Show 4 I F Future o of Flying 1 yang I AIRSHIP A flying will soon be so common and extensive that a raft of fa taws laws ws will be necessary necessary necessary sary to control it This will require an amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment to to the constitution saYs saysa says a report to the American Bar association by its special ial committee I Ion on aviation The lawyers having provided legislation legislation legis legis- legis-I legis lation covering about everything that can happen on land and under the sea are eager to try their theirs I hands at air laws i Accidents such as the death toll when a dirigible crashed through the skylight of a Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago bank have given an inkling g of dangers p ers in in j store for those on ground when flying machines II become as common as flivvers Some cit city councils councils coun coun- I coun-I have provided or are considering ordinances m making king it ht illegal to fly over congested districts I This the lawyers argue is going to lead to a perplexing maze of local air control laws And since the airplane will be a vehicle of long trips a flier wont won't know what to do along the route t to keep the air traffic cops from his heels j Hence the lawyers ar argue e th there re should be a constitutional amendment giving the national government complete jurisdiction over the air i One of the first questions to be thrashed out is How far into the air does doe a real estate holder own Is a flier guilty of trespassing if he clears your chimney only by a few inches The lawyers say were we're all wrong in the notion notion notion no no- tion that the airplane is primarily a militar military y device They consider that in the future and not far off the commercial and economic use of the airship will be of first importance Flying g already is being put to odd uses Rich ranchers fly over their properties inspecting as much in a 1 afew I few hours as their cowboys ys could in a week I I Flying rangers patrol for forest fires Engineers i use airplanes to select best railroad routes I Scie Scientists recently photographed from the ai air r I the San Andreas rift rift line line of the 1857 and 1906 earthquakes in California They say they learned learne d I much about faults faults and I e geological and hence ma may maybe mayI Y be able to locate possible danger sections Harr Harry y A A. A Carver farmer near Troy 0 O. has a grove of Catalpa trees Requires several da days ys to spray it with hand pumps So he hires an avia aviator tor who does the spraying in twenty minutes Those incidents fire the imagination T They lies conjure up visions of a day when the ai airplane plane may be as much a necessity as a telephone ne or ar motorcar Skeptics scoff but it is not be beyond send I I possibility for the flying machine to dis displace place the I railroads as a carrier of passengers and express I and and even freight But we dont don't grow wings this side of the grave Our descendants h will till i I spend most of their time on the ground T They'll require laws ws protecting them from over overhead head dangers Its It's time lime we began to think about those 1 laws a ws |