Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-12-29 | Page 32 | Salt Lake Rapidly Becoming Airway Hub of Wes

r Silt Salt Lake ke R Rapidly Becoming Becoming Airway Hub of Wei W 1 SO O Tons of Airmail Jf k Handled Monthly at f. f L Local L oca I Flying r l. l yng Field r C te ld r 1 Jo k i Noted as One of O M Most os Modern 0 ern in In U United St States t s y Si j With l approximately fifty fUty tons tone of of hit nh h maU and scores of ot passengers b being handled each etch each month mont Salt 1 Liko Is fa now no known fl as ns the airway I b of ot tho the west vest and li lia cne ot the busiest and tind most mot modem airports Ia UI tie the United Stoics During the tho year approximately 48 per Ier cent rit o of all Q of the air Jr r mall malj ot of of- the tuG country pass d through Salt L ko on 01 the Uie o h-o air mall lines JInes which enter and leave lea the city Tho greater gj share ot this huge bU busi business Iness I- I ness was was handled by the Western Air Express and the Boeing Air Tran Transport port compare company that bring the them m mall ll to Salt Lake I from the Uie Pacific coast clUes cities en to the east of ot Its us tremendous activity I H ity Salt Lake ranks second In th the number of air nir mall mail lines and Is Ss now now- listed thc is as the tho third best st st. field In the country It Is led only only- by Chicago in hi air lines and i Is outclassed only b by Chicago and Oakland for ills iUs size and accommodations FIVE AIR MAIL LINES B Besides Its Its' Its live five alt all mall mail lines lInes the tho I Boeing beIng west to San and east ast to Chicago o Ve Western Air AJr Express Ex press r I ss ss to Los Varn Varney yUr yAIr Air AirLines Lines to Portland ui and Seattle and Rational Parks Parks' Air Line to Great Groot Fall the tho city lia has several new p passenger pas pas- 16 lines In op operations raU ns The Seagull Sea Sea- gull All Air AirLine Line Lino operates between Salt Lake and Ely Nev ev and is planning plan fling ning on Its line Un Unto to Vernal and the tho Grand canyon Tho Union I Pa Pacific Air Mr Line Lino riOl passes through Salt Lake on its ro ro ite te from Ogden to Price and tho while the Blue Goose Airways is planning o rations operations between Salt S Salt lt Lake and Denver Being only three front from rom the tile city eIty tho the airport Is' Is closer to the business section than any other oUter In Inthe Inthe inthe the west Covering approximately iio acres the tine yield field is one ono of ot the largest in the country It is Is tile drained and has onE on of ct the best lighting systems in ht the United St States tes It is possible possible- to care for any ny ship that may land at nt tine tIle field both with service and hangar ac nc- nc In the matter of of communication end nd signal equipment Salt Lake has tho tine best test obtAinable Through its Us radIo station it Is possible to kc ic-cp ic p in hi touch with Omalia and San Sari Francisco on the cast east and west Los I L Angeles on the tho south couth and Boise S ise and Portland on the tho north With this service ice it Is p possible to follow the air mall niall to 10 Jt destination destina tion Uon and also check up on transit planes flying over tho x HOUR 3 REPORTS REPORT Weather reports for tor a. a radius of miles out of at Salt Lake are aro secured se- se cured cured every three hours hours' by the weather bureau station at nt the tho field and i is 18 broadcast every ery three hours hours Tho weather bureau station is 18 one ne neot of ot th the three main control points poInt's on the transcontinental route and of offers offers or- or fers service ser durIn during twenty four I i a day With the Boeing and Varney lines planning on large 14 and 18 passenger planes in oper operation during dur dur dur- j Jug ing g th the early spring the activities i at the local airport will be bo greatly increased sed Boeing and W Western stern now v operate large largo ships between Salt Lako Lake and the Pacific coast The Boeing will extend its Us passenger to Chicago while the tho Varney Var Var- ney lcy will r furnish air tram transportation to the tho northwest 9 There are about sixty fly planes planes' 10 located ted at the field ten of t which p I are aro privately owned and are doing commercial flying and taxi service ervIce The rhe United Slat States s army zumy has the tho Three Hundred and Twenty ninth reserve squadron at the field I dr which uses six training ships Other companies o operating at th the field are the tho ThomP Thompson Thon Flying service t the e Automotive service se which controls cOlf- cOlf con 1 troIs the tine Columbia Airways Inc and tile the Salt Lake School Scho lof x of C Aviation Avia Avia- tion which gives instruction in flying fly fly- ing and aviation mechanics EMPLOYED Employment is furnished hed d to Approximately Ap AI- proximately persons including nearly leally ninety pilots All of ot the tho corn com IJ panics n have havE several r lm mechanics and office workers while the post of office of- of fico fice department several mall ll clerks Gil Rich Is manager of or the field and supervises s all o op operations op- op cratIon for tor Salt Lake City There are eleven hangars at the Salt Lake airport which were on on- on at a cost of ot several se hundred hundred hun hun- dred thousand Extensive plans on improvements are being made for tor 1930 under the supervision of Harry L Finch commissIoner commissioner com com- corn com missioner of ot parks arks erty It It IC I la Js the plan of cf Commis- Commis ch to make ITI Salt Lake the thel l leading airport in iii America One of or the outstanding needs atthe atthe at at- the present time Is 15 an administration Uon tion building in which all aU of ot the offices of ot th the i various companies companies' the post office department the city managers manager's office a a. waiting room ticket office and all nIl other will be located d. d Approximately landings are arGo made mad by the various planes Ic each ch month mouth while moro more than 1700 passengers pas pas- s are carried by th the taxi s B ser service rico r- r Ico vice plan planes which operate around Salt SnIt Lake or make trips to nearby towns Due to the strict r regulations at nt atthe atthe the field which prevents unlicensed planes or pilots from rom operating there has hal been no no Injury to tx a- a apas passenger passenger pas pas- during tho the past year e r. r The Tho department of cOI commerce which established the lighted airways airways air air- wa ways s 's service and supervises the li It- It censing of or of j pilots nots and planes has headquarters rs at the tho field lel 1 SERVICE DOUBLED With th the establishment of ot night flying by all of pf the tho companies durIng during dur dur- ing the tho year the air mall mail service has hag na been doubled Two planes xa a aday day now leave cavo the airport c over r reach each of ot t tm e five lines Unes In order ordel to give tho best possible his ble service to the pU pilots ts making night flights a new v. ne night landing lighting device operating automatically automatically automat automat- I lly has lIas been Installed These light are underground in the tho middie middle mid mid- dIe dle of ot the tho field and ar are protected d dby by heavy glass The pilot not only onty can eee see ee where the center of ot the field lies but also atal can see ee the lighted light light- ed arrow showing the Wind tion