Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-05 | Page 2 | Plane Carriers at Trial Stage, Admiral Says

PLANE CARRIERS CARRIERS- I ADMIRAL SAYS I Commander of Fleet t Declares Problem 1 Far Prom From Solved That the building of aircraft carriers carriers carriers car car- 1 for the navy is still sun in an A experimental stage is the assertion f of Admiral Samuel S. S Robison who who j last week was appointed to succeed Admiral R. R E. E C Contz as commander command r L Lof of the United States fleet Admiral Admira Robison who is on nis bis wa way east tp to give technical testimony before belore the ther government aircraft tt investigating investigating- board was formerly in command of the battleship fleet in the Pacific He passed through Salt La Lake Lae e at i 1230 m. m the A Angeles An- An p. p Monday on Cn Los Log An-a An geles Limited J The building of aircraft carriers declared the commander command i- i in-chief in of or the fleet is a a. big 4 lem lern Every ship has engines which b give off oft either smoke or gas gashes gases s. s r t There must must-be funnels to carry th these se gases or this smoke and on one M of our most difficult problems i f hinges on this fact He continued Airplanes need a long solid t deck as level as a dance floor on which to board or fly off a ship This deck must be as long or long longe i than the ship and almost as wi Hence it is somewhat of a puzzle puzzie t to te I J figure out where to place the fun fun nels of these vessels They must musti ti give a good draft and at the same sarno V time not stick up through tho land 4 ing de s. s where they might b be bela In n 3 the way of a plane boarding or le lehy- lehy Tr A ing the ship in the solution solution-of of tl this t I 1 t problem progress has as been rna matt i A Abut but it is yet far from being satisfied d'- d' solved t Admiral Robison's Rolison's last visit jipp Salt Lake he said W wai w-'S a years ago and li he lie ed d m t t f r that time Ume Broadway west f J street had very few ses on I He regretted he add adde added rl- rl 1 that e lg could not stop over lon long enough ft o see the city and note what cha changes chartes i had taken place since his II I last