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A ti t I flu j ML 4 V L 2 1 v f 1 Sr l w w A cf 1 Y Q 4 1 F r Y rf f fi 4 WL JL P l' l u h t G Ge First Passenger Aeroplane for e Service With 0 Comfortable rr NI r i irr Enclosed Body How Fast It Will W iliGo Go What It Costs to Run and What It Is Used F or 1 I S TE think of or the as an instrument in- in V WE strument of or war war something something belonging belonging belonging be be- longing to tho Army Anny or Navy along with artillery torpedoes and trench mortars mor But tho the flying machine has bas taken on a a. wider field feld of at usefulness than its military service eer In n this country tho Post Office Department lias has done dono a little toward using aeroplanes In fast moll mail service but these have been Army machines Tho The first real specially constructed con come mercial aeroplanes have havo been built abroad and put into commission for tho the London to Paris service This is now a ro regularly established passenger and baggage service ico between these two great European c capitals The distance between London and Paris Parisis is about miles and the passenger planes cover it in fn about 3 hours And similar service in America will wUl soon bo be In in- a u ic commercial service between een London and P Paris tho the familiar military machines machines ma ma- chines are arc not net used A special design of ot has been constructed with all tho the luxuries of ot a n Pullman car There Thore is a afine afine fine saloon fitted with carpets and fifteen windows Passengers sit In velvet cushioned arm orm armchairs armchairs chairs with receptacles at their elbows for maps books and papers A handsome handsom clock and ind ornate mirrors give a tone of elegance to tho the Interior which Is lighted b by elec hi trinity ity In addition to wireless tele telegraph there is a n. wireless telephone equipment connecting connecting connecting con con- with land lanel stations There are aro also spacious luggage room and pilots pilot's cockpit rho Tho machine Is designed to carry about pounds when tull fully loaded Two engines of horsepower power propel tho the aeroplane Tho The London Paris London Paris to-Paris service is now In inUs its Us fourth month with increasing patronage patron patron- age ago both passenger and freight The Page Handley-Page Transportation Company Com Com- Company pan pany operates the daily dally service between London and Paris leaving len tho Hounslow Airdrome at noon and arriving In Paris at 3 p p. p m. m These machines carry ten passengers passengers pas on Tuesdays Thursdays Thursdays' s and Sat Sat- On Mondays 1 Wednesdays and Fridays smaller machines aro used which carry only four tour passengers There Is no service Bonico on Sunday A ticket for the trip which costs 1 13 15 pounds and 15 shillings or at of present exchange ex ox- change about 59 entitles the tho holder to tako take along 30 O pounds of or baggage Any excess of ot this amount is charged f for foi forThe The landing In Paris is made at ot Lo La Bourgot Airdrome whence passengers are aro carried In motor buses to Paris In London London Lon Lon- don motor bus bUB service is maintained between be be- tween Cooks Tours Pall Pan Mall Nall Office Pica Pica- dUb dilly Hotel and tho the Hounslow Field This transportation is Included in tho the cost of the tho ticket England's passenger air express service from London to Paris has been in operation operation operation opera opera- tion since August 25 of ot this year rear and since then tho the machines have hao Sown flown a a. total of at miles Although Great Britain has been tho the pioneer in establishing a regular scheduled passenger service e of the tho air surrounding the traveller tru with every ery comfort of or a palatial parlor car tho the United States however Is IB making rapid strides toward the Inauguration of or similar air routes for tor forthe tho the transportation of or passenger Already tho the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation has one plano plane in operation which Is la designed for passenger carrying and th this than machine is somewhat similar to those which are being used on oti the London London- to Paris route Tho The luxurious air nir limousine which the tho Curtt Curtiss s company has hns built photographs of oC which appear on this page is called Tho The Eagle Eale and numerous trial flights sights have been mado made with great success It seats scats eight persons in all aU or seven passengers besides tho the pilot This is ono one more past pas- pas t euber r than even en the largest automobiles scat S t. t It I la Is seldom that a private te automobile automobile auto auto- t mobile designed is conS con con- t t n f. f r Ii S sr a t T ft i. i r 11 7 t f J l f Ji If I Q 1 t i i 1 m h 11 7 r iL y liP I I Ki ic- ic t D W. 