Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 17 | U. S. Sets Pace for All World in Aeronautics

r s. s SETS HS PE mR FOR All ORlD J I IN AfRO n l By PORTER ADMS ADINS i WASHINGTON Dec f APIn AP AP- AP t Fin In every res respect t the yc 1927 has on been een the outstanding one one the he entire entire en en- tire tire history o of ot Americ Americ aero- aero r Commencing with wilh the ep ing ng New York to Paris ht of ot Colonel Charles Lindbergh Lindberg Chasa has Chas been a series of continual t tr f f. f for tor Am American rIcan aircraft Ameri Amerin en- en eines American pilots and on f education in air p pr ss s for far the th American public In a st tho same number of months d dr 1 r the summer Eummer ummer the Atlantic has hag r times l been een successfully spanner spanne spanned r air and four times als also has 1 b bI bh f- f blazed th the trail of air 2 1 more than 2000 mil miles s into the F cine k MAKE BIG STRIDES In service aviation we have als alg I 1 made notable strides which have adeep a deep and direct direct- inter interest st for foa every citizen with the knowledge that upon the condition of our serice service ser sei- ice vice aviation will largely dep depend nd lI r of f the country In any fu future future future fu- fu ture war Joint maneuvers of the air corps fl ad the second division in Texas V during May were a spectacular and startling demonstration not only of the high technical efficiency of theair the theair theair air air corps but of Its Instant ability to cooperate effectively ly with the theother theother other othet branches of the army under actual service conditions And the progress m made de the last year in the carrying out of the year five-year pro pro- pr pro program gram gram of Pt the army air corps gives substantial indication that this this' condition condition condition con con- w will U continue and increase PROGRESS IN NAVY In naval aviation equally significant significant cant progress has been made and the he completion Uon of ot our two aircraft carrl carriers rs the Saratoga and the tho Lexington Lexington Lex Lex- ington places us far in advance of the rest rest ot of the World In this important Important Im im- development of naval de de- de The Th great growth s Of commercial aviation this year ear has been due duelP lP partly no doubt to the increased public interest aroused by the spectacular spectacular spec spectacular spec spec- flights of the neason Beason but largely through ugh the splendid work of of thA aeronautics branch ran h of the department of commerce and the Growing confidence of the pu public lIc through the knowledge that there Isa is isIt isa a It government agency d definitely charged with the advancement of safety In commercial aviation 55 It should b be realized that the air triumphs of r 1927 were very largely the product of the scientific re research research re- re search arch and devel development of preceding preceding ing ears y ars and that the technical leadership of or American aviation Isas is its as outstanding a ae the achievements of our pilots themselves EFFORTS COMBINED That these things are S so J is due inno In Inno no small sma m 11 I measure to fo the continuous s t R- R and Rd d unselfish research carried on 53 by th the service the national adt advisory adf ad- ad t f c committee for fot aeronautics aircraft manufacturers our colleges colleges col col- col- col leges and through Individual ef ef- ef forts The splendid work of the Guggenheim Gu fund for the promotion v f of aeronautics making possible the extension of scientific aeronautical education In various colleges throughout the count country gives assurances assurances as- as s that that- we we will In the future be well able to hold our enviable position n In the science of aero aero- S HOLDS HOLDS' 27 RECORDS In the sporting sporting field the year has been particularly notable In that today to today today to- to day the United States holds a total of e r twenty-seven twenty worlds world's records t against only t ten m of a year ago PublIc Pub- Pub i t lIc lie reaction In re regard ard to aviation js wa wai wap i Lest best demonstrated at the national na- na air races at Spokane Wash this till II fall when n not Jt only were literally literally lit lIt- rally hundreds of private planes pianos In jn attendance but It was the first time tImo that the national air all races have finished without a deficit One of the most notable things in air all progress in 1927 has been the theS S spirit of harmony cooperation and Understanding which has manifested manifest manifest- rd ed itself not only only between between the various va va- rious Interests in aviation itself tout Out through the public as well andI and I J confidently believe that a continuance con con- continuance continuance con of Jf this same spirit vii l i make 1928 an even more mor outstanding ing ng year than the one Just past