Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-02-20 | Page 4 | The Sentinel

o I The tinel WHAT DOES WILBUR WILDUR SAY N N. N Y V. TO CHICAGO 5 HOURS A PROBLEM OF THE AIR PROSPECTS FOR TOURISTS Q 4 Q Secretory Secretary of or War ar Dwight F. F Davis says tint that Colonel Char Charles s A. A Lind Lind- berghs bergh's wonderful flight has done more moro to promote good r relations with South America than whole diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- matic corps That Is a a. worthy tribute to a worthy orth man Page Mr Ir Wilbur of ot the tho navy y and see ace what ho lie thinks of at trIp S S S SMore More things s are happ happening in tho the realm of or aviation development de Plans are now under way to give ghe the tho country transcontinental passenger pas peg service r at present rail cost For instance th the tho limo time now v consumed consumed consumed con con- in travel between New York and Chicago will bo be cut cui in half halt b by the plane service S S S SAn An Imperial Airways vars liner made the trip from London to Paris the theother theother theother other day 1 a In exactly SO gO minutes This distance Is miles That mak makes s the tho speed a n fraction traction un under ler 00 miles per hour At tho the same lame rate of ot speed traffic between New York lork and Chicago can be bo speeded I up to around five rive hours At present the regulation time between Phila delphia Is two hours for the ninety miles By ny air it can be reduced to thirty minutes That ou ought ht to be fast tast enough for tor the tho most fastidious But Dut wo we can rest assured there will always be folks 1 0 will want to torace torace race rac against time Ume That i is why we vc have constant Improvement in cry sery line S S S SAs As aviation continues to command U the interest and attention of or che the people a problem of or the future presents presents presents pre pre- Itself On Or Saturday a plane pIano fell in tho the main street of or Macon Ga Ca Three men In th the plane Nane were killed outright and several pedestrians tria s were injured At tho the time there was Just one Wane plane in tho the air What will conditions be lie like when hen the air aJr becomes become'S as thick with with- planes as the streets ts are now with cars That may mar bo be a long way oft off but a a. hundred or two of ot pl planes nes in tho air over a n. large city would be a lL real menace It It is evident that lawwill laws lawn will have to be devised for the protection protection pro pro- of at the lives JIves and property of at the people of ot the thc towns and clUes cities of at the countr country S S 'S S Down In Inthe the Kaibab forest sorest on the north rim rita of ot the Grand canyon a anew anew anew new posto has be been n ed By Dy tire tho flight of or the tho crow it is is- Just eleven milts miles s between bet the tho new I o l pos and that of or Grand Canyon Canyon canon Can can- yon on on the south rim However the tho trip across croS the canyon canon Is Js not nota a pleasant one to make o every overy ly tIny clay It is Js expensive too Therefore a aletter aletter aletter letter mailed at I Kaibab passes through four states and travels ex exactly x cx- 1025 miles in order to reach its destination at nt Grand Graml Canyon An air mall mail service would certainly bo be efficient in this particular In In- In st stance nce It will not be long likely until tourists will wilt be doing the canon canSon canyon can can- yon Son on by plane instead of ot by mule A fleet l et of at passenger passenger planes ought to be a paying investment there When passenger travel by Diane be beComes becomes becomes be- be comes popularized the planes can bo be routed o over or r tho the most rugged lugs scenery c