Show FIEST IN MUNICIPAL PORT pilot pronounces air field excellently laid out and located the first airplane to make use of Rich fields new municipal airport landed gracefully and easily sunday afternoon at just ten minutes past twelve this was a bisso eagle rock biplane bi plane owned by harry gray of salt lake city and piloted by henry dinkl dinkleman eman just recently arrived in t this i s cou country n try after several years experience as an instructor in the aviation corps of the holland army the second plane a sister ship owned and piloted by lew connors also of salt lake landed just a minute or so afterward they were equipped with 8 cylinder horsepower motors and did a thriving therivin business all afternoon carrying carrein g passengers many of whom went up for the first time and pronounced it great mrs leo martin declared it was her first experience but leo contradicted her for he says she is i up in the air most of the time the plans announced for stunt lying flying and parachute jumping did not materialize greatly to the disappointment of the hundreds of spectators that thronged thron ged the field all afternoon this was due partly to the fact that connors plane developed trouble in the gasoline pumps and some say that the parachute juniper jumper failed to get a contribution from the crowd to 11 do his stuff at any late it was quite a thrill for lacal folks to see the huge planes sailing over beautiful sevier valley an and one of the aviator aviators tors stated that the local field even in its unfinished condition compares very favorably with airports in the east on which as much as have been spent richfield is directly on the route of the famous pikes peak ocean to ocean airway and there is no doubt that the local field will soon be much in demand by both private and mail planes the field has ample room for an easy takeoff it is well pi protected f from ropi strong winds is easily visible in in this wide valley is free from trees and all in all offers an ideal landing place |