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this criminal war is to be deplored, it will at least leave one great mark upon the world's history, outside the ghastly horrors and ruination which its prosecution has entailed. To its sudden advent must be credited the foundation upon a sold basis of aviation as an industry. By aviation's outstanding importance to all the nations concerned it has forced itself into the minds of the entire world as an accomplished fact—a state of things which would otherwise have taken a decade or more to establish in a like degree. There will be no turning back after a blessed, and we hope universal, peace is established. Rather the reverse. It will take its place in the regular industries of the world, and we may safely prophesy that the twentieth century will assuredly prove to be the Flying Age. Not only will it be incumbent upon the leading nations of the world to maintain an ever growing fleet of aeroplanes—in the years far ahead, we are optimistic enough to think that this may easily run to tens of thousands for Great Britain alone—for which by degrees pilots will have to be found and renewals con sistently kept up, but there will be the at present untouched sporting side of aviation to cater for, a development which will, we believe, be far beyond anything the most sanguine would at present care to set out. But it will come, and before the next generation has time to grow, too old to recall the croak of the unbelievers in the conquest of the air. In America this side of the movement is already beginning to materialise, and with the unbounded advantages which exist in the United States, with its vast waterways and open country, for its rapid development, we have little doubt that, as in motor boating, our American cousins will lead the way in establishing this industry which will eventuate in all sorts of surprises, in its ultimate application. To live away down at some river or seaside resort will be as nothing then. A speedy flight to New York, by way of example, having in mind the formal establishment of landing facilities on the river already announced by the Automobile Club of America ; from the landing stage to the office by motor car, and the whole journey accom plished in a fraction of the time at present necessary. This is no dream. It is already being put into execution, and it is only a matter of time for it to spread and for pleasure aeroplanes to become like mechanical vehicles, a matter for no comment. ® ® ® ® THE LATE 2ND LT. W. B, R. RHODES-MOORHOUSE, R.F.C. IT was with the most sincere regret that the announce ment was received last week of the death of 2nd Lieut. Rhodes-Moorhouse, through the following notice in the Times :—• RHODES-MOORHOUSE.— On Tuesday, April 27th, of wounds received while dropping bombs on Cocirtrai the day l>efore, William Barnard Rhodes Rhodes-Moorhouse, Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps, aged twenty-seven, dear elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Kdward Moorhouse, of I'arnham House, Dorset, and most loved husband of Linda Rhodes-Moorhouse. To all those who had followed this fearless officer's career the news came as a shock, made more acute by the loss to the nation which his death entailed at the present period of operations. At least his end has been one the memory of which will be treasured as a family honour in the years to come, although the blow of his passing away is not lessened for those near and dear to him, especially his widow. That his obituary notice should have been written by " Eye-Witness " in such glorious terms* ensures that his good work for his country will live for future generations, in spite of the official document treating only of a nameless hero. That that hero is identical with the late flying officer is no longer a secret, and no finer epitaph was ever penned than the tribute to his manner of carrying out the mission against the enemy which was entrusted to him. His body was brought back to Dorset for interment in the grounds of his father's residence, Parnham House, Netherbury. May his sorrowing relatives take comfort in the knowledge that his name will survive for all time, and that, in the words of Nelson's historic signal, in spite of the fatal wounds which had overcome him, " He made his report." * The text appears in the official extract on page 314. FROM ABOVE—Brtghtoa Pal.ce Pier, a snapshot secured by Mr. Cla 312 renee Winchester From a biplane.
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