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Show THE COMING OF THE AIRPLANE The airplane industry is being developed just as were railroads and automobiles. It takes pioneering, courage and faith in the project. Twenty years ago the conservative individual wouldn't ride in an automobile. Today, he won't ride in an airplane. But the fact remains that automobiles are as common today as bath tubs-Most tubs-Most people do not realize that well established air lines are handling mail, passengers and express over our whole nation. They operate on schedule up and down the Pacific Coast, in the Rocky Mountain states, through to Chicago and east. These lines have all had to develop under adverse conditions just as did the first railroads and the first automobiles. The pioneering pioneer-ing planes have had vast distances of mountains, timber and deserts to cover, with landing fields few and far between, without guiding lights and with other innumerable obstacles to contend with. Only men with the pioneering spirit would attempt to surmount such difficulties. dif-ficulties. In going from San Francisco to Chicago by plane, a recent passenger pas-senger said that he felt entirely comfortable, relaxed as he would in any easy chair in his own parlor, and enjoyed the varying scenery which could not be observed in any other manner. He said there was no fesling of instability, and when he was tired he took a nap. Wonderful scenery was encountered and even herds of antelope and other wild life were visible. The time required was 2 1 hours from San Francisco to Chicago. |