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N Z 01 c S rI r View Inside the Long Limousine I strutted to 10 carry more than six sis passengers and a a. chauffeur or seven sevell In all sall all Six months of or experimental work were necessary before tho the Curtiss Eagle was sent Bent sent away on her initial trial and the cost costor of or this wor work together with tho the actual cost of oC constructing the tho machine has haa made Its building price total The greatest success has been en encountered encountered count ered with tho the machine and plans aro are now completed for placing this typo 1110 of passenger pas pas- passenger carrying carrying- aircraft on a n. production basis All the needed data having been accumulated and all nIl of tho the required tests having been made The Eagle design isnow is isnow now DOW being sold to private enterprises which have havo been incorporated for tor air nir passenger passenger pas service The first machine to be bo sold has been disposed of or by the Denver agent of or tho the Curtiss Company to a n. local concern there This company Is going to start air passenger pas pas- passenger traffic between Denver and Estes Park The latter laHer is ton thousand feet up in tho the Rocky Hocky Mountains about miles from Denver It is one ono of at the most famous sightseeing points In the tho West and is now accessible only b by motor bus Another plane is being negotiated for by bya byn a n construction company In California which is building a n tunnel bet between een two lakes Jakes where there thero is a difference of about feet in their respective altitudes Carrying tho the materials to these levels le is arduous and expensive and the attempt will bo ho made to make deliveries by tho the air route The Tho machine will wUl also be especially especially ally desirable for the transportation of ot engineers en workers and executives The new Curtiss air bus is a 1 biplane which has haa been boen particularly designed for carrying g either freight or passengers For or commercial success it is expedient naturally naturally all ally that the cost of ot upkeep and operation shall bo be low in addition to a comparatively low buying price Hence this machine which sells for is of at medium size The larger tho the plane tho the greater greater the power horsepower needed to propel it ft and of ot great power constitute the tho most expensive items items In a pianos planes construction The eagle cagle has a wing spread of or 61 feet 4 1 inches and from tho noso nose in front to the tho end of at the tail tall is 36 feet 9 3 inches long Standing at rest on tho the ground its height Is 12 feet 4 inches Three motors of horsepower each give is a n. maximum speed of at miles per pel hour and each one of or these engines cost apiece An altitude of or feet Is Is easily accomplished The builders of or The Eagle Engle havo have made mado every effort to carry out the tho resemblance to the tho king of or birds further than in name namo The enclosed limousine body is painted at atthe the tho front with the head and beak beuk of an eagle cagle while hUe the landing landIng- wheels were originally or painted to represent claws springs and body painted a rich brown Crown add to the tho illusion The passenger compartment within is of course the most Int Interesting feature The whole is glassed In with wide wido windows which afford an unobstructed ie view in all an directions Eight leather tufted leather tufted wicker nicker easy casy chairs arranged four on each side side side- as In a n Pullman parlor car enable car enable the tho traveller to lounge in absolute comfort This room from tho the back of at the tho pilot s chair char and its parallel companion chair la is about ten feet teet long and carpeted throughout through through- out In the tho floors are electric radiators to keep the room heated The electricity rc its v Comparative Diagrams Showing the thc a f i rl J r F d Difference in tho the g Sizo Size of a urge Largo r tp r c Seven Seven Sent Sent SentY Automobile G Lim Limousine and I Y the Roomy Y Ei Eight S ht DOOR Seat Scat Aeroplane Limousine R DOOR CS o v r la is generated for this purpose and for lighting by tho the main maln motors which may bo be connected up with wIlh a n. small el electric gener goner ator The Tho cabin is 4 feet teet 3 inches wide and 4 feet teet G 6 Inches high The Tho aisle ablo between the tho seats seals Is 6 G Inches wide and while this seems to bo ho very narrow tho the scats seats are aro so BO placed that tho the chairs on one side are opposite tho Intervals between tho the seats ats on the tho other and in this way considerable con n. n more