Huge Aerial Liners Will Cross Oceans With Perfect Safety and Speed, June 21, 1919

From the Wilson Daily Times, June 21, 1919. To see what Curtiss aircraft actually looked like in 1919, see the online version of the Glenn H. Curtiss Aviation Museum, Hammonsport, N.Y., at https://www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org/aircraft.php

Aviation Making Rapid Strides

It is estimated that aviation is about 20 years in advance of what it would have been had it not been for the war, and now that peace has been declared, this knowledge is being turned from a means of destruction to one of usefulness to the commercial world. It will be only a matter of a few years until huge aerial liners will be crossing the oceans from continent to continent with perfect safety and tremendous speed.

The young men of the country are seeing into the future of the enterprise, and are preparing themselves for the time when the commercial world will acknowledge aviation as an indispensable asset to the commercial world.

The following announcement was made by the War Department yesterday:

Milburn Archie Bishop, 2511 Oak Avenue, Newport News, Va., has been awarded a civilian license to operate an aeroplane, the War Department announced today. Mr. Bishop’s number will be 632. These licenses cover the United States.

Messrs. Bishop and J.J. Privette Jr. returned from Washington and New York last night, where they went to purchase a Curtiss plane, but were unable to get one delivered under 30 to 40 days, owing to the out put being sold entirely out. Just a few minutes before they reached the Curtiss office one man bought 25 planes, which was the available stock.

These gentlemen leave tomorrow night for several points south, where they will select the most suitable city to establish a school, and make all arrangements for same while awaiting delivery of planes. The first place, however, to be visited by them, after receiving plan will be Wilson where they will stop a few days at the country club.