Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-11-21 | Page 9 | Johnson, the Flier, to Place Ogden on the Aviation Map during the Coming Year

JOHNSON, THE FLIER, TO PLACE OGDEN ON THE AVIATION MAP DURING THE LUNG YEAR Clinton H Johnson, former army flier, passed through Ogden this morn ing en route to flan Francisco and other coast cities wnere he will inspect in-spect landing fields a 'd make rtrranse-ments rtrranse-ments for h;mpars as the fist step in his many plans to lrael through Lh,e air from Kansas City o the - oast via ( cden Johnson spent but a le-.v minu cohere, co-here, but expects 10 confer with local aviation men when lie return--. While on the coast he will visit the many army flying: fields an1 will purchase the best materials possible for his air line Johnson this morning sail h" would endeavor to plate Oqden on tin map and made the folium ing Statement to a reporter of the Sttdard: "The route to San Francisco from Kansas City and Denver siiouM be vis ()L'ili'ii (Ir-fli-ii in m ' Minimi iiin of the best centers lor aviation in tb'" I west. The location is uprb w ith the railroad centering here. In follow in-' jthe tracks of the Union Pacific from I Denver to Ogden. I o'oselv coserved the fields where landing could be made in case of emergency and I am con vinced that the conditions i n route are 'far superior to :he Salt Lake route. The mountains have cau.-ed many a 'flier to lose his life In enter'nc th Btate of Utah from Colorado, I nn t on vinced that thp c urse following the I Union Pacific tracks is the better one "Safety first is my .notto nnd when I the spring's rays break forth with the in v,s of the approac.l of summer I x- I pect to breeze westward via Ogden to San Francisco "1 landed about forty miles west of Cheyenne last week on my trip o thi City, due to weather cndltions. Had the weather been favorpbV I would have completed the juurnev in record I time. '"I saw Prest In !.he iir fhir morning and am eager to ma) e his acquaintance. acquain-tance. He surely is a clever !lier aud his dips w hich I view- id from the Reed Hotel showed "protessional ability." Johnson Is accompanied by H. E Ellison, El-lison, prominent bus.nt-ss man of Den : ver. These two men are ?ssocia d land thev have planned many flvln-r features for Ogden during the 1920 , season.