NEW AIR AGE.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 April 1923, Page 4

NEW AIR AGE.

: J : 1.1-s \ EHN E, < ; !.\i I\t i ';'!I iE. . I ' '..\ I >('N . E- ary 7. The steel const im i ion I a." i.p’.i a - la Ii 1, i. l a'' 1 1 e d s! I. d 1 a .(age t hat a I i ' ohit mo nu i'ciiiN in in hit ion. i I ha- e ii:-1 lie. u pi rinii tad •IK i- ~ . ■ ’rl ll l ry • and that lie ails the ; a,. -1 ad \a. need w oil, in the w m Id. j TI .re ■- much I must ut. in nut in 1 I inti " ’ . CM ,1 i !.; i at . ii| can .!(.'• 111 e t crluili thing- I I have ..celt. A steal Mil Is 111! mil'll to I ii lias part e! m- v ing .f a j gig lit eel'll or. I l is ( oust meted jin -iva ia'lii, n and v, it !l - ’i' ll an I e . mill..'. I , e.el ;d (hat i I ", rig'll' only j a p cud. Y' 1 that 1 i’>. I e,l o |. ..(. ] will 1 av. v, o fimti e Jlap.'ing. i lie j weigh; ot -everal men. 11 -ei m• a mi- ! I a !, . The .[tv. is and -t rains a:e so | I a ! : 111;: ! 1 1 111.1 a. Ig, gi,.ly dct riiK.! i d I [I ", v. let |,a].s HI til'v i'. a- a mailer : oi fa; t . alme l aid ii. va : Jy -i long. • (lie I K nig- a! sfi a| ,■ , mil I icing bail! for bit e-d typ - raid ',' hiah are not Ia a i"a i ■,' iigatar tliali Hmilar wings of in d. Inii .iiuaz.ing'ly lightrr. lie pre- , is;, j, gi. i . in: -I not , in ■ ver, I e -( e(xh,. d. ‘ ‘T,,. J:' v.'' -ay- ill" m our eg Lest expert -. ••(■•.. t 111 d not inere'y at the dav II (g a new aii age the a e of the met:d II". iat halt h ; '.' .■ -•" aha :u.y tg ,g if I id I a ].I 'd 1 !e to I eall-e. ill act mil vara. ■ ! maclin i the d eanc 1 I • In!.-- Verne." I ..(i hroiigh busy w ; rladn's t n m one 111.'I'Ve! to ninth; r. I -Ca ml i i steel. 'I hen I -.at Lem worked upon by m:c hilte; nil they ; re in long nen nr st t ip- thin almo-1 c- shea; < i pa; av. 'ml limn 1 -a t!m-e -I ■ ip--bent and -haped. am! supl'.'i t"d hy In iHg'l-V. eight eros-gmaa- . llii til" steel seen!- ndded of It' Weight aid Vat laid v. ii !l il- - t i'angtil. AVliercas ve have already reached almii-t a limit of size in Hying machines . | ...ee i. we ate in the in fa net ol t lie aor; ahum of metal. Already, how ver. a giant can he built ; i 'lea| v.ad h i- ■ ome't Itiitg like J |of < cut lighter thr n a conespoiuliiig craft of word. M'INGEI) MONSTERN. And plaa.s are t aking shape fo etc rmoils met :d w ing> lift. and mm e tluek cut it; an. from tip to tip. v. lii.-’o sieiit not only have nhs and spars id >t; el. hut which shall he sheatHed aNo with light-,\eiglit plates of metal. A- these experts in -tee] i Kindi.-,■ IK (V the vast-v.-inged monster, sj'elhng all all -pi e.veig uadi, to t iin-e | '' ..ling i;, v. i;| la- wo-ld-pov. er al-o. tl'.e n, I, 1 -..; • .'. i'l have an on '"mine -limb’d; r ill!!, ri.iing lbe -ea like a s ; .ij' : and it will he lilted from tlie v.nter by tiers of i ll gs for flights of tll.einimls of miles without alighting. it' air-'eiews being epmaftl by great ‘ ilbanimg engines on the ' ini-l'i; -i I pr neiple. "There are now, two I’awlol's." sayone nf Hie air-iee! wizards, "v, lim’i nre about to lain I'm in dying n= "a- have known it liitherto. I in— is the gtottt steel aeroplane, i". i'.-e a- ellieielll as any of it i pr.-deecs-nrs. am! the otlier is the a.'i'.i-igigin— big a num.'ll, I nd with a I n g .. mhaig life >• hr It la'rus I'M.re!,. Bel-WeCi! i : n-m the a'; two wonders will open up a new era in the u oidd's lilstory.”