Show a POSTWAR POST WAR FLYING IN YOUR HOME TOWN if n r r jr aviation writers wy ily L C li CAMPBELL association oc atlon Wasla roynton naton 0 C Q determining local needs every community sooner or later will need an airpark or other landing facility for airplanes progressive communities eagerton eager to be in the van vanguard guard are matting making their plans now but many towns and neighborhood bo are baffled as to how they should proceed this confusion is natural for the construction of landing facilities li Is quite a new venture in most small towns heretofore apart from cow pasture airports air terminals and fields were felt to be part of big city development personal flying Is going to td change all that soon your neighbor and mine will own his own plane ile he will expect that his community be us progressive as others in providing the necessary landing bacill could be when personal flying expands that area by many milos miles another factor would be a checkup of present owners of airplanes and those who plan to buy one recent surveys showed that in large cities a considerable percentage of families in financial position to buy a plane intended to do so it Is probable that the same ratio would apply to smaller communities it might even be larger because personal flying will offer much more to the resident of it a small town or rural section A questionnaire sent to all residents in town and in the tha surrounding area should give a fairly good idea of how many planes will be locally owned the geographic location of it A community and its ita relation to surrounding cities it 1 important in judging whether or not airline or feeder air lr J P 0 Z N yam ago aw U ak av X 0 N W P V y X T A V ly khz 2 ka ih 51 V I 1 OJA A 7 rn main street of a typical american community at 1225 population it future growth and importance will be greatly affected by personal fiang in the postwar post war per foil ties tied local businessmen will not want to see their town lag behind other communities in initiating air traffic from other sections in develop developing ins a plan for community air airparks parks it is ii only logical first to determine the need this cannot be judged by the present situation planners planner must look ahead and try to arrive at an estimate of what the air requirements will be a few years hence while wh ile this might seem difficult common sense should indicate most of the possibilities pint first for int instance tance is a determination of 0 the population and scope ot of the area to be served in large cities this may be a neighborhood in smaller communities a towns i airpark may not only be a loc local a 1 public improvement it may also alao serve as the tha aviation center for miles oune around thus a 8 community I 1 present position as ai a trading center might be used as it gulda to what it V line services might be e encouraged by suitable facilities Business businessmen med can esti estimate estimates mats the possible volume of mail and express shipments by air potential tourist and recreational trade can be judged by the com mun itys assets in that particular and their possible development when air travel would bring many more people to enjoy them local hotel registers will reveal the number of businessmen from other points whose repeated visits might indicate the amount of 0 commercial air travel to be expected it is an interesting and instructive proceeding to find out what ones own community has to offer as an air center it Is pointed out ort by tho the per personal senal aircraft council of tho the industries association of america this ti is lh fifth of a wien of article abild OB postwar post mi war and its ll 11 effect ou on eom community till life abe next article locating an Ali park 11 will appear la a an 93 carljr fly liia igloo |