FUTURE OF FLYING.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 153, 29 June 1911, Page 7

FUTURE OF FLYING.

18 SOUKS. .'•' j :;.,.' AUHIAL °™S. ellnio.of the ; ;future of 111 is' obtainable i,a volume "Tho AeroM, '#; '■^". ud Futuvc ' i,uj " «ayn he thinus that |," d „ n(] 0 f ;15, and perhaps before. b *ls tr<?m evolved n machine ny iSO no exi«ts "to sec neroplano pas-e-nblished and running rocities. The passengerEgO machln will nave n boat-shupod l/ly. M. PttHlhaUi h» nulto certain gaffe stabilly of such a large machine till I automate. mL opinin of Mr. F. S. Cody, we , hn ljhuve,- ir' about ten years' time, a wJpasseugT-can-ylug aeroplane, able to „le -sucessfull? with steamers and "/for m licst'four or five years (he ; M aeropMulng will become daily more jlrdiis, owing to the experiments which d be made towards conquering very Big winds. When this end Is attained, /danger/ element is, to a great extent, .'iluated. M ■kore another twenty years have passed, *es Mr. A. V. Hue, we shall be crossing "j •. Atlantic in übout eighteen hours ..by f lopluue. These suggested Atlantic laero- ' 'jdroplanes would float on .the water'when /(.rest. The body and wings wovld be ■ jiiiauy feet a.bove the water, according to je size of 'tbe machine. , JThey would be mounted on stream, line ktlon 'struts which .would rest lon "long Jorpedo-sh-aped floats. Under th;se floats Imtill hydroplanes would 'be 'atfauged so ftot,' as the speed Increased, "the: flouts feeuld leave the water easily. I Mr.. V. Iter Seynier can s(e. no comLerciil future' in .Britain for & large" pas-eenger-carrying aeroplane.' Silt in other lands, notably in Central ! and South Anierica and Africa; where, /wing to their .vast- expanse or hh'tura'l dfflcuifcles, railway construction Is limited aid expensive, such an. aeroplane .could render invaluable

I service., . , . ... ._ , I .';. Mr.''Henry Fa_.n_«_.i_' say* WBlt when the | perfected aercq?lane is an Accomplished fact, te has no doubt at all jut that its speed 'and .stability- will enabh,'it'-to fly succdss- ' fully, in practically afy' wind, howeveriigh and gusty. , . ■/'. ■ A novelty of quite tie immediate future, hi Mr. Farman's vlew/wili -be «he'organisation of aerial tours ->y aeroplane. Special aerial toiirs .will ibe;/r"rnngedrto take .place .In faVburaMe. weaker, iwith jthe idea of visiting ithe ibe'auty spots of various countries. There wouiyibe.no difficulty in-ar-ranging such' tOirs. ' during" the coming stammer:' Long <3Stnnces ctould Tbe covered. 'He. does not /elieve. that any., satisfactory, device. Will ever .be obtained ..to give. 43ie. aeroplane st absolutely 'automatic stability while it s passing through the 'air. .'M. Louis Bjriot declares that ; bhe aeroplane 'Will, Soft ibecome a machine as safe as any. oa-lßid.': ;. - ■ -~. •. ■-' The'aerbpine will soon excel in speed any train or. steamship as ;a regular method of getting co pie from place 'to' place. The general w<«i and tear upon an aerial craft •wIU be low, and the. conductors of. an a.lal'.service, unlike"the management of a railway, will be unburdened with an; heavy expenses in the upkeep of a -'ipermmn'. t way. ' Coloiel J- 'B. Capper, late Commandant b£- the Government Ballotm School, - asserts tlMut .iiere is scope for the use of military aerop-anes on a large scale. . , .... "I firmly.- believe that -their systfematk nse.in large, well-trained squadrons may alte all accepted views as to the security of troops, supplies, and lines of communicaton, and may have 'the mojt far-reaohing effect on a campaign." iMcsit. of the experienced airmen whose vlewS are expressed ln'ii&ese pages insist that wfch ordinary care flyhig is as saife as: most Mother'means of loccin_ tion.-;, 7,. .'..' .-.; ■■;■-'■ • ■*'' < ■ •■" -