Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-08-22 | Page 10 | Exploring the Air

S EXPLORING THE AIR T EXPLOITS of aviators in th the war of camps o Europe command so much attention that we almost overlook overlook over- over look what is doing in our own coun coun- tr try S Something more than a week agoan agoan ago agoan an aviation corps was transplanted from tho tile Pacific coast to Fort Sill Okla for experimental work Oklahoma's atmosphere is said toS to S be bo full of holes so 80 much so 50 that it is called caned a n II Swiss cheese at at- S SS S The birdmen arc going to explore ex cx explore ex- ex these holes of tho the upper deep and determine tho the character of these alleged bubbles or pockets or of vacuity t It is said but few airship flights and these few for exhibition purposes purt pur- pur t f poses only havo have been made in Okla homa because aviators as a n rule rulo doS do donot S not like a perforated path for plan plan- ing any better bettor than an aut pi st likes n a lumpy lump road I Tho rho altitudes of Oklahoma S h nm from I feet on the Arkansas line to feet in the Wichita mountains in i the western part of the state tho the variation variation varia varia- tion HoD in topography being held accountable accountable accountable ac ac- ac- ac I countable for conditions that at times sweep over oyer tho the state With aeroplanes motor cars ears and enough other equipment to fill eleven cars tho the army aviators arrived at Fort Sill for n. n a prolonged stay and wo may look for interesting discoveries eries cries of meteorological phenomena