YANKEE AIRMEN TO FIGHT BOCHE.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 26 July 1917, Page 3

YANKEE AIRMEN TO FIGHT BOCHE.

There is evidence to show that America is heeding the cry of France to send an aeroplane expedition from the United States to assist in fighting the Boche. Mr. Allan R. Hawley, president of the Aero Club of America, speaking before the sub-committee of the House Military Affairs Committee in Washington, on June 21, stated that a billion dollars probably would be required to put 100,000 Americas airplane and 10,000 to 20,000 aviators into the war. He declared that 25.000 aviators could do more toward ending the war than 1,000,000 soldiers. He endorsed the bill to establish a separate department of aeronautics. What might remain of the 100,000 airplanes when peace is restored could be utilised for commercial purposes, he saia. A French Government commission now is making plans for such use. Mr. Hawley predicted that the day of transatlantic air lines was at hand. "We are now manufacturing air cruisers capable of crossing the Atlantic, and have both the pilots and the instruments needed for piloting them," he said.