The Washington times., 1931-05-07
GERMAN PLANS
To ADOPT D. c.
AIR SERVICE
Wronsky, Head Of AirpIane
Trust, to Duplicate Hourly
Service to Cologne, He Says

Service to Cologne, He Says
Enormous expansion If inter
continental flying and the de-
veFopment Of transport airplanes
with a cruising speed of 200 miles
an hour lies In the immediate
future, in the opinion of Martin
Wronsky, head of Germany'S
aviation trust and international
authority on aeronautics.
He dreams of airplane trans
pOrtatiOn of mails across oceans,
but believes passenger transpOr-
tatiOn should be left to the light
er.than-air dirigible. Mail, he
thinks, will be flown across the
South Atlantic, where frequent
islands break the long water
Jump, and where fast steamer
service such as that offered in
the North Atlantic does not COM
prise stiff competition.
Oldest Executive
Wronsky is the oldest airline
executive in the world, in point
Of service. having headed Ger.
Inany's subsidized air trust since
the close Of the World War. He
has already picked up a new idea
during his short stay in this
country. He plans to duplicate
the hourly New York,Washington
air service with similar line
from Frankfort. Germany, to
Cologne. Sc said:
II have found the New York
Washington hourly service very
interesting. / plan to install
similar service between Frank
port and Cologne.
81 am doubtful results of the
FrankpOrt-C Cologne service will
be as satisfactory as the New
York-WaShington service. as l
am not certain traffic demands
IT,"
Motor Economy Needed
Wronsky said more speed was
important in the development of
aviation, but, added, the prime OBJ
ject of aeronautics at present was
the development of engines which
would offer more reliability and
provide a greater power reserve.
He said:
"The motor car uses but 30
per cent of it's engine strength,
while we use IS per cent in the
air. This must and will be
remedied."
Wronsky said too much must
not be expected in the realm of
speed He continued:
From a commercial view, Il
will be satisfied with a cruising
speed of lis to 200 miles an
hour. From d traffic stand
point, we must develop more
reliable engines, and engines
that will be simpler and operate
cheapIy. The present engines
are too delicate"
s. A. Seen As Rich Field
The German airline executive
believes South America a rich
field for aviation transportation
companies, and while in this
country plan3 to confer with Of
ficials of an American air line
going into South America to
avoid disastrous competition. He
declared:
1--WE must get together inter
nationally in the development
Of aviation technically. have
conferred with heads of your
American company going into
South America, and plan to
continue the conferences"
Wronsky sees a future, too. for
the autogyro, the newest aviation
development, but added it would
take time to bring the autogyro
to a point where it will be COM
mercially feasible. He pointed to
its load capacity limitations as
a hindrance to its commercial use.
Safety Stressed
But, first of all and essential
to aviation progress, the German
air chief sees the development of
U0H d41 H4b41C do q oo4Cl ACAbnb4C oS
iunct to transportation inter-con
tinentally. He observed:
"The benefits OF cutting a "a
hour rail trip from Paris to
Berlin to five hours are obvious.
Speed is always a benefit. and
especially is this so in inter
continental transportation"
Wronsky hesitated to predict
when airlines will be independent
of subsidy, but pointed out that
many of the lines already are
operating on a self-maintained
basis. He said progress was being
made in aviation all over the
world, and that an increase in the
Importance of aviation in the
worlds economic scheme was in
evitable.
(Which country do you think
the most advanced in avia-
tion?" he was asked
"The United States" he re.
piled.