Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-01-16 | Page 13 | Goldstrom Tells Faults and Needs of the Airmail Service

GOLDSTROM TELLS FAULTS AND NEEDS OF THE AIRMAIL SERVICE i . JOHN (lOLDSTKO.M, r.-purtiT-aviator for The TprBram, just nftt'r he )ml reacli.il San Francisco on Ins os1-to-ionst uir m.hi! trip. He is shown hrlping unload Viu-I.. Sam' pa'.kapMi. In the plane is IMot Kiiy Ljltk Tin- l.nr.r pL.Mo mi hK.ii ii lu n W(t0nrTrTn-?enirSaTtT,airTJIiy7 ! miEiis-oii miEiis-oii pi Declares Coast to Coast Trip Can Be Made in Two Das BY JOHN GOLDSTROM. Telegram Staff Corrvapondent. Ii - ii - fn'rOiMly priirtiral to carry . ' . "A-.'-'j I - til ! ' . j -A -- - ("' J I mail by air irom .New l urK to pan l-YMnciitro (n If! than two days c'Tt)p(j time. Thi N my cnnviction ax tii result ; of my trip be tween he cities, by ' mail plane. frr The Stilt I-ike Tele- j l sram. I mill'' the trip arM-s the ronti-J ; iit-nt i'i ?.?, hoiris hihI 5: minutes ac- tu.i) flying tim. ; XW menus of priffrt relays anil i ft.Kht flyintt, mail can be carried westward from coast to coat In less (than 4H hours ; east ward in less than 36 hour.. Prevail. us m winds favor east ward flyinc. With adequate equipment the air mail will not only pay for itself at prevailim? postal rates, but will eventually even-tually prove cheaper than railroads for carry in? letter mail. NO LONGER EXPERIMENT. The air mail is no lontrer an experiment. exper-iment. It h;i estahlih--1 it self firm- Tv under Ttlm'-JT overwhelming-handP- ar.. nnH .1 1 f fr 1 1 1 1 ir-m f In the worst winter w "at her. d"p:te ! inferior eouipmen; a ml tnufficien: f personnel, it has maintained an aver-iare aver-iare perfo-mance (f ft) to iu per cent j The mad p'ams have delivered I their sack :it t.nu-s when the trains lhave been stalled by s no w ! oi ms. AT J present, by junip.ni: the mall by plane and by rail, thf service delivers first i class letters fnm New York to San IYancisco "4 to ?H hoi.r ahead of the ! regular railway mail schedule. 1 ne service na- a mjeiii or i.iy-five i.iy-five of the bt-s'. aviaKtrs turned out by the army Thee ;,re ih highest tvpt of men t.t be f und in any oc-I oc-I cut I,. I Thev .ir- no: d.ire deviW an-1 death !deficrs. they no about the.r jobs as 1 r.i!ml and seriously as does 1 ho eti-JiK'Hieer eti-JiK'Hieer "f the Calif nrn.t Limited, j BACKBONE OF INDUSTRY. I Tml ' 1 K" m iil wrrvire U Lli ' iiat 1, le-re of the aviation industry in i ti.o i'i'f(fi s:iit-. . -J f If is -avin- aviation from the col-: J lapse which threatened after the ar- i m:tce. . , ! J H'T'- is wh-it the air mail needs anil j 'must b a, e if i is to con t nine lead - , i ru ti e w.rld in the 1 .n distance j 'de'.verv of ni.el: j I. Mare station, particularly emer- f J'ireiicy l.inditiir st;'Tions west of bmj - j I ha a". Kaw lins, W o.. Kock Springs. iWvo. and Iovelock. New ?. Letter equipped stations, with 'complete facilities for sheltering, in- spe.-t ins, repairing and rebu ;iding i planer : M're airplanes of superior i7.e t a ml power, not rebuilt army castoffs ' Most - f the pilots believe Hie mree 't'aproni tiiplanes shortly to be put . in'o service will prove ihe best type. WANT BETTER PAY. j 4 peiter system of keeping ci.m-inuinicatioi ci.m-inuinicatioi with the plan with arj jn-all a-j'TKs in every community along jthe i mite equipped with telephones . nd with authority to gn e fliers any ! emergency aid required. o. 1 setter pay for ail classes of emploxes in the service. Some me- j charm . on w hom the airmen are de-j J pendent for wifely, are paid as little Jijou a year, but remain at trie ! work for lm e of It. . j li. Mere liberal exp n-e allowance I for pilo's nd mechanics. For hotel) and meals, while on flying duty and j 'in merge m ies, pilots are allowewi $1 i n day. wha h sometimes is insufficient I in oiiy f r a hotel room. Pilots get I $2"0 a year base pay. and . cen's J a" mile making S3.-00 to $."a0u a year. 7. printing the standard of me-chan.is me-chan.is to the highest possilde degree de-gree of efficiency and skill, as i he i security C the mail and safety of the fliers are dependent upon the' men on th ground. n. A thorough sysim of mechanical mechani-cal inpection of plane and phys:-caj phys:-caj exam. nation of pilots before every flight. il. The entire air mill sen ice. from top t' bottom should be kept free from polil ics. D.rection of the srv-( srv-( Ice should be in the hm is of men (who hi'e had -practical flying exper.-j exper.-j jence. Kxperience shws most pilots 'have the init;ative and judgment nee-I nee-I essary to make good executies.