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UTLEYt UTLEY - . -t t - * - * r j HC 1311 world , with America In Ia thelead thelead the THD tTHD | lead , Is entering a new and andglorIous andglorious andJ _ glorious cia eJ.a eJa eta . of transportitlon transport'1t1on transport1t1on transportatlon transportitlonIt transport'1t1onIt transportatlonIt ' It mlbbt might ml ht be called the Era Dra Bra ofRealization of , Realization Realizitition of the FantasticNot Fantastic rantastlc FantasticNot Not so miny m'lny mlny many ' Y years 'lrs lrs ' a ago-In ago In ago o-In o In - - in f1ctith fict f1ct fact \ith ith with withto \ withIn , ithfo fo to . the t.he memory of children still st111 In InBchooleovers inschoolcovers Inschool Bchool-eovers Bchool eovers school--covers school covers - - - covers of magazines m'1gazlnes m1gazlnes ' of the so socalled socalled socalled called "Science Science " ' ' and 'invention invention ' " t.vpe tvpe type t.vpewere typewere . tjpewere were filled with artists ' startling starthng con conception conceptlon . ception of or great llyIn flying palaces , . thenweird then I Iweird . weird in appearance appearancc , fthlch "hlch hlch which " " were "ere ere to tie tietogether tietogether together the tbe far ends of tlie the earth In Inthe inthe Inthe the future Blise BI'lse BIlse Blase ' passenjeis passenbels passengers were wereshown wereshown wereshown shown reading newspapers , . plaY1D playing playingchess playingchess chess or e\ e e\en e en een esen \ en shuffle-board shuffle board shuffleboardhlle - - " \\hlle hlle "hlle while \ \ their theirgreat theirgreat theirgreat great greatVln \Vln Vln \ winged ed cirrlers c'1rrJers c1rrJers carrlers ' cleft the clouds cloudsfar cloudsfar cloudsfir far above the vast vaet : ; expnnses exp'lnses explnses expanses ' of ocein oce'1n oce1n ocean oceanNovels oce'1nNovels oceinNovels ' Novels of hl highly hly Imaginatne lmagrnatise Ima 1Datl\ 1Datl 1Datle \ e fiction fictiontypified , typified by the 'Mal Mal 'Mais Mais 'Mars Mars ' s ' stories of Dd Ed Ddgar Edgar Edgar gar Rice nice Burroughs , bristled our ourspines ourspines ourspines spines spines1th \ with \\1th 1th \ high jinks jlnl.s jlnls . on other planets planetswhere planetswhere planetswhere where the members mcmbers of scientifically 5U su 5Upenor supeuor supenor penor peuor civilisations c1vlluatlons civiliLations flew about tho the thofaces thefaces tliofaces faces of or tlieli thelt theft re respective < : pectlve planets inspectacular inspectacular In pectacular spectacular hops of thousands of mIles mIlesat milesat milesat at a time timeSuch timeSuch timeSuch Such " wild "lid lid wlld literary llternry entertainment wewere wewere we were wont , for fear of appearing appearmg too tooslUy toosilly toosilly slUy silly to our neighbors , to leave In up upstairs upstairs upftairs stairs bedrooms bedroom : > , reserving resersing re'icn reicn ' In the space spaceon spaceon spaceon on the library table for DIckens DIckensThaclceray DickensThackeray DickensThackeray Thaclceray Thackeray , . Edgir Df1g'lr Df1glr Edgar ' A Guest and thefamily thp the thpfamUy thpfamily famUy family Bible And while deep In our ourhe'lrts ourhearts ourheirts he'lrts helrts hearts ' w " we "e e e thought t1lOught It \ ttas was \ as "S\\ "S S "s\\ell "s s ell "Sell "swell swell " " \ \ \ ell ' ' read readfng reading reading fng ing , we ynew knew that It 1t was really "Im Im "Impossible " " 1m 1mVo'Sslble 1mpossible Vo'Sslble VoSslble possible ' stun stuff ' I ! " Yet , . before the ye-ir ye ir ye'lr yelr year ' - is out , re regular regularscheduled regularscheduled ular ularOr Or Orscheduled scheduled pas'senser passenser pascengar passenger : ' sen sers tee ice w \ will \ ill be In Ineffect Ineffect Ineffect effect 001\\ 001 between 001een \ \ een the tl1e United States and ande andChina andChina