The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-30
FIELDS ARE O. K.

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not only ideal sites but that in prac-
tically every direction there are erper-
Gency- landing fields which are par
ticularly appreciated by airmen.
Colonel Morrow is himself one of the
most experienced and best known of
the army air men and has seen much
service. He is in charge of all the
government work in the district of
which Chicago is headquarters and has
just located a field at Kansas City He
stated this afternoon that only one
site was shown him in Kansas. This
is situated in North Kansas City.
Colonel Morrow was entertained at
lunch at the Elks club today and will
return to Chicago tonight. When
asked how soon Topeka could expect
to have air mail deliveries he pointed
to Postmaster Rigby and said that
that would be largely up to him. Rig
by said that the establishment of the
the promptness with which Topeka
gets a field in readiness for use.
MorrOw's Plan.
Colonel Morrow stated this after-
noon that he is going to recommend
to the war department that the mill
lions of dollars worth OF airplanes and
air equipment be distributed over the
country in cities where there are
large numbers of aviators and where
interest is shown in the service. He
will propose that reserve corps or
CARNATIONS be established wherever
there are sufficient flyers and re-
Quested that Robert Fullerton. chair
man OF the Topeka aviation commits
sion. make an effort to get the names
Of all flyers. qualified pilots. students
and ground men in Kansas, so that il
can be determined just how Kansas is
fixed for furnishing air men.
Fullerton requests that every air
man in the state send in his name and
address at once so that a complete
to Colonel Morrow to be sent to the
war department with his recommended
tons for reserve corps organizations.
LOngrcn Is Interested.
If Topeka shows any inclination to
offer encoura cement and to make in
ducements. A. K Longren. head of the
Longren Airplane corporation that has
recently been organized. stated his
factory will be located here. If pos
sible he wants TO locate his factory
near the government landing field and
points out that this would be bene-
fetal to the government, to his fac
tory and to the city.
We would like to locate here,
Longren said today. but of course
we are going to build our plant in the
city that offers the greatest induce
ments and advantages. I have been
negotiating with Kansas City people
and with several other cities, but have
not closed a deal with any of them.
was in Kansas City last Monday 60
ing over the proposal to locate our
plant there and will go back the lat
ter part of the week to take up the
matter again. However, I would
prefer to locate here If we could get
the same advantages offered by other
cities.
Longren stated that the plane his
plant will turn out will be an ap-
proved government plane and that
only one type will be manufactured
| The plane will be sold at about
$4,000. he said and some of the best
aircraft talent in the country will be
connected with the plant, iRcluding
the designer of the present training
plane used by the government Lon
Sren during the war was a govern
ment airplane inspector and was sta
! toned at McCook field for ten
months. He had access to every gov
eminent factory and officially ap-
proved millions of dollars worth o!
( equipment for the army.