The Monroe journal., 1919-05-20
WILL VISIT
MONROE IN NEAR FUTURE
Party Here Friday Selected Landing
Places For plane-PictuIes Of
Monroe Will BE Made From the
3ir>hip-NIay Result i'm Permanent
t.alluing i'iace.

Some time within the next two
weeks an airplane from Pope Field,
al Camp Bragg, near Fayetteville,
will land on the outskirts of Monroe.
The purpose of the coming of this
ship of the air TO Monroe is TO map
air currents. take aerial pictures of
our city, select landing places and
DO other scout work looking to the
establishment of landing places for
airplanes in government. commercial
or pleasure seeking uses.
4 party composed of Lieutenants
Z. r. Shuman and +. n. Pickerill.
air pilots, and H. B. Cox. aerial OBJ
server. and Corporal Carter were in
Monroe last Friday for the purpose Of
selecting landing place for the ship.
These men are stationed at Pope
Field, Camp Bragg.
Fields which might be converted
..to landing places for airplanes
shown them by Secretary Riddle of
the Chamber of Commerce and Mr.. j..
NJ. Morrow, Jr. The airmen spoke
favorably of the field on the western
edge of the city, formerly used by
EilNdiN. otNtidi ob fhN NaSt
ern edge of town received favorable
attention. 1t is understood that with
little work either OF these fields
mi-ht he converted into first class
landing place.
one of the sites investigated by
the airmen was marked with large
white flag and the scout plane on its
trim here will descend at this point If
the owner of the field does not OBJ
ject. The flag is placed for the guild
ance of the pilot in control of the ma
chine.
The scouting party here Friday has
visited sites near Raleigh. Greensbo-
70, Durham, Winston-Salem, Lexing-
ton, Charlotte, Concord and other cit
les and it is said that conditions here
compare favorably with those at the
other points visited.
The plane which will come to Mon
roe will probably be piloted by either
Lieutenant Sherman or Lieutenant
Pickerill. A twenty-four hour stop
will be made here and during this
time aerial pictures of the city will
be made.
Emergency landings along the route
followed by the plane in its trip from
Camp Bragg will be marked and the
air currents mapped. This informa-
ton will be gathered in an "Airplane
Bluebook," and will be available for
either government, commercial or
military uses.
Secretary Riddle will be notified "a
hours before the ship takes flight for
Monroe. An order for a quantity OF
high grade gasoline for the ship has
been placed with one of the local
companies.
As soon as the aerial pictures are
completed one of them will be sent
TO the Chamber OF Commerce and in
this manner the citizens of Monroe
will have the opportunity of seeing
Monroe as 1t will look viewed from
an airplane thousand feet high.
! is thought that If sufficient in
terest is manifested by the citizens OF
the town that the visit of the scout
plane may result in the permanent es-
tablshment of landing place here
for commercial or pleasure seeking
airplanes, or a way stop on the pro-
jected air mail service to the principal
cities of the South. That no oppor-
tunity may be lost, Secretary Riddle
has taken steps to see that proper at
tention is given the matter He will
appoint committees to have charge OF
this. These committees, working
with Mr.. Riddle. will be on the job
when the scout plane arrives within
the next two weeks.