e ' ( China Not flying princes I'laces Ilaces palaces [ ' ) , perhaps perhapsbut , but at least thins fixing f1\ f1 f1In \ In hotelb hotel hotels : . "ill ill will " 111 : , boon soon oon link linkthe linkthe linkthe the newest and most progressive progresslve of the thegrent thegreat thegreat grent great powers po"grs pogrs " with the oldest and most mostmysterIous mostmysterious mostmysterious mysterIous of nations on another sMe side sMeof sideof sideof of the world Surprising Surprl'lllg Surprllllg : ' enough , the thegIant thegiant thegiant gIant . ships of thG th air mr look Ioole s \ cry ery much muchlike muchlike muchlike like the artists ' conceptions conceptionshlchgraced .Bich Bich ' . .Bichgraced \\hlchgraced hlchgraced \ \ hlch hlchgraced graced the sensatlomi sensation'll sensationll sensational ' press of a few few3ekrs fewsears 3ekrs ) e rs back Most Iost surprising surprIsmg of aU all allire , we accept the reil re'll rell real ' thing thlDg with wlth \ Hh far less lessamazement lessamazement lessamazement amazement thin th'ln thln than ' ve ss \ \ , e a did Its Imaginative Imaginativelorerunnef Imaginative'forerunnel Imaginativeforerunnel lorerunnef " ' orerunne , . : Now that the l Isew ' ew Era Dca Is actll'llly actllllly actually actuallyupon ' actinllySpon upon pon usr usrwe us , ' we 'We accept with "lth lth wltlr " little llttle wonder wonderthe wonderthe wonderthe the fact that German engineers are areplnnning areplanning areplanning plnnning planning tke t1.o t1o the . construction of a trans trans.atlantic transatlantic transAtlantic , .atlantic atlantic . air liner that will wl1l carry 100 1,500 1500 1,500persons 1,500persons 1500persons , ( ; , persons This fi fly flying ) Ing boat will bo be I1t lit literally literally I II IeraU I eraU erally a hotel on ssings \ \ Ings 10g'3 10g3 ' It will wlll sacri sacri- - sacrifice sa sacrifice crt- crt crtI crtflee - I fice flee none of the comforts of tlie the great greatocean greatocean ' OCe'lC OCelC ocean . ' liners , \ with Ilh their thclr sport decl decks decksentertainment s , entertainment facilities etc ete . . . _ - Ship Cars by Air . J'lhere iZhere Ihere 'lhere lhere Zhere ' " will 111 be elevators from deck dech todccL to todcck J i dccL dcck c.ch cch . . . There " will 'sill sill ' m be room for trnv- trnv trav- trav travelers - "elers elers " , trav-"elers trav "elers elers trnv"elers " elers to tQ ti ; take tahe their own automobiles automobilestl.cross automobilesr r ( . across tl.cross tlcross the sea ss \ with \ ah 1lh them Gara Garages GaragesI11 Garages'Rill GaragesRill es ' \ ' % 111 I11 be 1110lllcd proi 1110\ 1110 pros ; \ ided lllcd sled [ for these ; special hoist hoIst- hoIst4 hoIstlng hoisting hoisting - ing lng machiner machinery \ will \ 111 lift 11ft the cirs C'lrs Clrs cars ' up uphito upIrito 4 ' hito into the tbe planeThe planeThe plane planeThe The OCPln ocean oci ! aii seam steamship ( hlp has its supply supplyof supplyof of life Ufe boats to turn loose 100'5e 1005e ' from the themother th themother mother ship In ca cabe case e of emergency at atsea atsea atsea sea , and nnd tlie the proposed fi flying Ing boat111 boat \111 111 will willnot ' willDot 111not \ not be outdone in this respect , , elthcl either eitherfor cithcifor , for room V.M VM will \ \ . 111 be pro\ pro pnnlded proIded prosided \ Ided to house housesmaller hou house'smaller housesmaller < : , < . ' - smanor smaller au auxiliary Uary planes TheseilI These Thesevllltake \ilI ilI sslll ssllltake \vllltake vllltake \ . , ilItnl.e tnl.e tnle take . oft off from the surficc surf'lcc surflcc surface ' of the bodybf body - . 