Show I I AVIATION MISSIONS RUSH TO SOUTH AMERICA AMERA Air Game Booming and andAll All Nations Seek Part of Business WASHINGTON June 25 Aviation Aviation missions from every very big country are arc arc striving with each ea each h other h In South America to cinch the ig- ig big big- market for market for their respective a 1 aviation Interests with Americans among the leading contenders contend contend- ers war department aviation officers re revealed aled here nere recently Aviation missions from England Italy taly ItalY France and America are now actively at work BRITISH GET JUMP 1 South America Is I keenly alive to the possibilities of aviation said sard the American aviation statement tr from m the war department both from a military and commercial point of view The Th British interests Interest nave have by far tar been the ho most active an and have hav paved the the way the way In practically every Cry South American country countr toward the establishment of permanent co commercial air routes That those these missions mean business cannot be doubted by anyone anyone its as they have trained d engineers flying personnel and complete eq equipment in each country find such types of off planes as th the Handley Handley Handley Hand- Hand ley P Page ge born bomber Vickers Vimy D. D II II H. 9 etc in inmany many South American countries countries countries coun coun- tries are In active operation The success success suc sue cess which these thes missions have hav met with has been largely due to the fact that they have secured concessions over certain routes mall mail contracts and last but but- not least training South Sauth American fliers rs That the Americans are arc not far tar be behInd behind behind be- be hind however Is I Indicated in a letter letter letter let let- ter which the statement quoted from R R. R 0 O. O Albaugh assistant to former Captain Donald Hudson who Is now Is-now now organizing the Bolivian aviation corps The letter described how the AmerIcans Americans Americans Amer Amer- laid out a field and hangar location lo- lo lo location cation comprising 1000 or 1500 metres The cost was abo about t gold and I 1 when with the work still Incomplete l the authorities grew skeptical about i ady advancing g more more- money the Amerl Americans ans I I one day made a spectacular flight in I a a machine which had arrived in knockdown knock down shape only a day or so before They flew over tho the Bolivian capital and on returning such was the impression ImpressIon Impression sion they made that within three hOurs after the flights In gold had been raised for aviation ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER You Fou Yanks Yanks' are men of ot action not action not words the Bolivian minister of war said As a a result of ot the flight the Bolly- Bolly I Ian an officials decided to raise and maintaIn maintain main main- taIn aln permanently two aera sera squadrons of f at le least st st. eighteen cn planes They say this his Is only a starter Splendid opportunities are available a to Q all aU said the aviation statement The native South Ameri n likes our j methods of ot getting result It is to be hoped that the At American interests will be represented In n 1 the So South th Amern Amer merIcan mer- mer ican lean n field Th The business is' is there it Is is but a question of going after atter it |