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JANUARY 9, 1919 &""" no particular hardship in the lot of the workers in the Aintree factory. The Government is dealing with them quite generously in the way of out-of-work pay—at the expense again of the unfortunate tax payer. The skilled men were surely doing something before the war and we suggest that they will do themselves and the country no harm by going back to their old callings. They have three months in which to find jobs while they are drawing their out- of-work pay which is assessed at a much higher figure than that of the man who has been risking his life in the trenches for a shilling a day. Nor are the " dilutees " in any worse case. Some were in em ployment before the war and we take it the same kind of work is open to them still. Others came into war work because they conceived it to be the right thing to do, while others came in for the sake of the higher wages to be earned " in munitions." In neither case is it logical that they should expect the State to go into business for no other reason than to continue them in a lucrative employment, apart altogether from any question of the economic soundness or the morality of State trading in com petition with private enterprise. We have spoken thus plainly because we conceive the time to have come when some plain speaking on these questions is very nearly due. In order to show the enormous pro- ^ur gress that has been made in aircraft • Milestones "design and construction during the War, and which it has not been possible to refer to in detail during the hostilities, we have prepared a series of descriptive articles dealing with the machines that have been built by the various firms since August 1914. In our issue of January 8th, 1915, we published an article dealing with the Avro products up till that time. This article was entitled " Milestones," showing as it did, the machines which milked the progress of this firm. We have retained the same title for our present series as being de scriptive of the matter contained in the articles. The first of the series, which appears elsewhere in this issue, deals with the machines built by the Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd., or Airco, as they are now styled. Each machine is briefly described and a photograph of it accompanies the description. Other pages contain plans, side-elevations and front elevations of the various machines, and with regard to these we would point out that they have all been drawn to a uniform scale so as to convey in as clear a manner as possible the relative size of the different types. In subsequent issues, when machines of other constructors will be dealt with, these will be published to the same scale as are the Airco machines, thus making a machine designed by one firm directly comparable with machines built by other firms, as regards size and general arrangement. All par ticulars regarding the machines are incorporated in two tables, one of which gives all the chief dimen sions, while the other shows such items as weights, powers, and performances. We think that for purposes of reference and by way of showing the progress made these tables and the illustrations will be found of more than usual interest, and when publication of the series is concluded we hope to be able to issue the " Milestones " series in port folio form so as to collect under one cover all the types of British machines built between August, 1914, and the end of 1918. That the series will be appreciated by our readers we have not the slightest doubt, and we hope the information given will be found of lasting value, having regard to the enormous amount of work entailed in preparing these articles. <•> -^ <$> <$> Copyright Western Newspaper Union. The great American Curtiss flying boat, which has a capacity for carrying fifty passengers, and which was designed as a submarine chaser, on the slip-ways, ready to start. It is stated this machine has a carrying capacity of about six tons, a wing spread of 70 feet, contains three motors, and can carry sufficient fuel for a 13-hour trip. Its speed is 80 miles per hour, and it can attain a height of 2,000 feet in 10 minutes. Its crew consists of five men, two of whom are pilots. It is the intention of the owners to attempt a flight across the ocean with this machine. 35 G 2
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