Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-29 | Page 35 | Maccracken Sees Flying Boat as Logical for Inland Waters

MacCracken Sees Flying Boat As As' Logical for Inland Waters i I. I v WASHINGTON J The Ap-The A The huge flying boat boat plying along ro routes tes of ot an earlier mode of ot transportation tion the steamboat is seen by WI Wil William liam F MacCracken 1 tant MC aee sec secretary for a aeronautics as ja In a logical step in air transportation tion in the United States The Tho thousands thousands' of miles of at navigable navi 1111 gable streams and lakes lal es are poten potential poten- poten flying boat rout routes where pace fo for alighting and taking off oCt is le tu un unrestricted restricted and where whore emergency landing places always are arc at hand Ma MacCracken who recently returned returned re re-j turned from a a. three-month three trip abroad said ad he was much Impressed im Im- pressed b by the use of ot large flying Ing boats on various air lines lines' Europe Eur Europe po Is far fare ahead ahead- in th the de- de or flying boats the air y and there should b more development nt along that line lineIn linein In this countr country t With IU unlimited space In in which to take taka off otc and land huge hug i flying boats ts could i carry heavy cargoes between tho wa waterway erway cities which which Co formerly Jn relied on the steamboat a as 1 the principal means of ot transportation They c could ud carry ry he heavier loads oad than land Jand planes plane lanes aeronautic 1 exports ex cx ex- ex ports pol point t out olit because their runways runways run run- ways for tor taking off and landing would not bo be restricted as it Is la onland on 1 land nd service already is in operation across Lake Erie between n Detroit and Cleveland This 80 soon n will Ut be bo extended by th the Stout lines to Buffalo Butta with two Dormer Cornier super super- super super-I wahl flying b boats purchased ed in Gee Ger man many To stimulate development of ot tho the flying boat In tho the United States statu the thu national advisory committee fol fo aeronautics has undertaken the tho building of at a seaplane test channel channel chan chan- nel at its laboratories at Langley Lansley field l ld Virginia In the tha foot 2500 channel expected to b be completed next year y year r models of or flying boat hulls 1 will be studied in the development Or of hull types which will have a minimum of or drag dragin in tho water and nd which will require a minimum of ot horsepower to get set into the tho air with heavy loads