U.S AIR MAILS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14848, 27 February 1919, Page 7

U.S AIR MAILS.

WASHINGTON (D.C.)'. Dec. 12.---[Elabor&te preparations are being made "by th© Uni^e4 States Government -frr_ the oountry-wide extension .of the' Oloudiand Mail Servtce, which . bus proved so successful between Washington, New York, and Pbiladeipnia. More than one thousand a.'iato-s will be m the aerial mail service as soin as the War Secretary transfers to the i Post Office Department the aeroplanes and aviators freed by the cessation of hostilities m Europe. • Hundreds of army aviators have already applied for r positions through the Aero Club of Amjß.rJ£#, It is p.xpectec. that the giant bombing njflffain/es Attracted for the Government before thp armistice was sign- ' ed will be equipped as freight carriers, as each of them has a carrying capacity of several tons, m addition to a ton of petrol. They are still being delivered to the Government m a steady stream. nos from flying fields m various parts pf the United States have now started a series of cross-country flights for the purpose of charting air i lanes, making air maps and gathering ) air statistics, locating sites for landing i fields and aerodromes, and establishing a great cha,in of "air links" connecting every important .community i with the United Stated coasts. The aerodromes will be available to acebxn- ' modate tbe equipment which, the air service will bring back from overseas.