Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-09-29 | Page 3 | Big Job Cutting Landing Field

i i BIG BID JOB CUTTING lANDING FIELD Grass Must lust Be 13 Kept ill in Condition for forir Ail ir WASHINGTON WASHINGTON-By The The oc- oc Airplanes being what hat they are mules being mules and and grass beIng what It Is is the problem of keeping the turf or of a 11 flying field clew cropped is II one or of irea great complexity com com- trying alike to the o of responsible officers and the patience of grass cutters Bolling Field tried med by Army and Navy Naw fliers here Is a sizable It Is not only necessary to keep the turf In condition for planes to land or take o off f nt at any anytime any anytime time but to protect the condition condition- conditioners ers who ho must work In the field all allday allday day every day with their mule drawn mowers And a grass graiS cut cut- cutting cutting ting machine which hu has never b barn cn noted for speed peed or agility can give even en more damage than It receIves if C Jt it comes to grIps with a swiftly moving mo delicately balanced The safety Mety problem has been at- at attacked attacked tacked with flags which fluttering bright red agaInst Use green back back- background background ground from conspicuous places on the grass cutting equipment give warning to aviators nut But the tribu- tribu tribulations lations or of the mowing machine pilots are not so easily reduced If so Inclined theirs Is an opportunity to develop a philosophy of perfect pa patience Whatever their they must at least put Into practice the credo of such a philosophy After braving the perils o of flying propellers propel propel- propellers lers to c cut t the grass they must remote It from the turf Just as the farmer rakes his hay they gather the shorn grass Into windrows But frequently ot at Boiling Bolling FIeld these windrows which might be poetic in ina ina a less modern modem environment are In ht path of an airplane taking off of at alighting with the propeller creating a a. small mall but extremely vigorous pr Then the raking mu must t b done agaIn the windrows re- re recreated created with hope but without eer- eer i Clearly It Is a job for a aI aJob Job I