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Show UNCLE SAM ADOPTS AIR- I PLANE MAIL SERVICE' Uncle Sam, already the largest con. Burner of rubber tires, is now entering a new field that will augment hia tire bill to even greater proportions. A new demand will arise from the adoption ad-option of the airplane as a carrier of United States mail, last week announcement an-nouncement was made at Washington that the postoffice department Is accepting ac-cepting bids from airplane concerns for air mail service between New York and Texas. Already committees in several cities along the route are busy seeking suitable tracts of 600 acres or over for use as landing stations for the "bird postmen.' 'Airplane tires have been manufactured manufac-tured by the B.F. Goodrich Rubber Co. for over ten years. Glenn H. Curtis Cur-tis waa the first airplane manufacturer manufactur-er to adopt the pneumatic tire on a substantial scale. Wright Bros. used skids in their first experiments, and were slow to see the practicability of rubber tires. The plane in which Curtis made his first long flight, the one over Lake Erie, was equipped with Goodrich airplane tires. Tires used in aviation evolved from the bicycle tire. The first tires used by Curtis at Hammondsport, N. Y. were bicycle tires. |
