ÆRIAL NAVIGATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 42, 15 March 1909, Page 3

ÆRIAL NAVIGATION.

SIX WKIGHT MACHINES K>K ENGLAND. London, March 12. Six aeroplanes on llr. Orville Wrigbt'9 model are being built in England. Wilbur Wright (say 3 Fred T. Jane in St. James's Budget) is responsible for something like a slump in submarines, and it is extremely probable that the aeroplane will probably havoc with them and also with mine field-;. From the air the sea is singularly transparent, and once submarines are spotted they become harmless, because the slowest of ships can easily move away from them. The prophet's all say that the flying machine will render the battleship useless, but, taking one thing with another, it is more likely to give it a fresh lease of life. However, the practical (lying machine has yet to arrive, and that I fancy is rather further off than most people imagine. There is a tendency to draw conclusions from the rapid evolution of the motor car, and forget that, after all, the motor car is only a very swift and light adaptation of the traction engine (not very much altered with some types of car !). There is no hcavier-thaii-air sky traction engine for aeroplanes to evolve from—the path has to be felt all the way along.