| Show POSTWAR POST WAR FLYING IN YOUR HOME TOWN aviation av writers writer ros I 1 cy by r C i I 1 I 1 apo aaion washington 0 C determining local needs every community sooner or later will need an airpark or other landing facility for airplanes progressive communities eager to be in the e vanguard are making their plans now but many towns and neighborhoods bo are baffled as to how the they y should proceed this contusion confusion is natural for the construction of landing facilities is quite a new ven venture ture in most small towns heretofore a part apart from cow pasture airports air terminals a 1 s and fields were felt ip to 0 be part of b big 1 9 city development personal flying is going to change all U that soon your neighbor and mine win will own his own plane he will expect that his community be as progressive as others in providing the necessary landing faaili 7 7 F T 44 M A I 1 X uj 0 no la VU 1111 main street of a typical american community ot of 1225 population it its au a t otance win will be greatly affected by personal flying in the postwar post war period ties local businessmen will not want to see their town lag behind other communities in initiating air traffic from other sections in developing a plan for community airparks air parks it is only logical first to determine the need this cannot be ba judged by the present situation planners must look ahead and try to arrive at an estimate of what the air requirements will be a few years hence while this might seem d difficult common sense should indicate most of the possibilities first for antt instance an ce is a determination of the population and scope of the area to be served in large cities this may be a neighborhood in smaller communities a towns airpark may not only be a local public improvement it may also serve as the aviation center for miles around thus a present position as a trading center might be used as aguede a guide to what it axt could be when personal flying bands that area by many miles ex g another factor would be a check chea up ot of present owners of airplanes airplane and those who plan to buy on onn recent surveys showed that in large la cities a considerable percentage percenta geat of families in financial posit position on to bai bev a plane anten intended d e d t to 0 do so it p probable ro b ab le ahm that at t the h e s same a me ratio would 3 ap apply p t to smaller aller COmm communities unitie s iti hi might even be larger because pew bonal flying will offer much more to ta i the he resident of a small town or rural i section A questionnaire sent to an all residents in town and in the sur rounding area should give 1 a fairly good idea of how man many Y planes will be locally owned the geographic location of a corn and its relation to surround i ing cities is important in judging budgin jud gin whether not airline or or feeder al air rt r T line services might be encouraged encourage al by suitable facilities businessmen can estimate the possible volume of 0 mail and express shipments by air potential tourist and recreational trade can be judged by the com mun itys assets in that particular and their possible development when air travel would bring many I 1 more people to enjoy them lobal locale hotel registers will reveal the num man her ber of businessmen from othet othe points whose repeated visits visit might indicate the amount of commercial air travel to be expected it I 1 is f s an interesting and instructive proceeding to find out what one own community has to offer is as ai an air center it is pointed out by the personal aircraft council of tha thi aircraft industries alsoc assoc association lation of america this Is the fifth ot of a series tal of articles article as postwar post war flying and its effect oja w eomme aulty life the next article loc an Alry airpark AJr park ark will appear la in an aa early tarl Ii lull till 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
