| Show un Eky Sky Armada of 18 Airplanes Will Arrive in Moab Sunday k fw W Wf f 1 O s H 1 f rp t x 4 1 dO O 1 t The and the smallest of the 18 airplanes that will Vl lt Moab on a will good tour tur of 17 Utah airports The ships are scheduled t to reach the Moab l airport Sunday afternoon May 27 at 3 3 30 o o'clock clock The flyers ill ull spend the night at Moab loab and will be Y the Moats loab LIons Club Above are shown Ray L Peck left left manager of the Thompson flying Service flight commander and Winston Ellerbeck member or Of the aViation committee of the Salt Lake City chamber of commerce which Is sponsoring the armada When the planes glide down from the sky and come to rest at the new Moab airport Sunday afternoon at I 3 30 o 0 clock local residents aill wit wit- witness I ness the greatest mass flight ever seen m in this community The armada of owned airplanes will III leave Salt Lake at 12 0 clock noon May 25 on a mUe mile tour that will take them to 17 airports 14 of which were re- re recently recently completed as CW A projects The tour will officIally dedicate the new airports Orts along the route and is sponsored by the Salt Lake CIty chamber cham- cham chambel ber bel of commerce as an educational I I undertaking It is expected that upwards of 75 people throughout the state WIll see the armada and at many places special celebrations al aie e planned for forthe forthe the occaSIon I The visit of the planes will III mark the dedication of the new airport four miles east of Moab WhICh was con con- constructed constructed last WInter as a CW A project It is 15 expected that from to 1000 Moab people WIll be at the aIrport to gleet the aviators Sunday afternoon The VISIt of the sky armada to Moab IS being sponsored by the Moab Lions club A commIttee of the club is planning a fitting entertainment for forthe forth the th flyers Official Schedule Leaving Silt Lal e at 12 noon Fri Fri- Friday Friday day May 25 the armada WIll arrive in Ogden at 12 30 leave Ogden at 2 pm p m arrive Brigham CIty 2 30 pm p m lea e leas e 3 pm p m arrive Logan 3 30 pm p ni leave 4 30 pm p m arrive Preston 5 p pm pm m and ull overnight at Preston Leaving Preston at 9 30 a m Satur- Satur Saturday Saturday day the planes WIll hop back to Salt Lake arriving at 11 am a m leave Salt Lake 12 noon arrive Duchesne 1 30 p m leave 2 45 pm p m arrive Vernal 3 30 pm p m remain overnight at atI I I Vernal Sunday May 27 the armada will willI I leave Vernal at 9 a m at arrive Myton 9 30 a m leave 10 am a m arrive Price 19 ii 11 a am m leave 1 p m arrive Green Green- river nver 1 45 pm p m leave 2 45 pm p m arrive Moab 3 30 pm p m and spend the I ni night ht in this city Leaving Moab at 8 30 a m Monday I I the planes will arrive in Torrey at 10 am a m leave 10 30 am a m arrive Kanab 12 noon leave 2 15 pm p m arrive St StGeorge StGeorge George 3 pm p m leave 4 pm p m arrive C ty 5 pm p m 1 emam overnight I I m Cedar CIty Tuesday May 29 the planes will vill leave Cedar CIty at 9 30 am a ni arrive Milford 10 15 a m leave 1115 am a m arrive Richfield 12 15 pm p in leave 2 30 pm p m and arrIve back at Salt Lake at 4 pm p m completing the tour The armada wIll be in charge of n a nI I commIttee composed of Ray L I Peck flight Winston Ellerbeck of the Salt Lake L chamber of commerce and Dean Brimhall ho aho was in charge of the CW A work ork on the The pIlots are Mr Peck Mr l Eller- Eller Ellerbeck Ellerbeck beck Harland Sharman Sherman Falkenrath Lawrence Jorgensen S SF SF F RO Arthur WU- WU Wilham ham 0 Moore J R Lund Clark Baron II H J Rothrock Wesley Evans H A FIsher George Schultz Herbert Hess and Verne Carter These are all Utah men and practIcally every one has been trained in this state The trip is made possible by the co- co cooperation cooperation operation of the Utah Oil Refining company manufacturers of Pep 88 gasoline gas gas- gasI oline and Vi Vico co motor oil I Interesting Sidelights I The ships represent practically aU all aUthe the leading types of airplanes in use useI I today est ship of the group has a cruisIng speed of 65 miles an hour WhIle the fastest one cruises anI at I miles an hour At five different places on n the route the ShIPS have to I toI climb to an altItude of approximately 10 to clear feet mountain ranges The l longest stop non hop is between Moab Moab and Torrey miles over ex- ex extremely Tough rough country Mi 11 Ellerbeck s 5 shIP the smallest one m the armada is a Heath Parasol with a wing span of 31 feet and a length of 17 feet It is powered by a I Continental LNA 40 motor developing I 40 horsepower It has a speed of 81 miles an hour with a cruising radius I of miles It weighs pounds can climb feet the fIrst minute I II and can reach an altitude of 18 I feet It IS a passenger one plane carries 10 gallons of gasoline and av- av averages 25 miles per gallon This par par- parI particular I ShIP lip won first place for type and at the NatIonal Air Races held m in Cleveland m in 1932 and vas flown from NIles MIchigan to toI I Salt Lake CIty It wIll take off in feet at sea level arid and lands at atthe atthe the slow speed of 30 miles nules an hour hourI I The largest plane in the grouP own own- owned I ed and piloted by Harland Sharman is a Travel Air with a wing span of I 55 feet 4 inches and a length of 35 feeL feet It IS powered by a 3 horse horse- horsepower i power Pratt Wasp Whitner-Wasp mot motor lj and has a top speed of about miles I an hour and a cruising radius of miles It weIghs pounds loaded and and will climb about 1100 feet the first firstI minute It has a servIce ceiling of I about 18 feet and an absolute cell cell- ceiling I ing of 20 feet It is a seven place ship accommodating fIve passengers I and two pilots It carries gallons of gasoline At sea level the plane will I take off In about feet and lands at 65 miles an hour |
