Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-05 | Page 20 | Airplanes to Take Scientists through Wild Utah Region

ito es to Take Scientists Through Wild M Utah Region Localities Not Easily Reached by Other Means to to Be Explored Explored Explored Ex Ex- Ex- Ex This Summer Via Aerial Route Airplane flights over oyer southern Utah to carry scientific experts into inaccessible localities are to tob tobo tobo b bo conducted during t the e summer by by Hal Ilal H. H Bullen cl civilian illan flier fUel and president of the tho Utah Airplane Airplane Airplane Air Air- plane company according to announcement announcement announcement an an- in the government air service newsletter Among the places to be bo visited d will wUl be the Henry mountain and San Juan county oil fields the Navajo In Indian Indian Indian In- In dian reservation the ruins of ot tho the cliff curf dwellers w natural bridge the Painted Fainted deH desert Zion National park Dry Bryco e canyon and the Virgin River RI country An account of Mr Bullens Bullen's flights over Bryco's canyon last summer Is given In the tho newsletter as follows One of ot the most Interesting aerial excursions undertaken Inthe in inthe the tho United States by a a. civilian flier is that which Included the I exploration of Bryco's Bryce's canyon and tho the surrounding country made madeI successfully during the summer of ot 1920 by Hal IL Bullen Dullen president I of the Utah Airplane company Flying from Ely Nev Nov to St. St George Utah Mr Ir Bullen perI performed performed per per- formed in fo fourteen hours a Journey journey journey Jour jour- I ney which by tho usual method methodI of ot rail and stagecoach requires four days The object of ot the flight was to attend the dedication of ot Zion National park at which exercises Senator Reed Smoot and Director Stephen T. T Mather of ot the tho United Unite States national park service service ser ser- er- er vice were among tho the prominent visitors Following the dedicatory exercises exer exer- Mr Bullen made an extended extend extend- I ed Nt flight ov over r the region selecting I and nod establishing landing fields spending the summer up to the of ot September In exploring II from the air localities either In Inaccessible Inaccessible inaccessible In- In accessible or or requiring long and andI I tedious travel by ground modes i of transportation For example in a flight over the oil structures I near mar the point where the Standard I Oil company recently began de developments de- de Mr Bullen Dutten made In Ina Ina ina a flight of ot twenty-five twenty to thirty miles mlle a Journey which stretches to 30 miles by land Particularly interesting was the trip through Bryce's canyon canyo and the Cave Lake and Virgin River HIYer country a hazardous undertaking undertaking undertaking under under- taking In a region re-glon without landing fields of ot any kind but which was accomplished without a a. single mishap Mr Bullen's Bullens machine was a Curtiss Oriole with a horsepower horsepower horsepower horse horse- power K 6 motor This machine accomplished easily an elevation of ot 1600 feet fully futty loaded and in his flights Mr Bullen was accompanied accompanied accompanied usually by by- bya a a. and occasionally by a passenger also A number of ot most attractive photographs were taken by Mr Bullen showing the physical contour contour con con- tour of the region the beauty of ot the scenery and the peculiar stratified structure and suggesting I Ithe the and varied coloring that belongs to the volcanic formation j of the locality