AERONAUTICS: Anywhere, Everywhere

¶ Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co., Inc., announced, last week, plans for the enlargement of its subsidiary, the Curtiss Flying Service, Inc. (with a capitalization of at least $7,500,000). The idea: to take any inhabitant of the U. S. anywhere within reason, by air, on short notice. The first step in establishing this air-taxi service will be to order complete equipment for flying fields in 25 key cities. Primary schools and three universities of the air, to train pilots and to make plane parts as understandable as automobile gimcracks, will also be established....

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