Canadian Furcslrij Journal, Fcbruaii], li)J8 



1521 



Guarding Forests By Airplanes 



By Major K. E. Kennedy, Royal Flying Corps 



In an Address at Montreal, Fet)ruai]i Stii, Before Quehee Forest Proteelive Association 



A Graphic Story Of The Adaptability Of 

 Flying Machines to Forest Protection. 



You've got to have an aeroplane 

 of the right type, and a good one of 

 the right type too, because an aero- 

 plane is just the same as anything 

 else, you have to get a good one or 

 you can count on all sorts of trouble. 

 Now, suppose you have, say, a motor 

 car costing from four to eight or ten 

 thousand dollars, and in it you can go 

 through any forest in the land at a 

 clip of from 80 to 100 miles an hour, 

 and at the same time you are able to 

 see everything for 20 square miles or 

 more of the country, and every 

 minute of the time keep absolutely in 

 touch with home by means of wireless, 

 you would say, to put it mildly, that 

 it is a mighty useful car, now wouldn't 

 you? 



Indifferent to Roads 



Take into consideration the fact 

 that roads (or the lack of them), 



rivers, lakes, precipices, and so forth, 

 do not make one scrap of difference. 

 Some car, don't you think? Well, 

 that is what you can do with your 

 aeroplane, and you can do it in safety. 

 You can go when and where you like, 

 and come back when you like. It's 

 a great game, I can tell you. The 

 best of it is that the cost will only be 

 a very little more than that incurred 

 in buying a good car. (Applause). 



I think I can show you in figures 

 just how it works out, but of course I 

 speak now of the cost with reference 

 to a large way of operating. The 

 small way is not the cheap way, as you 

 all know. Take, for instance, a 

 farmer with a ten acre plot; he does 

 not go to town in a car, he does not 

 use a tractor to plow, etc.; but the 

 big farmer, with the big piece of land, 

 does go to town in a fine big car. 



