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2 C San Antonio Express: Sunday Morning, April 25, 1920. BRITAIN HAS MADE FIRST "RULES FOR THE AIR HIGHWAY" LAWS FOR AERIAL TRAVEL ARE AS COMPREHENSIVE AS THOSE FOR MOTORIST. Regulations covering civilian aviators in England were recently issued by the Bureau of Civil Aviation, according to a London press dispatch. Coincident with this comes the announcement that, under the Act of Parliament "freeing the air to civilians," which went into effect last month, $15,000,000 has been appropriated to encourage civil aviation. Ten million dollars of this sum is to be spend on research work and experimentation in developing new types of planes. The remaining $5,000,000 is for the administrative functions of the newly-created Bureau of Civil Aviation, which is directed by Maj. Gen. Sir F. H. Sykes. Gen. Sykes' task is to link all parts of the empire by routes and to encourage and direct civilian flying and aerial invention. The first task of the civilian flyer is to learn the book of rules. Pilots and other persons who do not comply with the regulations are liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both. If an aircraft flies over one of the 75 prohibited areas in the country it is liable to be fired on, and if any person in an aircraft is guilty of spying he is liable to penal servitude for seven years. Flying over cities and towns is prohibited except at such height as will permit the aircraft to land outside in case of a breakdown; but the rile does not apply to a radius of one mile from the center of an aerodrome. No trick flying or exhibition flying is to take place over a populous district, or over any regatta, race meeting or sports meeting, except where specially arranged for in writing by the promoters of the meeting, and no flying which by reason of low altitude or proximity to persons or dwellings is dangerous to public safety. All aircraft must carry registration and nationality marks painted in large letters black on white ground and underlined, on both sides of the planes, and the tail and the fuselage. Lights will be carried by all aircraft between sunset and sunrise. Forward, a flying machine will carry a white light visible at a distance of at least five miles. As in ships, starboard and port will be marked by a green light to the right and a red light to the left; at the rear another white light. Airships will carry double lights. An airship, when towed or not under control, will show two additional red lights visible at two miles by night, and two black balls or shapes by day. A free balloon will carry one bright white light 20 feet below the car and a moored balloon three lights, red, white, and red, with similar lights at each 1,000 feet of cable. Tubular streamers will make the cable by day. When proposing to land by night, aircraft will fire a green Verey light or flash a green lamp and signal its "call sign" by Aircraft on the water, in fog, snow, mist, or heavy rain will make sound signals. Flying machines give way to balloons. Morse code. Permission to land will be answered in the same way. Two motor-drawn aircraft, when meeting alter course to starboard. Overtaking aircraft must pass to the right and must not pass by diving. Aircraft must keep to the right on recognized aerial routes. The dropping of ballast other than fine sand or water is prohibited. Blue and red flags will be used to indicate to an approaching aircraft whether it should take a right-hand or left-hand circle in landing. Sideslip and trick landings are prohibited. No trick flying within 2,000 yards. Wind direction will be shown by conical streamers or smudge fire. Free way is to be given to airplanes showing distress signals. At night the landing and taking-off zones of an aerodrome, divided by a neutral zone, will be marked by two rows of white lights each in an "L" shape, the short end of the "L" marking the limit of safe landing. No fixed balloon kite or moored airship is to be elevated without special permission near an aerodrome. Four aerodromes are set apart for aircraft arriving or departing overseas -- New Holland, Lincolnshie; Hadleigh, Suffolk; Lympne, Kent, and Hounslow, Middlesex. Unless compelled by accident or weather, these may be used. Within 24 hours of landing the pilot must report to a customs officer and deliver to him his log book, manifest and declaration of goods on board. No dutiable goods may be removed from Ireland or the Isle of Man to Great Britain except by consent. All alien restrictions apply to persons arriving by aircraft. No foreign military aircraft may fly over or land in the British Islands or territorial waters except by invitation or permission of the government. Any foreign aircraft which, after landing, wishes to fly again, must comply with the British regulations unless it is proceeding to a foreign destination or can show log books, certificates and licenses issued by the responsible authority in its own country and complying substantially wit the provisions of the British regulations. Pilots to obtain British certificates must be 19 years of age and of good personal medical history, with particular reference to nervous stability. They must pass a physical examination. No applicant for a license who before today has given proof of flying ability will be disqualified because he fails to fulfill all the requirements, so long as he retains his ability. The expense of feeding two good horses in these days of high grain prices is large. In most cities it would probably be not less than $2 a day each. To carry out the parallel, let us suppose that the horses did on an average ten miles a day, the fuel mile rate would then be about 40 cents per mile. It has been estimated that it costs 20 cents per mile to drive a high-powered car and 7 cents per mile for a very cheap car. The fuel cost of the airplane would obviously be between that of the automobile and the pair of horses. As a general rule an automobile is overhauled once a year. It must be taken off the ground, thoroughly gone over, and new parts purchased to renew those worn out. The cost on such an overhauling is likely to run, in the case of a good car, from $50 to $100, and may amount very often to much more. An airplane engine, as a rule, requires to be overhauled after fifty hours of flying. The pilot and mechanician attend to this. The expense of overhauling and renewing wornout parts is likely to average about $200. In other words, you can enjoy in the neighborhood of 5,000 miles of flying without repairs to your engine. One economy