Show GREAT INTEREST IN GLIDERS MANIFESTED Cheaper Than Power Planes but Safety Doubted New York Through the lie long for tor- forgotten gotten for gotten science and f sport port port of gliding a which for tor a time list last year appeared to be he losing Its hold on the popular Imagination although making tremendous strides illy Is again the topic of ot dilly com consecration lion and comment throughout the United States T Two arguments are nn nd advanced ed by bythe bythe bythe the glider gilder enthusiasts In favor or of ot this method of living n und and learning to lb tI one that It Is cheap and the other that It Is safe sare Certainly It costs less than power planes although some of the Import Imported gliders gIlderS run as hIgh as the cheaper low PO powered ere planes The safety argument howe however er Is still open to debate deb and merits certain qualifications Such experienced pl pi pilots pilots lots as C 0 S Casey sey Jones and Clarence D Ch are of ot the opinion that gliding Is d and Chamberlain boos kocs so 0 far for as ns to tobay say bUY that In his opinion the powered airplane Is the safer f craft croft I Jones argues that gliding is s a n train trainIng lag Ing for powered 10 crell light flight Ins has distinct limitations and Is not at nil all of ot the opinion held by y Capt C Frank Crank runk M MII II Hawks 1 hs that thil u II course In gliding should hould be made DI a n prerequisite to all nil flight training Hard Work In Towing Hawks differentiates dl distinctly be between between between tween sliding gliding soaring so and ind towing The Thelast Thelast Thelast last he admits frankly Is frau fraught ht with serious problems and d tiger It Is hard work ork On his u ross across the thc country his only relaxation came cament fit at the thc end of each day when free of the towline toline low to line which tugged him out ot of soaring po position time and a again he could glide and sill sail er erthe the air currents would carry rry him lIe could control flight to a remarkable rem degree by ley utilizing the air nir currents for climbing turning and descending However Ilo hc e interest In gliding gilding bids to out outshine for a 3 time public pub pub- public lic interest In all other forms of nero aero acro mattes n The pro progress of across tl ti tie e a country countr was a n Ion long series ot of receptions in which thousands par ted Not sot ot since the world orld flight of the Graf his has the whole nation turned out to witch as us It did for the aerial tram tr Over cities where his ad advance tuna man II had Ind preceded him the flyer fiver tI er looted 1001 ed d down D on buildings s sand and hou housetops bl hi nell with peo pIe plc Out In the country alon along the pro projected jetted course f s from miles around missed massed their cars along the roads and brought their f families to see the tow pi me pass abo abose aboe e Too Expensive for Transport Speculation p l particularly in Ger German Germany many man as us to the il al a its fly of the towed tossed ed glider for the lie trans transport I port lort of ot goods is attention i Captain Hawks hs enthusiast t as ns he lie Is has little f filth nth in till tills this form funn of ot trans tr transport port Certain ln planes pl as ae they y are ure built tO today have base little to otTer olTer as air nir loco locomotives and ond the lie gliders them eh e are still primitive e cre No to auto tlc matac pilot his has yet been developed for operating u glider and none but a aery asery sery ery good idiot is competent to han handie handie handie die the of the towed tossed aircraft 1 the he expense vense mounts as one considers rs the various serious factors necessary ry for equipping an train and und with Ith pre present ent equipment wt this tills expense e up ap pears to climb f Ister than the pay payload load 1 Zhe he t ne step stop appears rs to be pow powered powered ered gliders although ur true sail sailplane sailplane sailplane plane enthusiast resents the Idea Idel us much as ns the sailboat fan abhors nil all forms of mechanical mech propulsion and especially lD engines Already at a n powered po balder has re seised favorable recognition by the army engineers it t W 11 rl right ht field In England the ctt H II lWI- lWI special Is living flying Ing with a motor that de half one half horse PO power er and the Arone another PO powered ered glider lIder tint that attracted much attention at the St Louis show has hus flown n Last Eist |