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Show ' ( lje 1 Ki f ,pali a!tf tjfeibttnfc FLYING BEACH ON SALT LAKE IS PROPOSE 4 jn t v. J7 rejection ILLUSTRATING i i t I State naval a establish government observaflying baa for aerial tion and experiment on th shore of Great Salt Lake, hear Salt Lake City. Top, h left to right, U. S. navy ro. Campbell plane, with tary motor; proposed operating site at lakeside, near Farmington. This is the site that is regarded most favorably by Lieutenant William J. Walker, the government aviator who made a long and careful exploration of the lake shore. First row below, left to right, Commander R. R. Mann, local navy recruiting station,, who made the suggestion that the navy department establish an air base near Salt Wasatch Lake; U. .8. S. . through mud; navy plowing J . . ' Sop-wit- 4ij ? at: f - scout,. Gnome Below, left to Thomas-Mors- e rotary motor. right, Lieutenant William J. Walker, U. S. N, whose report in part is given in this article; bimotor patrol navy plane, flying over the North sea; U. S. S. Wasatch fording a stream near Farming-to- J H-1- k $ A f Bottom, Curtiss I Jr air-dro- t IV railroad cul- expansion, In aeveral transcontinental and llnea, nan aeverely crltlclied queatloned by a Urge part of the country. Colonel Vanderbilt at that time declared that the man who was a bull on America" would go broke. But the nation has grown and prospered almost In direct proportion to the Improvement In transportation conditions and facilities. The atatement of the futility of being a bull on America" atlll holda good, and It la truer than ever before. Any which will further the prosperity of the majority will be adopted and developed. it needs nola argument to show a prime factor, that transportation railroads street cars and fttearaships, automobiles have followed each other In rapid eucceseion. Each of these has been condemned In turn because engineers could not develop them, because financiers could not organise them, because the people would not use them, yet toagencies furnishing th transpodaye the rts facilities of the country, when considered aa a whole, now form unquestionably the greatest Industry of the nation. Aircraft Kin to Auto. u Aircraft and automobiles are near In far more than a figurative of term - The type of motor employed Is the same In both the airplane virtually motor car, both go almost when and the .ami where thev wt both develop high In a brief space of time, both can upeed s-- 1 be used hv Individual singly, both can be expanded tn carrmg capacity to a comdderable extent, both an, availabla i . f -- J - t: i ' j :v 4 f I V V 4 , " 4 W I ; & . I -t i yv f. i- & ' ' r - v V I i jfa, ' Ai - if - 4 a u. i.4 ' A 1 JV vA 4 V V h 1 i Mats ' " X f Tf not paved, ut la In good condition in dry The beai h, as it now stands weather Ik not wnvt would bo termed as excellent condition owing to a lavur of satid and some fifty yards mud which extend r, from the waters edge Thera are. mmieiww piles driven tn a regular, orderly manner, so that a small wooden runwav could be built at small txpense. This site, because of its proximity to halt Lake and because of Its very good transportation f,e.llUen. seems bv far to he to i"arr on the best she from who temporary expv rlmental flving. Inasmuch as very few vpense would accrue irom the necessary woig having to hs .done about th beach. There are three artesian wells within 100 yards from this proisised hem h This In Itself Is a Important far tor. Inasmuch ts a large part of the coat line of ,he lake Is at quite a distance from any fresh water. I low-eve- firm eighteen In, hes approximately a t.mporary ouitvaa or ground on which tw erected is not more than hangar could from the beai h. This sixty yards distant ground would not require grading , The water In front of thia beach, and fbr mtiee in either direction, la absolute y fiee from obstruction of any kind The slope from the beach is very gradual, and at no plate between the snore and Antelope island is the water more than fifteen ft t in depth. Site No. 2, Antelope Island. There are wt least three excellent site on Antelope Island wnlch'offtr the very best, beaches available anywnere on the lake but owing to the ooecurlty of two of these sites as regards transportation faillitles, and proximity to civilisation they bave not been considered a proiioaed sites The one idle that might prove favorable, however is dexenned ts on the east i folows Tha Is hard, Mud Problem Negligible. ileen sand shore of ill h t ,st is, the "The mud fiiioii Is not corsldered and fairlv abrui appro, i as this water at eav twenty yards from the a mrloiis dl'fpnlly ijj'mui la spproximat, Iv fHe fct In n ml la aopirentu silt w lilch has settled shore-lin- e ou tne luiid giavel Leu4.l1 to a depui of depth, lhe water la free from obstruc I This heath Is located on the southwestern shore about eight miles from the town of Garfield As a beat h It is not nearly as good aa the two described above. Inasmuch aa It Is covered with small stones up to eight or ten inches In diameter. General Remarks. 1Wi . it, 4 i i W- -., . Site No. 3. 4U V i Salt Lake recruiting station, has exUtah Desires Recognition. plored the southern shores of the lake Utah has no desire to bo left behind and submitted a detailed report with of the In this work, to have no part In the photographs for the supervisor This report follows naval flving corps progress that the next few jeara will be the request of Lieutenant Walker for the certain to record for advancement In the Aviators and airplane assignment of a seaplane to the recruitaircraft Industry for experimental fljtng on the station ing In the service of th United experts States government recognise the neces- lake. sity for the establishment of atrflane bases at the most favorable locations of Findings of Aviator. Ah abstract of Lieutenant Warknra reboth aea end land cities throughout the nation, and In Salt Lake the mutter is port Inriuied hy Commander Mann in his suggestions to the navy dedefinite and making somewhat already taking concrete form. Commander