6f bf f the grc-it grc it grcJt great - plane , . beln being specdcrl spE'ederi spEederi speeded ' on ontheir ontheir ontheir their \ way \ ay 0\ 0 o\er o er 0f'r oser \ f'r fr ' the sea by a powerful powerfulc'ltnpult powerfulcatapult powerfulcitapult c'ltnpult cltnpult catapult ' \ nlilch which hlch n will 111 m assure their get gettlng getting gettine tlng ting Into the air'this air airthis this 'this ' hls ship ! ? hlp may sound a little BtUe fan fantastlc fantastic fantastic tastlc tastic to U us & > , but by this U11s time we are areIl areused areused Il used ed to having ha\1ng ha 1ng haying \ fantastic f'lntastlc flntastlc ' new contral contrail contrailtions contrnpti&ns contrnptins ) hOons tions & accept accepted .d d < . as ns practical practlcal facts al almost almost almost most Overnight overDlght bvernight . . The German deslon deslonus desloncrs designcrs us crs prom1ce liromice prom ' : ; < ; e us thit th'lt thlt that ' su such .h h < . a 11 flying Hi lug ship shipliS shipa slilpas liS a this thisvHl this111 \vHl vHl \\111 111 will \ \ be ready for trivel tr1.Vel tr1Vel travel . o\er o er 0er oser 0\ 0 oser'the \ \ er - . 'the the ' ( the he Oce.in Ocein ocean CCom . In the thecry \cry cry sery \ ery neir De'lr Delr near ' future/ future futureS future futureHjirdl futureIIprdly / .IIprdlI .IIprdle . IIprdly .IIprdl IIprdl Hjirdl \e e \ less fes $ 5 ' ' spectaculnr 5pectnculnr spectacular Is 1 I & tlie the Amer Amercanl Amerlean ) S Amer1can I 1can } canl canlmapel , , mapel mafsel map el of the &k\ftjs &k k ftjs skyways & 1\\\J 1 J . \ \ \ ; S Ilying IlyingClipper I IY1l1g IY1l1gClipper lyingClipper Clipper No 7 , which Is noy no\ no noCODJIIletell nos } \ , completed CODJIIletell completedas as tlyefirstr tlyefirstrship U t eJ e J , i Orst llrs , ship shlp shlpe shipes e\ e es eer \ er or designed dCblgncd Epe spe EpecHlcally specifically speclQcally cHlcally cifically Jlor tor or ? , " , transoceanic transoceanlc travel It"w1Ih.bcgn It "w1Ih.bcgn w1Ih.bcgn w1Ihbcgn wllLbegla " 'wlll wlll ' . . begin ( service scrvIce , [ ! probably robably on . , the theronte theroute theroute ronte route across the Pacific Faclfil Paclfir ' , some lime time limeUl timeUrhs timetills Ul Urhs summer . It is now finishing nlshlng te tests testswhich tebtawhich t which so far have proved it to be beequal beequal beequal equal to the bullying of the elements elementsand elementsand elementsand and the once onto onc forbidding distance be- be be - - tween heen h\ h \ een continents With its InceptIon InceptIonInto InceptionInto Inceptioninto Into service the period of pure experl expert experlment expertment expertment ment " will "Ill Ill be overNone overNone over overNone None of tlie the comforts of rail travel travelneed travelneed travelneed need be sacrificed aboard the clipper clipperSoundproofing clipperSoundproofing clipperSoundproofing Soundproofing of all pissenger passenger p'lssen plssen ' er 'om om corn 'ompartments cornpartments ( ' cornpartments partments reduces motor noise so that thatIt thatIt thatIt It Is no greater thin th'ln thln than ' the unannoymg unannoying unannoymgnoise unannoyingnoise unannoyingnoise noise of a pullman car The passen passenger passenger passenger ger deck dech , 43 feet lon long , his h'ls hls has ' a ceillns ceiling ceillnssix ceilingsix ceilingsix six and one-half one half - - feet high , so that thateven thateven thateven even tall taU men need not stoop in walk walkIn walking walkIng walkIngThirty ing In ingThirty Thirty passengers and nnd a crew of ft\ecan ft ecan fi\ fi fie rise fican risecan \ e can be carried The spicious sp'lclous splclous spacious ' 10ungC lounge loungeand loungpind ' 'lnd lnd and ' dining dming room seats 1G 10 at a 11 time timeror timeror timeFor ror sleeping sleepmg , the pissengcr p'lssenger plssenger passenger ' seats can canbe canbe canbe be converted into 12 single smgle and sh slx slxdouble sixdouble : double berths ; In cise C'lse Clse case ' of a "fuU fuU "full full "fuUhouse "fullhouse "fullhouse fullhouse " , house " there are four double berths