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Show Airport Work Rushed in Preparation for Classwork Oct. 1 More Students Apply For Enrollment Than Can Be Accommodated With more students making application ap-plication for the aeronautics class to be taught at the Dixie junior college than can be accommodated in the first unit to be established here, officials are attempting to push the construction work on the hangar and class room so that everything will be ready for the opening of the class in October. Under the present government regulations, only one unit will be permitted here at the start of the classes. It is anticipated that an additional unit will be taught at the next period starting in January. Work is now going forward on the hangar and class room. The hangar is to be 60x60 feet and will hold 5 or more small planes. On the south side a lean-to is being built which will be divided into an office, class instruction room and work sljop. This to be heated in winter and cooled in summer. The field is to be rolled and the road to be improved and widened. Work on this is being pushed by the St. George Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce. Pilot E. L. (Andy) Anderson and Captain Hollenbeck, airline officials, stopped over Wednesday Wednes-day to see the field and to talk over arrangements for the training train-ing course with chamber of commerce com-merce officials. Definite assurance assur-ance has been received that a pilot will be available and be here with all new equipment and ready to teach by the scheduled time. One of Best Lee Owens, chairman of the aviation committee of the chamber cham-ber of commerce, recently re-(Continued re-(Continued on page eight) Airport Progress (Continued from first page) turned from a trip through the northern part of the state where he viited various airports and talked to pilots and aeronautic officials of-ficials who know this field. He reports that the local field was highly praised by these men. It is generally felt that this section's sec-tion's favorable climate for all-year-'round training will make the Dixie college classes some of the best in the state. Lawrence Wadsworth, president of the chamber of commerce, points out that the airplane picture pic-ture that was made here brought in thousands of dollars. He states that they have received many inquiries in-quiries from deer hunters regarding regard-ing the field, since they are desirous desir-ous of flying here for the hunting hunt-ing season and want to know what facilities are available. "We believe that it will not be long before planes will be a common com-mon form of transportation, perhaps per-haps mail and express will be brought in here before' long", states Mr. Wadsworth. As an interesting point along this line, Mr. Wadsworth and Mr. Owens call attention to the two students who recently landed here and stayed over night. These students, stu-dents, whose home field was Bur-bank, Bur-bank, Calif., declared that in their trip around the country, they never found a better small field than this one. They said it was one of the easiest ones to land and take off from that they had encountered. A check revealed that they had spent over $9 here for their night's stop-over. This was divided di-vided up as follows: $4 for rooms, $2.70 for gasoline, $1.50 for meals, 67c for show tickets and $2 on miscellaneous items. Cooperative Spirit Officials in charge of the aeronautics aero-nautics program here are high in their praise for the fine spirit of cooperation that has been shown by individuals, city officials and clubs. They particularly praise the fine support that has been given by the State Road commissioners, commis-sioners, Joseph Bergen, state aeronautics aer-onautics director; W. D. Hammond, Ham-mond, chairman of the aeronautics aeronau-tics commission, who recently came here to help get the project underway, and all who have lent a hand in the work tht has been done to date. "Let's keep up this cooperative spirit as the ultimate success of the wonderful opportunity of the airport depends on this for success", suc-cess", declares Mr. Owens. |
