Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27

emergency field for an hour or 20 until con-
ditions are clear The two-way wireless COM
nnunication set has already been installed In
o 32-pasSenger plane under the supervision
Of Herbert Hoover, jr. Other important safety
measures perfected for airplane travel are
progressing admirably and at great speed.
These include the increase IN the number OF
weather-reporting stations, their improved
stragetic locations and the development OF &C.
curate dispatching systems for the airliners.
Another thing which will help to take the
guesswork out of flying and eliminate current
elements of risk from 1t Is the automatic
horizon, developed by Sperry and the Navy.
This does away with q mental hazard ana
makes blind flying unnecessary.
1.-THE radio directional beacon will prevent
the pilot from drifting off his course because
Of side or cross winds, while the contour alti-
meter let's the pilot know exactly how high
he is at all times. It gives him graph or
the terrain he is flying over, whether IS Is noun
famous or fat Posted thoroughly and with
exactitude in regard to all of these important
matters and emergencies, pilot becomes IS
much q captain of his ship Of the air as = q
commander of a ship on the high seas.
Liners of the air going to grow larger
and larger as time goes on, for the bigger tney
get the more economical viii they be and the
better will one be enabled to build into them
the greatest factors Of safety.
UNTULTPLICATIONo of airports win be an
other factor of safety and the lighting
Of airports is another angle associated with this
feature Progress will not come through the
generation that creates and never CONNER
ciaIizes But the generation that is born with
a new thing such as airplanes, will grow up
and commercialize the industry and put it on
q highly successful and paying basis. For proof
of this you need only to look to the auton10-
bile industry. The automobile did not reach its
peak of popularity until after the war, when the
younger men began taking to it. Its volume or
manufacture has now grown from 100000 TO
5000 900 year.
"Airports are going to be closer to the hearts
of cities. Mail will be transported to the post
ofdceS by vacuum tubes and Subways will 90
direct to airportS to accommodate passenger
travel So-called speedways, without grade
crossings or speed limits, will be built direct
from city centers to accommodate motor-car
transportation
I'VE have learned o great deal about air
travel In the last three or four months. At
first we assumed that time was the only tea-
ture involved, and we looked around to see
who would be affected most by this element.
We decided that important executives, heads
of big industries and organizations would be
the logical persons eager to save the golden
hours and that, therefore, they were the ones
who would most eagerly desire air travel. We
were certain they were precisely the ones VINO
would be willing to pay two or three times the
rate Of ordinary ground transportation.
every one Is by now familiar with the
advertisements showing these busy men glanc-
ing at their watches, forced to reach the coast
In q limited number Of hours or lose big deals.
Well, we were right enough in our superstition
that these big executives would want to travel
the swift way by air, but we overlooked GER
tain element that entered into the matter. We
forgot to take cognizance of the fact that the
families of these business GEARS, the stockholders
Of their companies and the members OF their
boards of directors considered flying unsafe and
were therefore, unwilling for their men to take
the risk. Consequently. we did not have any
great amount of patronage IN the very field
m which we looked for it."
(CoOyraght, 1882