Show PLANE TRIPS IN FIVE YEARS regular weekly service predicted by ace pilot new york weekly transatlantic all airplane plane service within the next nest five years was predicted recently by holger pilot of tile the monoplane liberty on its recent flight from new york to copenhagen discussing ocean flying and its possibilities declared the commercial mastery of the ocean which has claimed a score or more of lives since it has been challenged by airmen Is within sight of aeronautical progress the route will be by way of bermuda and the azores he said large multi motored flying boats or able to land on the water ller in an emergency will be used the northern route or lindbergh circle via harbor grace and ireland which he be himself took on OD the recent hop with otto liberty N Y photographer will never become the airlane for comme commercial caal operations erat ions he be said having flown the north atlantic I 1 am C convinced on vinced that it Is riot not the route because of the fog heavy seas end and the absence of ship lanes and also the low temperatures furthermore the season in this latitude Is too short for regular service 1 there are really only a few in months in which such a crossing can be made with any degree of safety down below the weather Is bet ter and the conditions generally more favorable transatlantic operations he believes should develop on a schedule of intermediate stops instead of nonstop flights from one continent to another he believes sead romes should be established along the route cutting down intermediate hops to approximately COO miles each permitting the carrying of a pay load and insuring greater safety engines will have to be improved and a crusing speed of about or miles an hour developed he be said As conditions now stand it is still quite a hazard while viewed the possible introduction of stratosphere planes as an important step in the right direction he declared that high altitude flying will not be a necessity if transoceanic service Is flown with intermediate stops on lung long distance flights high altitude will be preferable but for GOO mile hops the planes can operate just as efficiently at 2000 feet be asserted in referring to ills his copenhagen flight hoiriis disclosed that but for a miscalculation of position after the two flyers bad chosed the ocean they would probably have hare landed at their destination as planned without making intermediate stops |