in flying over motoring is the saving in tires. A set of tires, as every motorist knows, is usually guaranteed to run 5,000 miles without renewing, or something like the distance expected of an aero engine without repairs. The tires incidentally cost $60 each. This saving may be set off against the slightly greater cost of overhauling the engine. The housing of an airplane is obviously more difficult than sheltering an automobile or horses, and here the parallel is difficult. As a rule a two-seater airplane requires a shed about forty feet square for its hangar. Such a space anywhere near a city is obviously expense, while the fields necessary for taking off and landing present another costly item. HINTS TO REPAIR MEN Soldered Wire Makes Hidden Bolts Easy to Remove. When a bolt is so located that it is difficult to start it, the trouble may be obviated by attaching a piece of wire to the end of the bolt by a drop of solder. Using the wire as a handle, the bolt is easily started and after it is in place the wire is easily removed by a few turns. Repairing Seat Covers. The seat covers used in motor cars generally wear first at the seams. In order to prevent this it is a good plan to reinforce the seams by sewing over them a strip of imitation leather about an inch wide. The strips are sewed to the cover cloth on each side of the seam. This reinforcement also prevents dust from accumulating in the seams and thereby adds to the cleanliness of the cover. Good for Grease Gun. Sometimes the threads of the cap of a grease gun becomes so worn that the gun jumps the threads. In these conditions take out the plunger and unscrew the cap. Next solder a nut of the same size and thread as the screw on the inside of the cap. This will obviate the former trouble, as the new threads will hold the cap firmly in place. Makeshift Filler. A very convenient filler for putting electrolytic in battery jars is made by steaming an old jar until it is soft and then forming a sort of spout at one side by means of two pieces of board. When the jar cools it retains the shape that has been given it. Cam Shaft Knocks. A camshaft moving endwise will produce a knock similar to a light connecting rod knock. As the engine speed is increased the camshaft is held in one position by the additional power required to drive it and the knock usually ceases. The camshaft gear plate may be removed and pressure exerted on the end of the shaft, holding it back against the front flange of the camshaft bearing, thereby determining if end play is producing the knock. Inserting Piston Rings. Piston rings seldom break, but when one does it is not difficult to insert a new ring if the job is tacked in the right way. Remove the connecting rod cap and pull the piston rod out from below. The rings may be slipped on or off the piston by inserting thin strips of sheet metal under them to prevent their dropping into the grooves until they are in their proper places. Pieces of old hacksaw blades are good for this purpose. COMPILE LOCAL WAR HISTORY. By Associated Press. Galveston, Tex., April 20. -- Compilation of the war records of Galveston youths, begun by women of this city under the leadership of Mrs. C. L. Bercaw, is well under way. City and county authorities as well as ex-soldiers' organizations are lending their aid in order that an authentic history of the city's share in the great war may be written. "Histories of the great war," said Mayor H. O. Sappington, in endorsing the movement, "will not carry the work done at home by individuals and organizations. And it is important that this work should be recorded so that the coming generation may know what was done by Galveston people during the National crisis." YOUTH SETS NEW BUSINESS MARK Lucas-Wood Company Shows A Steady Expansion. It's the young man's day in business. It's the young man today who is setting the pace for his dad, and the men of his dad's day and generation. In no line of business is this fact more spectacularly exemplified than in the automobile business. It is the young men who are making the automobile business the great, outstanding success of the generation. With these facts in mind San Antonio will welcome the news of the expansion of the Lucas-Wood Automobile Company, comprising B. C. Lucas and G. C. Wood, their plans for their handsome new building and their connection with six of the livest automobile companies in America. Plans for the new home have been completed by Atlee B. Ayers, architect, and the contract for the handsome new structure has been let to the Suchy contracting firm. The long time lease for the site, on the ease side of North St. Mary's Street, between the river and the Denby Truck Company building, was arranged by another youthful business man, William Fordtran, of the Rogers-Hill real estate firm, and altogether the new structure, completed, will be a tribute to the aggressiveness and the accomplishments of the young man in business. The Lucas-Wood Company expects to be able to go into their new home about the first of September. It is to be a handsome big structure, 100 feet frontage, with a depth of 50 feet, and will boast one of the handsomest show rooms in the city. The entire front will be of plate glass, brick structure, with a small conservatory effect at the south front of the building, where the lot juts out into a point toward the bridge, giving space for an attractive flower bed. Indeed, the beauty of the building will add very much to the attractiveness of this entire busy corner and its surroundings. The building of such a structure has become very necessary, in view of the expansion of the firm's business. The young men opened a few months ago, with the agency for the Templar motocar, and within the past few weeks have succeeded in making connections with the McFarland, the National, the Lexington, the Tulsa and the Case, in addition to the Templar. On all of these cars the young men are assured of immediate deliveries with the exception of the McFarland, which can be delivered in two to six weeks, and with the actual shortage in cars that all automobile men are facing, are assured of a satisfactory business from their combined six cars. By the time the actual record production is assured certainly the Lucas-Wood Company shall have attained the proportions of real leadership among the automobile men of Southwest Texas. Special Train For Sale. By Associated Press. London, April 20. -- Earl Haig's train, used by him as commander of the British armies in France, is for sale. 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