Show Challen challenger 15 eror I 1 az airlines rhines plan final check flight soon survey flight of challenger airlines co from salt lake city to vernal and vernal to rock springs will be made in about two weeks and regular passenger service will be started about june 1 according to word received this from john D lindsay district braf fic fic fie ma manager on board the survey flight will be the companas comp anys chief operations erat ions men and dispatchers and chief pilot who will make final checks on flight routes and times mr lindsay said meanwhile wo work rk continues on the new vernal airports mile mlle iong long runway base for the north south strip was placed last fall and most of the work remaining consists of putting down the oil surface winter conditioning of the base should prove beneficial to the strip airmen say workers for coltharp con st ruction co contractors have been working at the airport in t e for the e past three weeks from all indications ions lons the airstrip can be finished in am pie time for the inaugural flight of challenger june 1 tha the strip was used during the winter on two or three separate j occasions for army transport planes participating in the hay lift lift opar operations actions the army C 47 is the same came type of plane used by challenger in their erat orations ions lons mr lindsay reported that about a month ago members meff ibers of the civil aeronautics adi ninis and challenger airlines made a trip to vernal to i inspect the airport and discuss details of 01 starting air abir service av with mayor BH BR S naham francis hegt W colton leroy taylor eugene welsy and others continued on page 8 challenger AIRLINES PLANS CHECK FLIGHT continued from linge 1 I 1 I 1 another phase of thu tilt service ils its I 1 Is also receiving tit attention mr air lindsay sald mild W it crismon crimmon Cn sinon manager of challenger owera t eions ons Is to making arrangements for or it daliy dally broadcast of weather 1 forecasts for their basin over oler 1 US weather bureau last laid week announced t that a pedal special forecast foree st will be lie nade up will dally at fit the trie weather station at tilt the sait salt luke muni 1 cinal airport ind and transported vernal ernal over 1 report iss las drued meanwhile a report f from ravi Torin ronald tonald ld A duff denver deriver civil chil chii ir r president rit showed that fmc flit l figun for 1949 1140 f KlIrs lv hope hopt 1 I I 1 I 1 v fr r a hantler anh cr year ali iii th ili v first fir thoy thov mon men f the var v yar ar i regarded rew reu ird cd as tin ili ill the irwi lowest 0 periods for fr traffie truffle generi ilion klion for ati art airline iahn ir Hn s id dgiff duff mir our cord ri 4 for the arr in n h it 1041 1941 will yin min he i it glod year y idil fr annl for UK orrl alry rv whirl which it serves nerves 4 ive ives weather conditions which blocked worked siira ico ice over challengers routes s dur lilg inn january Jon tary jary tind rind february hut but did not seriously affect olai dial lender operations contributed heavily to traffic truffle baing mi ins for ile ilc aw lie period hv lie wild i n Ile ilo ventie e passenger miles m 11 les ies for the quarter grer were werl quoted dottl tel tei as ns 1 ari art inar rose rosc nse ase of ter ier cr cent over ove 1948 figures of revenue passengers howel showed a nain gain lain jain of f 80 per ner T cent 1 from rom totaig tot s of to 5 03 for 1949 and per P 01 cent of of scheduled operations for the quarter were completed nn an in lit crease of 8 75 ivr per cent from last lasi va years s figure 0 of per P cent v 4 I 1 cargo ton miles flown in the first quarter of this year regis I 1 a per pen cent increase ier ger over 1048 1948 w with revenue ton miles of air mail express and flown for the year so far only cargo carago ton miles were carried during the first quarter of 1948 duff said |