The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-25

communication have admittedly
made aerial combat and transport
something Enthusiastically different
from anything contemplated o few
years ago. Colonel Cornell can ape
preciate this difference, perhaps
better than almost anyone else In
aviation today, for he was chief Of
dir staff for General Pershir1g In
World War /, and he has watched
and had o leading part In the de-
velopment Of military and civilian
flying since that time.
To-day" says Colonel 0orrell,
great aerial battles are command"
ed long distance by an officer
sitting In o lnap-covered room hun
dreds Of miles from the scene Of
the conflict. The development Of
new devices almost literally per-
mits the commander to follow his
own forces into action"
FUTURE OF AIRLINES
Applying this development to
postwar commercial airline opera
tons, Gorrell foresees revolution.
lied civil air transportation, regu-
lation and operating methods, all
in the interests Of greater safety
and efficiency.
A divisional traffic superinten-
dent In an office In say Omaha, may
q few years hence be guiding the
landing Of an ar transport carry.
ing passengers between wichita and
Topeka. The problem Of the air
traffic dispatcher in many respects
will be similar to the problems OF
the commander now directing
bombers over Germany. For the
bombing Of Germany Is nothing
more nor less than the transporta-
ton Of cargo, as speedily and eff
GENTLY as possible, under oil coiidi-
tions Of weather, over long distance
es and on split-Second schedules.
This Is precisely what will be In
volved In creating tomorrow's civil
air transport system. The cargo
will be different, and instead Of be-
ing concentrated In q few channels
over enemy territory, 1t Will be
spread over the entire world.
UN1FOtM LAWS '-'
Colonel oorrell uses this increas-
ed intensity Of postwar flying and
It's real need for every stechno illogical
aid In communication between
ground and plane and the control
Of planes from the ground to drive
home plea for uniform regulation
OF air traffic.
Under present law there Is moth
ing to prevent an individual state
from regulating air transport move
ments In the space everything that
state. In fact, some states have
actually imposed air codes Of their
own.
II such local regulation Is per-
mitted to grow, consider what 1t
may do TO the division air traffic
superintendent above referred to,
sitting back In Omaha. II he has
to consult and comply with Kansas
regulations for every landing or
takeoff he Is directing In Topeka or
Wichita, and those regulations diff
fer from the operations over Ne
braska or Iowa, his task will be
hopelessly complicated, and he will
need O lawyer at his elbow ct all
times.
Pending in Congress now Is the
Lea Bailey bill which would provide
for federal regulation Of all air
transportation, and which would
prevent regulation Of all air trans.
portation, and which would prevent
regulation by the individual states.
All aviation interests are backing
this provision as O sound founda-
ton for the development Of post
war civil air transportation and for
adjusting legislative provisions to
the tremendous chronological de.
velopments such as the radio and
electronics devices which have been
developed during the war.