Arizona republican., 1918-12-04
ARMY PLANES TO
 LAND AT STATE
 FAIR GROUNDS
Five Big Machines from San
 Diego Will Arrive at Two
 O'Clock This Afternoons; Are to Remain All Night

Winging their way in squadron for nation, five large army airplanes will come into view in the western sky shortly after noon today and will circle above the city in search of landing plane
 After locating the designating marks, the airplanes will come to earth in prepared field on the state fair grounds, north and east of the mile track.
 The airplanes will remain in Phoe- nix all this afternoon and tonight and will resume the flight early Thursday morning.
 The machines, which will leave Rockwell Field, near San Diego, a. 80 o'clock this morning, will fly tc Fl Paso, Texas The trip is to be made under orders from the war de- partment and is for the purpose Of plating air routes in the establish ment of an aersl mail service They are due to reach Phoenix at p. m.
 Stop Here Twice
 Phoenix is to be the stopping poin> on the return trip also. Tucson is t, be visited.
 
 by the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce from the commanding officer request ing that a landing field be prepared and necessary fuel hauled to the spot
 Twenty NJ squadron, of five planes leaving this station Wednesday. De cember 4, will arrive in your city at , p. m. Kindly arrange to have landing field cleared off, which must be 3.O0G feet InpO hXr a0n ytriIa paratively smooth. Kindly have same marked with large white canvas placed flat on the ground. and have available 200 gallons 6S-gravity gaso i line, 9 gallons best medium lubricat- ing oil, one barrel clean water, 2C stakes. 2X4x4S inches, 150 feet three eighths-inch line, and sufficien guards to protect the planes. whict will remain all night. Kindly wire action taken and location of field, giv- ing directions and distance from city l and any suggestions to commandins officer, Rockwell Field, San Diego. "BURWELL, Commanding" All Arrangements Made The aviation committee of the Phoe- nix Chamber of Commerce has mad, all arrangements for the carving ou of the requests made in the telegram and wired instructions back to tn; field in San Diego to that effect yes terday.
 A. G. Dulmage is the chairman O the aviation committee and is il charge of the reception arrangement, IS
 Major Angeny and Colonel Glass ford were detailed to decide on a To- cation, and the state fair grounds va. selected. Major Angeny came in yes terday morning from the east to loos over the grounds. He stated that tn, place chosen will do excellently fo i the occasion
 { Cecil D. Boyce, secretary of tn: state fair commission, was placed il charge of the grounds to see that thel were put into a condition suitable fo l the landing. City Manager Thompson l will see to it that the rough spots il i the field are leveled down this morn 1 ing.
 Accommodations for the personne of the squadron will be prepared b, Donald Dunbar and R. Allyn Lewis. l Police Reserves on Guard l Major Gully of the Phoenix polio reserves. will station 10 men to guart the airplanes after their arrival here | The motor transport service here vii bring the personnel from the ground to the city.
 Major Albert Smith will be tn squadron commander, and the othe pilots will be Lieutenant Robel Worthington, commander of the aeria gunnery school at Ream field: Lieu tenant Bruce Johnson, Lieutenan Harry Fabling and Lieutenant Huber Mclean. Major James H. Mckee wi be flight surgeon and Lieutenant Joh Evans goes as official photographic The planes are equipped with instru ments for recording drift, wind ve locity, altitude and speed.
 To Map Air Routes
 The purpose of the expedition is 1 map the land between San Diego an Fl Paso. En route, the principle land marks will be photographed, emer gency landing fields located and tn attitudes of mountains taken
 The field north CT the oval rae track at the state fair grounds ha been prepared for landing place fc the airplanes. The inside of the trac has also been prepared for emergenc