Show Proposed Airline Service For Moab Planned by New Air Line A proposed commercial airline flying between Salt Lake take City and Cortez Colo with scheduled stops In Provo Price Moab and Monticello was discussed Monday Monday Mon day night at a meeting in ln the San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan County courthouse in Monti- Monti cello ello Representing the recently formed Beehive Airlines company was William Wil WI liam Elam Frank Kelsey o of ot f Salt Lake City Also present for the meeting was II n. w. w Bennet Dennet director of aeronautics foi tor the state of Utah Business and civic leaders of Monticello Monticello Monticello Mon Mon- attended the meeting I Also attending the meeting were Pete Byrd of Byrd Aviation and manager of the Grand County airport airport airport air air- port and Mack Turner editor of The Times Independent from Moab The officials of tho the airline pointed out that its service would be in the nature of a feeder line connecting with Frontier Airlines at Cortez and with a number of major airlines at Saty Lake City The proposed airline airline air air- line Une would also provide air mat mall service and air express service for pOints along the line Kelsey pointed out that postal Continued on Page 5 I Proposed Airline Continued from Page 1 I officials in Washington have assured assur- assur ed d his company they were willingto willing to o back air mall mal for tor the route toute and willing rilling to appear in behalf of such service before any hearings of the CAA The officials also pointed out that the he move into this area was also done one with the blessing of major airlines air air- lines nes which desired feeder lines Into the he uranium area It was pointed out ut that Frontier Airlines have long been seeking a stop in Moab but unable to obtain the permit for a number of reasons The major objection to Frontiers Frontier's s entry Into Moab has been beel that the big ig cabin cruisers were unfit for landings andings at the local airport because of ot passenger safety The Beehive Airlines operation would use smaller small small- er twin engine craft more suitable for or landings in the particular landing land land- Ing ng conditions prevailing here The proposed airline would operate operate oper opere ate with a five passenger plane with tentative plans of ot one round roundtrip roundtrip trip per day starting from Salt Lake Lak I City each morning If U demand proved proved prow ed sufficient this could be ed It Is planned to raise the nee needed cd funds for launching of the new lin linby line by a sale of ot stock with new stew stockholders stockholders stock stock- holders coming h in 11 with the same sami advantages as the original Invest st st. ors The company was corporate for said that operations could coul be started In ten days day to two weeks after the needed funds was avail aval able No plans have been completed yet for a meeting with leaders in Moab to discuss the proposed line Kelsey pointed out that the meeting in Monticello was on a feeler basIs and no meetings have been held elsewhere along the route Prior to the opening of the meetIng meeting meet meet- Ing Bement showed a sound color olor film on private plane ownership i and air taxi service The flu air taxi service servo ice ce is be being planned as lIS one of the features features of of the new line Mr and Mrs Ors Dan Pilling lire art spending the summer in Moab |