Esperanto: the Language of the Air

The future of air travel?

This article appeared in both the Virginia Enterprise and the Iowa State Bystander on September 25, 1908, which means it was probably from the wire services, just a bit of filler.[1] It combines two things that were both something of a novelty in 1908: aviation and Esperanto. It may be the first time anyone had done so.

There is actually a reason for thinking of Esperanto (or any other international language) in connection air travel. There was a recently aviation accident in which the ability of the flight crew to understand the instructions of the tower were in doubt.[2] English, in the 106 years since the Enterprise, Bystander, and Journal ran this article, has become the language of air traffic control, though sometimes its spoken by people whose skills are merely adequate.

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