space Is gained for tor movIng ing lug about Between the seats scats from front to rear the distance Is one yard No facilities are aro afforded on board for the tho cooking of or meals As tho the cruising radius of or this type Is limited to miles mites or at most a hour five trip U light ht lunches carried In hampers and hot foods and contained In vacuum bottles aro are J i deemed sufficient for tho the satisfaction of ot the passengers passengers' appetites A baggage compartment In tho the roar of oC the tho passenger saloon is another feature This room is sufficiently large largo to accommodate grips and luggage up to a n. total weight of pounds The Tho carrying capacity is ia 1350 pounds pound and the tho amount of ot freight that may bo bl carried is governed go by the gross weight of the tho eight passengers If It it is desirable or necessary to use the tho machine n UG as a 3 freight carrier tho the chairs may be bo lifted out dut ut tho the carpet taken up and the entire space space aside from tram tho the I pilots pilot's flot's seat seat given given over to the load lond The Curtiss engineers maintain that per milo mile will cover coyer nil all of the costs for tor every err mile that the eagle typo type Is operated oper in tho air This Includes salary of or j the tho pilot which pilot which in the tho case of or Curtiss f pilots range from 50 00 o to 7 75 per week week- cost of ot upkeep depreciation insurance gas and oil on consumption j It It is interesting Interesting- therefore to make mako a comparison as to what it costs a n person to tale take a a. milo trip by air lir and ond b by automobile auto auto- automobile t tto I mobile and rail respectively The operating cost of a a. mite mIlo Journey by b- bair air would be A concern would have to charge chargo at least 50 per cent of or this sum ad additional in order to net a n profit and pay overhead expenses of or maintaining terminals and their complement of at em cm- The total charge then would be ba 25 for the trip Dividing this sum between be t SI tween tho the seven passengers the fare would 0 f fb b bo be e V 32 each h f fe By hired automobile automobile-a. a New York company com corn p pany any renting large motor cars estimates estimates- over oyer good highways it would auld cost thirty 4 11 five cents per mile The mile lOO-mile mile trip would therefore stand each oC of the sir passengers in a 0 seven passenger car with 5 chauffeur about 6 A mlle milo journey by railroad costs l' l three cents per mile to which adding the 1 Government ta tax and Pullman charge the i total amounts to 4 t. t The air journey would therefore cost about eight times that of the rail ran and fire five and a half halt times that of or tho the motor trip However the trip b by air can bo be ma made mado o ia Jo less than halt half tho the time of or the thc rail and three times times quicker cr than by motor molar It must be remembered also that the air ticket costs moro more than the llio he others because of at the fact that aeroplane construction ia is not yet standardized that motors molars costing costing cost cost- ing and have havo to be run until worthless by b- way of or experimentation tation tallon and entire planes broken up to determine determine determine de de- termine their various arlous breaking points Some Somo timo time in the near future when a Do great deal more moro flying knowledge is acquired ac i and various construction materials have been definitely proven then builders builders' 1 r of ot aeroplanes will m be able to J their machines and bring the tho price down downto to a n. figure considerably below that of ot such auch i types ns as Tho The Lagle which now stands at t I Those passengers who ho have been aboard The Eagle on some somo of at her S 82 flights 1 have been enthusiastic over oyer their ence once Some Somo of at these aro are Otto Second Assistant Postmaster-General Postmaster and head of ot the aerial mail man General Charles f. f T T. T director of or tho the Air Service Ser Benedict Crowell Assistant Secretary of Dr War Mrs Irs Newton ewton D D. Baker wife WICo of at tho Secretary of at War Var Mrs 1 George Ceorge Barnett Barnott t wIre wife of at the tho commandant of oC tho the United States Marino Marine Corps General L. L E. E D D. Charlton Chariton British Air Herman Heenan Lundquist Speaker of or tho the Lower House of Sweden Commander Lieutenant P P. N. N I L. L Bellinger of ot the NC 1 and representative 4 from practically all the tho foreign It is said that tho the outstanding impre impression L sion slon in riding is ia the almost total absence of or tho the feeling reelIng that ono one is s speeding through the tho air lr While the roar from the motors Is slightly disturbing nt at first this |