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THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBE 2, 1919.
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Giving the NC-4 Final Inspection Before Flight
NC-4 With Com. Read
Due In Port Today
Famous Pilot of Famous Plane Has Same Crew as That Which
Successfully Crossed the Atlantic With Him in May, 1919.
Will Tou Far Up the Mississippi River.
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Here Is the NC-4 with a ssuad of mechanics and riggers climbing all over her, giving her the last "double
the trans-Atlantic flight, with her crew of five United States navjr avia tors. v
Caproni Sees Wonderful
Future Facing Aviation
(By Countess Maria Albertini Loschl
of the Foreign Press Service.)
(Special Despatch to the Foreign Press
Service, Copyright, 1919, all
rights reserved.)
Rome, Nov. 1. "Our workers -in
aviation at Zizzola have never gone on
strike," said Gianni Caproni. , '.'They
seem too Interested in the develop
ment of aviation to think of social
war. ies. Naturally we . have not ig
nored the tendencies toward social
evolution hre. Someone recently
put; forward in our shops a program
for an aviation soviet. I had no rea
son to complain personally, for the
workers offered me a salary of Sixty
thousand. That is much more than I
ever got from the government."
The Jocular air of this industrial
pioneer In Italian aviation was easy
to understand. Vizzola-brughiera, a
picturesque Lombard town' on the
banks of the Ticino Is a. beautiful
tpot. Caproni loves it because ! there
his first inventor's shop was located.
He had seen that shop grow into a
great aviation school, at a time when
flying was less encouraged and : much
less understood than today. Now it is
the Bite of his great factories for fly
ing machines. Each workman here
has a comfortable cottage. The avia
tion works, besides, have their own
outdoor and indoor baths and gymna
sia, their own movie theatre, their own
automobiles for picnicing trips. There
are school and university scholarships
for the children of the workmen.
I was asking Caproni his opinion of
the various trans-Atlantic flights and
the reasons why Italy did not com
pete. I believe our Italian machines
could have crossed the Atlantic three
years ago," said Caproni. "We were
ready to try, but the government was
not at all interested, perhaps rightly
so, because then there was plenty of
other -things to worry about." -Just - a
suggestion of disappointment" flitted
across the face of tM clever inven- j
tor, to whom the world owes the ere- j
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ation of the most stable of all ma
chines, the Caproni plurimotor and plu-ri-pilot
aeroplane' which made possi
ble the alternate use of. engines, of
fering the best possible security for
long flights such as that across the
Atlantic. . ,
"Xow however," continued? Caproni
"the time for stunt flights . Is ' pass-'
ing. ' Wo are entering a- great com
mercial era In aviation, and the com
petitions of the immediate future will
be Industrial competitions. Govern
ment patronage is going to be re
placed entirely by private enterprise.
Aviation has got to make good on its
own feet, or wings, if you wish as
something that pays." - J
'What is to be the part of Italy In
this effort?" I asked.
"Up to yesterday,'' answered Gianni
Caproni, "Italy had three hundred and
fifty thousand specialized workmen in
aviation, not to mention - her- army of
pilots whose competence everybody
knows. Ihis gives us ' an exceltent
start, because, .as you are doubtless
aware. In the manufacture of aero
planes, eighty per cent of the success
depends on workmanship and only
twenty on raw materials. Italy can
not plead poverty of resources, if she
falls behind In aviation. We have then
a natural, a geographical advantage.
Italy is a natural stopping place for
aerial navigation between the West nd
the East. We are . going to become
one of the great 'aerial docking
places' of the world. ; The condition
which made Italy the greatest mediae,
val maritime, nation may reappear to
some extent in aviation." ' . , .
Something of what Caproni was
thinking of, could be seen from the
great plane beside which we were
standing. It was a plurimotor and
double-decker Caprortl triplane, with
seats for forty persons and all the
conveniences of homebesides. Why a
similar machine could not.be made fdr
a Hundred people, promenade decks
and all was surely;, not obvious .to the
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simple-minded observer. '
What will the world be like, when
aerial navigation between the nations
becomes an ordinary fact of life," I
asked.
