Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-06 | Page 26 | Bigger Hangars Held S. L. Need

BIGGER HANGARS HELD U. NEED If Salt Lake City would provide hangars large enough to accommodate accom-modate the larger planes. Western Air Express would establish maintenance main-tenance shops and forces here, Al-vin Al-vin P. Adams, president said Thursday night Ha pointed out that the sleepers now rest overnight on the field. "Imagine trying to make repairs to them here next winter in aero weather," he said. Mr. Adams and Thomas Wolfe, vice president in charge of traffic, stopped here after a Washington, D. C., hearing' on a contract with United Air Lines by which sleeper planea on through runs would be transferred from one line to the other rather than passengers being transferred to other planea "We anticipate that this will give Salt Lake City at least half the transcontinental through traffic," he said. He said no further personnel changes were contemplated as result re-sult of the recent merger of WAE and National Parks Airways.