Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-12-04 | Page 13 | City is Praised as Air Center

I S. S L. L V VISITOR TOR I S 4 S v 2 S S 5 Si S SV V p pR R S R. R II If Verney CITY IS PRAISED AS AIR CENTER British Flier Says Say C City ty IsI Is Is' I I Ideal eal for Commercial Aviation Hub Salt Lake City Cuy is ideally situated as a commercial aviation center That is the opinion of Air Commodore Commodore Com Com- R. R H. H Verney of the British Royal Air Force who arrived in Salt Lake City Tuesday from Hollywood via United Air Lines Commodore Verney has been traveling in the United States for forthe forthe forthe the last Jast month on business for or the British Air All Ministry and stopped in Salt Lake City to visit his aunt Mrs Arthur H H. S. S Bird Center street Declining to discuss future warfare warfare warfare war war- fare or the British air force because when youre you're in the service y you u are not allowed to discuss service matters matters mat mat- and when you get out nobody nobody- wants to listen Commodore Verney Yerney contrasted commercial aviation in England and in the United States The United States is far fai ahead of E England in this respects ts t the e officer said because of the grea that have to be covered in this country I especially like the lighted airlines air airS lines and the he radio beacons h he said Commodore Verney believes it it will b be Only a short time until passenger passenger pas pas- planes are spanning J the Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic ocean between England and America on re regular schedule With the marvelous strides being made in commercial aviation he said I think it il will be only a matter of time until you can go SO from one cont continent nent to the other by plane just justas as 33 you travel from New York City to Los An Angeles now