"The aerial age," said Caproni. "will
be the beginning of real contact and
understanding between peoples. There
will be a blending of . political ideas,
and systems, a close interchange of
manners and customs, not to mention
fashions and the like. Just imagine!
A New" York specialist will be able
to answer an urgent call for an opera
ation in London in a few hours. If
you "think your dealer is not giving
you real Turkish cigarettes, you can
take a hop to Constantinople or Pera
and get some for. yourself. If your
husband scowls at your frock in 1 the
morning you can run over to Paris
and come back with a new one hr
time for dinner. If he says some eve
ning that he must go to the club, you
can answer, 'Very well, I'll Just drop
down for a call on Edith at' Rio
Janeiro. See you later.'. There is no
limit .you see, to what aviation may
dor for the world."
"Is that all you are going to do for
the women folks?". I asked.
"We can offer you jobs in our
shops," he replied "We used a great
many women, "especially at Taliedo'
during the war, and they gave excel
lent results."
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Tes, yes, everything, schools for
girls, gymnasia, shower baths ma
ternity hospitals, recreation rooms, all
the up-to-dae stuff. The social re
formers have got to fly some to catch
up with aviation. We are too busy to
bother with Bolshevism."
And it was easy to see why Gianni
Caproni was popular with his men.
HIS PROUDEST "HONOR."
.' Lieut.-Commander Read received
many medals for his Trans-Atlantic
Flight, but his proudest honor was
that conferred by his mother when
she pinned a rose on his blouse.
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ITINERARY OF NC4.
, ; The following schedule covers trip
of NC-4 from Washington, D. C. to
the end. All dates are subject to
change due to weather conditions
etc. Attention is called to the fact
that the dates given are the dates of
leaving the corresponding towns. Date
of arrival in a town is in every case
the same as the .date of leavng the
preceding town. The Naval Recruit
ing Occifers along the route will be
kept informed by Lieut. Commander
Read of the progress of the tour:
Washington, D. C-, October 18.
Norfolk. Va., October 23.
Charleston,-S. .C. October 27.
Savannah, Ga October 27.
Jacksonville,' Fla., October 30.
Miami, F4a"prNovember 3.? v '
Pensacola, Fla., November 5.
Memphis, Tenn., November 6.
Cincinnati. Ohio, November 10.
Louisville, Ky November 13.
5 Owensboro, Ky., November 15. ,
. Evansville. Ind., Novemberl7.
Faducah. Ky., November 19.
St. Louis, Mo, November 22.
Cairo, 111., November 25.
Helena, Ark., December 3.
. Arkansas City, Ark., December 3.
; Greenville, Miss, December 5.
Vicksburg, Miss., December 8.
Natchez, Miss. December 10.
V Baton Rouge, La., December 13.
;.New Orleans, La., December 17.
-Galveston, Texas December 17.
"Mobile Ala, December 22.
Pensacola, Fla., December 22.
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The IT. S. Navy's famous sea plane,
NC-4, the largest plane in the world
and first to cross the Atlantic Ocean,
which is now making a tour of the
eastern coast and Mississippi River
and tributaries in the interest of the
Recruiting Service, : will in Pensacola
tomorrow.
The mammoth trans-atlantic flier is
in personal command of Lieutenant
Commander Albert C. Read and orig
inal crew that successfully piloted
her across the oce i in her epoch
making flight.
Starting at Portland, Me., the flo
tilla, which comprises the NC-4 and
the destroyer Isabel, have made stops
at all important cities on the east
coast and have been given tremen
dous receptions in all cities visited.
The NC-4 comes to Pensacola ex
actly intact as when she made the now
historical flight. At the termination
of the flight across the ocean she was
dismantled and returned to the United
States and placed on exhibition in
Grand Central Park, New York City,
where hundreds of thousands of per
sons viewed her. She was then as
sembled atRockaway Beach, Long
Island, N. Y., and started the Re
cruiting "tour on, September 21, at
Portland, Maine.
Not only is the -NC-4 the first
heavier than air craft to cross the
Atlantic, but she is the largest sea
plane ever constructed and of a pure
ly American design. She has a wing
spread of 126 feet, length over all 6S
feet, with a 45 foot hull. Without
crew, fuel or equipment she weighs
eight tons and loaded with fuel and
manned ready for flight her total
weight is fourteen tons. Her maxi
mum speed is ninety three miles per
hour, and she has carried as mar as
fifty passengers at one time.
