AERIAL CRUISERS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13897, 21 January 1916, Page 4

AERIAL CRUISERS.

.... ' ' '<» .Aiuevican-buiit aeroplanes .of the ilyhijj''sss. type, which!, in the, opinion of experts, could easily , cross '"'the Atlantic in,, i'.^jugk' , night, are. being used, by, Grea^ ; Britain, Jor the protection pi" il^ wii>- arid ships., according to & remafkamc article ■, .which appears in the Xfcw York' .^un.,,.. .' „ . .'. .. l ,^riter quotes:, >Ji- Henry \yood r house,, si governor . of, -the Aero. Club of Ain^ipj.,,, for ...the statemeijt .thafc tjio Cut'^issv factories i",, 13uffal6 $xe turning out ,12 of il.iese, famphibipus Dread]io"uglkt«"J, daily . . aiid - tjiq . Qurtujs,, . Qan-adiaiii.-factory in Toronto fij'e, --.adding that Virtually ail these- lnacliines axe being glupped to England, mostly in parts. G^e^ Britain bought the original America} continues the writer, aaid used it during the first six mouths of the war for 'hunting and destroying German submarines.' In Juiio last 20 more of tlie satnc'typ* • were ordered, and these weie shipped from jJew York in JTuly. TWO MOTORS OF }60 H.l\. EiVCit.. ■"The new flying boat," said. -Mi; WpoiilTbttse.in his description of the new Britisli .aerial wonder^ us quoted, in the same article, "lias two motors \ of : 160 horso-pow^er etich. For a long voyage it could alsb.be supplied, with ah. auxiliary moior operating a. Water propeller, so that if anything liapj>ened to the regular propellers the machine could descend and nuike. good Umo through .the ocean. "The new Hying bpat.caih carry, a load of. ,20001b., including iour. or tivo pas«cjigCTJs,'L aiid can tiuvel as fast as 9fc> nv^lea . aii' nour. There aro tanks for about 25001b. of gasoline and oil. AlthbiugU tlVo hprsc-poweiv lia» been increased l>y. 120, the wliolo consumption of fue,l >I .;j{i ( ' less than that of,, the old Anierici*. 1 , «hpujd say , the niaohijio cpul'd.v.eSiily.-.- travel' f rpin .Ne^vfou-ndlaiid l«j ,£ho xlsJorcs aiid liave tlu*eo or four houps* fuel ..left iiv resei'.vo when it got there. '..■■ . r... , ,_.. . . i: : ' 'It. is eciujpp^jd mth ,' aii improved »Sperry tli ; iffc,qet^t9i', wliereby^the pil<>t can. ' {ell ' wheeher" or ' not he is on his coursei'r-and can also calculate hia speed, Oiily.. has the; American boat, the use ■; of. \yhiclu as, a .; wjeapon, against submarines needs little comment. ' SUBSkiATLINE HtNTINa "The old. America lias had. a. gi'eat career since she left our scores. For the first six months' she was used in hunting submarines, and it is .known thatslie sank at least three. Then ehe \\ ent on iivspection duty, carrying observer^ -and'. commanders from point to point' in alriiost absolute safety. Now *he' is ''being; used in the training of aviators. ''T|i&;.':flying , boat," continued -M-? Wqodh'qua,e.j ,V^-a,veL6 six ; times faster than a jsubrnarineiiud three times faster th|H-(a ' battlercruisor. ,,.. Submarines aijd xva^reliips ..have tp! carry their awn -base of ' supplies, i«# it were. The aerpplarie darts back to it* base and out over tlie water- again. ' . "From a' cruiser's deck the observer is lucky if he descries tlie periscope of a subniarine. The aeroplane observer, looking down, can make 'out a ■ submarino even if it is 60 feet under water, airid' below that depth a submarine is useless* The flying boat is, in her way,