berthsasaihble berthsa\allible berthsa allible a\alhble a alhble asaihble \ In the loungeSo loungeSo lounge loungeSo So tar far it has not been decided how howto howto howto to apportion the a as a\ailable a ailable \ allable ailable space to topassengers topassengers topassengers passengers and cargo This may de depond depend ! pend pond largely upon the populnlty POPUhlIty popularity of ofmter ofinter ofintercontinental mter inter continental air tr'l trl tray tn\el tn el ' \ el For ror e"C- e"C eC ex- ex e"Cample example ex example " - ample , It \ will \ 111 be po possible < : slble with one onescheme onescheme onescheme scheme of ot distribution to carry 12 12p'lssengers 12passengers 12passengers p'lssengers plssengers passengers ' , the crew , and a cargo of of2,200 of2200 2,200 2200 , pounds on non stop lights flights ( of of3,000 of3000 3,000 3000 , milesThe milesThe miles milesThe The clipper his h'1s h1s has ' four engines eng-mes eng mes - , "hose hose whose " whose3,200 whose3200 3,200 3200 , developed horsepower can cllmb climb climb1,000 climb1000 1,000 1000 , feet a minute with a load of 51- 51 61- 61 51000 61000 51-000 51 000 , - 000 pounds The pline phne plane s cruising crulclng cruicing : speed speedat speedat speedat at 12,000 12000 , feet Is 1G3 103 miles an hour hourbut , but It can do ISO 180 and and nnd more if neces necessar necessari nccessari sar sari . ) It cm C'1n C1n can ' soai SOal soar more than four mIles mIleshIgh mileshigh mileshigh mileshighSafety hIgh hIghSafety highSafety Safety Clipper Watchword WatchwordSaret WatchwordSafety WatchwordSafety Saret Safety lids hns has been the watch\\ watch watchword watchord \ \ ord In Inthe inthe Inthe , the desl design n of the clipper It If one of oftile ofthe oftlie tile the engines should fall fail , the other otherthree otherthree . three could finish the flight , cnrrYlOg carrying cnrrYlOgthe carryingthe carryingthe the 51 51000 000 pound burden Even Dven it If two twoof twoof , of them should go dead it 'It at ' the Game came cametime ametime . time , the remaining two would m'lln mlln maln m'llntaln malntale milntain ' taln tale the altitude all1tude lon long enough to allow allowthe allowthe allowthe the captain and nnd his men an oppor opportunlt opportunity opportunit tunity tunlt to make mahe read\ read reads readfor \ for an\ an any a ancmcrgencles D\ D \ Demer \ emer ger emergencJes gergencies cmcrgencles cmcrgenclesThe gencJes gencies gencJesThe genciesThe The se sei sex 1 holds no tenois terrors ten 01 S for this thlS re remarkable 1 iemaikable e emmka mmka markable le ship It could make mal.e male . a aforced aforced aforced forced lalJdln landing handing In a stormy sea with withmore withmore withmore more ease easl ' thin th'ln thln than ' the gra grai gray gull It resem resemble resembees resembles ble bees ' > . . It cm C\D C D can ' \ lind hnd land or tike t'll-e t'll tll e take ' - off on ' in a sea seawith &cawith cawith & ea ealth \\lth lth with \ \ waxes "a\e "a a e " wa \ e & running five fi\"e fi "e e \ " feet highrormer highFormer high highFormer Former rormer clipper shipb ships shlp ha\ ha lia\e lia e hae lase \ e been as asslsted aslisted assisted slsted listed In the \ water \ ater by b pontoons Sl1'1 Sl11 sus Sl1'1pended suspended suspended ' pended from theIng the \ wingb \\Ing Ing wings No 7 ha has a asupporting asupporting asupporting supporting device , new nm ( to Amencin AmerlC'ln AmerlCln American ' de design design design sign , which Is called a'sponsoon asponsoon a .l l $ . * ' sponsoon 81)011S00n 81011S00n ) ' an and andmight andmight might be likened 1Il.ened 1Ilened . to ' in 'In an addition 11 it 11"lOg itwing ilwiug "lOg lOg wing " 'lhb lhb 'This This ' ' llil ; , sticks stlchs out i 1 a ' : short chort distance distancefrom distancefrom distancefrom from each side of the body bod } ) at water |