The building of planes of such
mammoth size was strictly in line
with the program laid out. by the
Navy Department to combat the sub
marine menace, and had the enmy
under sea craft gained the upper hand
during' 1918 there would not be hun
dreds of these giant planes crossing
the Atlantic, making the operation of
the submarine an impossibility.
On the first trans-Atlantic flight
the, NC-4 left Rockaway Beach, Long
Secretary Daniels "Tries Out" The NC-4
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Secretary Daniels made his first inspection of the NC-4, the first tr ans-.lantlc plane, and tried . a seat
In the cockpit, when it was brought to Washington to be made ready for tour of Atlantic coast and gulf cities.
Lieutenant Commander Read also isaeaSed in the plane. After its exhibition tour the NC-4 will be brought
back, dismantled -and placed in the National museum.
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Island, X. Y..' on May 8. arriving at
Plymouth, England, on May 11, 1918,
having covered a total distance of
4,486 miles in 57 hours and 16 minutes
at an average speed of 78 miles per
hour. , ; . .
Prior, to the trans-Atlantic flight of
the NC-4 no- airplane had ever flown
out "'to sea far enough to warrant the
use of the sun, moon and stars for fix.
ing a geographical position as is done
on sea-going ships. Therefore, to
cope with this situation is was neces
sary to invent numerous , new and
novel instruments for navigational
u.e, foremost among which are the
aerial sextant, drift and speed indica
tor, and course and 'distance indica
tor. ; Therefore, "In addition to her his
torical status, 'the NC-4, offers many
interesting structural features, all of
whvich the " officers in charge take
pleasure in explaining to visitors.
At the termination of the present
recruiting tour the historical craft
will be placed on permanent exhibi
tion in the National Museum so that
future generations may see the type of
craft which first spanned the Atlantic
Ocean 3iy the' air route. '
The tour of the NC-4 Is being con
ducted by the Recruiting Division of
the Bureau of Navigation, Navy De
partment, in the interest of the re
cruiting service. Enlistments are
now being made in all branches of the
service, and never befsre were such
opportunities offered to the ambitious
young men of the country. Our Navy
now is among the foremost in the
$-rld. During the -war-, new;. ships were
pla-ced in: commission :so : fast that it
was necessary to man them with Naval
Reserve men, all of whom are now be
ing placed on Inactive duty, and pro
motion for the Regular Service man
was never so quick or" so certain as
at the present time. Congress has
also recently made the , war pay per
manent,' making our navy the high
est paid service, men in the world,
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On this stop'J.he NC-4 and Its .per
sonnel ; are-not paying their official
visit to the city of Pensacola, but are
merely stopping for fuel and minor ad
justments or repairs to the NC-4. The
exact length ' of their stay 4 at the Air
Station is uncertain, but; will not be
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more than a very" few days, at the
most.
The NC-4 will then proceed west
ward on her general tour and on her
return trip in December will make her
official visit to the city. Two naval
air station seaplanes of the single
Liberty engine type, HS-2 will meet
the NC-4 today at Apalaehicola nd
convoy her to the station.
The NC-4 as she will be seen by the
neonle here is exactlv the same as
when she dropped Hshtly on the water
at Lisbon, Portugal, and thus success
fully brought home to the United
States the honor of being the first
nation to successfully put an airplane
across the Atlantic. In each of the
towns visited all are Invited to see her.
Young men in particular are asked to
talk with the men that fly her and
then make up their mind whether It la
worth while to join the Navy.
In all of the cities so far visited,
recruiting has been almost doubled.
Young men. who are unable to af
ford the training of advanced school,
have joined the Navy to obtain a bet
ter education and learn a trade.
Naval Aviation has many advantages
and offers many opportunities. Men
who previously were enlisted men
have now passed out of these ranks
and into thoso of an officer.
There is a need of pilots and the
enlisted mn may sooner or later
qualify which will entitle him to 60
per cent Increase in pay.
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