Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-29 | Page 51 | Uintah Basin Air Service Awaits Location of Suitable Landing Fields

Uintah Basin Air Service Awaits Location of Suitable Landing Fields All Air service to Uintah 1 will start as soon as a r suitable landing field has been provided po at nl Vernal It was announced b by C. C W V Parry Jairy vice Ice president a and general manager mana mana- ger gerof of oC the Seagull A Airlines Inc mc who returned J. J to Salt Lake Saturday Satur a from froan an nn Inspection trip The Tue towns towns' of oC My Myton ton and ind Duchesne Duch Du Du- ch chesne n have sp splendid pl lauding landing fields meeting all th the of or the theU U U. U S. S department of commerce Mr 1 Parr Parry said ald The My Myton ton field Iel is better than nn any other Utah field with the exception of or Salt Lake he declared while the field also is IR excellent At t Vernal and Roosevelt aviation a committees committees' representing civic lc or organizations or- or n and business men are arranging for adequate airport facilities aJ and I expect to have to have fields that comply Wi with Ut government o standard standards stand stand- ards ard within a a. short time Postmasters of oC the the four cities clUes have declared that sufficient oJ iol ume of of oE- mall to warrant air nit service Is available e in Iii Uintah basin Mr Parr Parry said Sites SIles for emergency lauding landing field near Strawberry and anti Fruitland wert examined by Mr h Parry d during his hla trip He reports reports' that satisfactory sites sites' are nrc a available at each of oC these points iSAs tI iS As the result of oC Airmail du days day held at Ely Saturday the plane bou brought ht to Salt Lake twenty five pounds of or first class mail mall and ten pounds of or express It was announced b by compan company com corn pany pan officials An airmail da day to stimulate mall mail traffic to EI Ely will III bo be held here her soon r