R. R Mann partment follows "After a ery careful exploration of of the local navy recruiting station reGrsat halt cently prepared a letter to th navy de- the southern shores of the d scribed have the sites hereinafter partment, Washington, emgeetlng that lake, - best as choen been the has be established on the a naval air operating beaches near Sait Lake City. shores of Great Salt lake This suggestion has received the highly favorable Indorsement of the Commercial iluli the Site No. 1. Fait Luke Aero club and a number of This beach ta located oq t te lake, apother local organisations proximately one mile went of In order to supp.ement flits suggestion A Rio i, rand station on tne with accurate n1 detailed Informal..,,) run road The town of barmlngton is In f rrdua Fall I ..xe possibUtite at the regarding water T ic rial leading on s iav.d road u'ktr nilake, lieutenant tttlla-val aviator temporanlj attacned to the from b'arrnngton to the propose 1 site ta T $ ,r to : tion. All traffic between the mainlnnd and this ndard Is taken rare of by a shore boat called the ReAgull. which operates from haltair It Is thought that this would make an excellent operating beai h, but would not be m om mended aa highly as the first described because of the obscurity. v k for transporting either freight or passeni gers Today the aircraft industry occupies a position similar to that of the steemeulp of 100 years ago, the railroad of flftv years ago, tne street car of thirty years ago, and the automobile of fifteen years ago. Tho aircraft Industry Is right now on the verge of an Immense commercial It contains the possibilidevelopment. ties of all previous modes of transportation, tho mlnda of scientists, captains of Industry, financiers and lenders in the business world generally are d'rectlv turned to the means, opportunities and facllitlea for lta development. f r' , 1 0 ' . whan 't. j J . .- Commander of; Naval Recruiting .Station Takes Lead in Suggestion to Navy Department; Aviator Finds Three Sites. years ago ' I . U. S. Government and Citizens View Plans manjr " C. w-:- V. W-- :r V' ,1 :1 A t . 4, v ' V R-- 9, I -- - motor. er be established here. With the growth of aviation, airdromes will be as inu portant to the community as its harbors, its railroad terminals and its roads. The consists primarily of a landing field. IT general minating Vv Ves 9 - c i This is the type of plane which has been requested for lake flying should a naval air' base Is not - VI n. with t 4 x V ' 'The meatucr conditions here are considered very good for Pvlng between April 1 And November 1. The air is comparatively free fronigut because of the peculiar geological formation about Fait Lake City. The mountain ranges which utmost completely surround bait Lake City and the lake itee.f form a pocket Into which th atorms aellom. if ever penetrate. In the spring, summer and fall, and times curing the winter, fogs prevail for short periods It seems tuat much experimental data can be ontained hv aerial operations at the lake beaches, because of the fact that the water contains 28 per stent salt. Attention is Invited to the fact that Salt or Lake la 4)CKI feet above si a leveL this reason no plane wogI In with water to the rise any be able It Is therefore sugdegree of aafety gested that if the supervisor authorica assignment N--of piano for thisR- -duty that a 9 or a Curtiss be authoHispana rised season and anat Saltair the Luring other reeort called Lagoon, both of which I are near the proposed flying bea, he, many people both tourists and natives It la believed that a great congregate deal of publicity, wh ch would promote In this district, would accrue recruiting from flying at any of the proposed of their proximity to because beach, Salt I aka City and the -- above-mention- resorta Fastest Rowing Water. i Xfi- -r he had prepare the off rial reare port from which the abov e excerpt foltaken. Lieutenant Wsiktr added the matter metitarv lowing supple Relating record show that the Great Pah lake hold the tautest .rowing water tn th world with the exception of the Lead sea in Asia Minor T ns fact prpves 4 the feasibility of operating seaplanes and flv boats from tin surface of the lake. UrdiiiHrlly a great deal of power Is necsufficient essary to give a m apiane the' water because of speed to take-of- f the fact that the pontoon settles to the depth of a i exit or more. The extiaoidinary buoyancy of the water at the lake, however, will facilitate the take-o- ff Imisnuu h as the pontoon or float will submerge only a few Inches on In naval parlance, will draw very little water It Is a matter of conjecture what effect this will have on landing Thia ts one of the things which will be proven bv experience The corrosion of the metal parts of a plane might prove to be an obstacle In naval flying here, but It la thought that carefully prepared protecting siirf.ci ex may prevent rapid corrosion of i arts It Is hoped that the navv tment will approve the assignment of a plane here for experimental purposes, d.-p- WRONG FUEL LEVEL CAUSES MOTOR WOE If the fuel In th carbureter Is not fct the proper level It alll various reactions. If the level is too high it wid flood the carburetor, if it la low it wiii result In a lean mixture and dffi eult starting For satisfactory operation it is important that the float b adjusted so that the gasoline level will be about of an inch below the out a thirty-secon- d let of the lowest nozzee to Oversize Wrist pins. Wanr ear owner hae difficulty In fit ting oversize wrint tins in an 04 pmton Tne proper method of procedure la to iupt the old pn open Irnc hvtiae and bejd thendre J1 o tr a pinch which tois that In a viae Tni expai rir the tve be started in Jt may ptron Net and w i i the apply grinding rompoun Pv t us rociston around the pm ftie ptston ia lapped on until It wul taaO the oversize wriet j In I - ji 1 1 f r aptarldf os the sut 'tR' th 1 petn wwvH Is jm wished as 6s4r 4 aa is la w mu 1 Ur C'toffFfjL the u4 yertkfciof berau f ll pe.p-- r rrr7 ads la a awnac jn ae attM ere litse aotivta fhf tismeeta. bt nw daif lft pi4 |