL
he means that French territory Is
spotted along many of the probable
great air routes of the world. And
he would build more airfields, light
more lanes. establish more and better
wireless and weather posts to make
the lanes over France and French
colonies the most desirable routes for
planeS tn take
All these International roads. the
ministry contends, must be bound to-
gether by a French domestic service,
intended primarily to make conrec-
tons between international lines.
For France herself, it is fe!. that only
long hauls will be profitable for some
time. It is said that letters are writ
ten during the day and should be
transported by night and as France
can be traversed in a very few hours
there is little advantage in sending
by air what trains will deliver by
breakfast.