Show SAYS AIRSHIP Will BE B E AERIALLY WHA 1 AUTO IS ON LAND VIENNA July 8 Dr Dr Constant Constanti Freiherr von Economo president c the Austrian Aero cl club b. b has written a interesting letter to his from the battle front praising the wor of the Austrian aviators and a great future in aerial after the close of the warI warI war I r send you all my best wishes frO the front he writes and regret themy the th my duties are such that I cannot ver vel verwell verwell well be present at your annual meet meeting meeting meeting ing to tell you in person of the glorio work that Is being done by our av Many of them have died fl ff f their country notably Major whom we mourn deeply My l des dee friends and associates there is one rr quest that I want to make and that thatto thatto thatto to keep our club intact No doubt 1 j these times the association cannot cot its original purpose of Ing lag aviation from the standpoint r sport but for the great future us It Is Incumbent upon you to kee keethe keethe keethe the membership and if possible gnew gnew g gf new members The part that our club has playe in this great w war r will only be ly appreciated after the conflict over It made possible the building r the heavy strong airships which hamade ha hat made such an excellent showing con con- pared to the light machines of the en ew my Austria really was the first t 1 build this kind of airship and Germar at once recognized our superiority construction and adopted our for heavy weight carrying ships ar aT whether they want to or not all al 11 tl U countries engaged in the war m mirat al adopt this principle And for all th credit is due to our club whose men merr bers bels by their industry and laid the foundation for the building the big dirigibles Our real work will begin after U tf war Let us not delude ourselves ourselves' thinking that these heavy machines a fit for war duty only and will gothe go gothe the scrap heap when peace Is declare On the contrary they are going to ph pl pha a great part commercially and the we which has caused so eo much grief at ai sorrow has at the same time tang taug us so many things In aerial that we will be the gainers thereby fact we have learned In one year war more about aeroplanes and hea airships than we could have learned ten years of peace In the matter engines speed screws and stability t have made great progress in this she aho period of time and there Is every I I that the time will soon co cor cor when these airships will be through the air carrying and freight No kind of weather w interfere with their speed This is n na na na a mere dream but an actual reality demonstrated here at the front T airship is going to take the place the air which the automobile now hol hoi holon holon on the landI land I send you my best wishes for U tl future which now looks so bright |