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Show EMERGENCY LANDING FIELDS TO BE CHOSEN SALT LAKE. Dee. 7. Establishment Establish-ment of -i complete chain of emerg-i 'en.--, landing fields along the Pacific division of the United States air mall route will have been made, according to Vern Hinckley, assistant to Colonel John A Jordan, division superintendent. superintend-ent. Mr. Hinckley accompanied bj Derm Wright, chief rigger of Ihe Salt Lake landing rielo, who has charge of airplane air-plane wing construction here, left yesterday yes-terday to establish ail emergency field I at Salduro. They will also pick out land mark suitable flolds at Wendover. I Utah, and phafter, Nov., before return-iuig return-iuig in Salt Lake Thursday After liis return 4r. Hinckley will go to Burm-cster Burm-cster to select a fi- Id. Pilot Grovi-r C Black also will make tho trip. Emergency fields selected and under consideration are 'f natural character I They will be marked by a large letter 1"T." constructed of wood. One side of the lettei will be painted white and .the other blaek, in order that the 'greatest visibility mav be attained in i winter and in summer ln snow: 'weather the black fa e of the ' T" will I bo upward, in order to make ihe mark j conspicuous against the winter back- Krmind. Fields for forced landings also ha been made at Wells, 'Palisade, Lovelocks Love-locks and Hasan, Nov.; Truckev Colfax Col-fax Auburn. Concord and Richmond, Csl ln addition air mall pilots may land their planes at Mather field. Sacramento, Sac-ramento, if forced to descend. |