The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-07
ARMY ALE SERVICE ESTABLISHING
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ROUTE.
TrRSr UNIT IN SYSTEM wHICH
WILL COVER 1NrRE UNIrED
STATES.
MoUwSvnLE AND EAaERSTowN
LEAD IN PROVIDING
FACILITIES.

Following Immediately upon the an
nouncement that United States army
aviation officers closed a contract with
DR.. NJ. F. Compton for the use Of tho
Compton held at Moundsville as an
aviation landing field comes the follow
ing announcement in a bulletin issued
by the information group. air service. at
Washington. y. C:
Prophecy OF a~eronautic progress n
1921 In the face OF existing business
conditions would be Idle. but what viii
prove to be q vital milestone iE tho
progress and development of both com
mercial and military aeronauticS Will
be the creation and establishment OF
Americas first model a,rway from
Washington, n. G. 20 Dayton, Ohio,
dlrinS tho early months OF 1921.
Tho establishment OF we'll organized
air routes through the country. eS-
pccially in America. is as essential u
a we'll balanced system OF national de-
tense as Is the develOpmcntal work Or
the aircraft itself. h lnSta'-
lation OF an airway entails the location
Of landing fields with all acc"sS"rics.
including radio direction IindinE. rndio
communication. aid to night navtGa-
tion. housing and maintenance OF equip
mcnt.
The model airway will become the
first unit in n systematic system or air.
ways throughout the United states
States which will br started under =
policy formulated b. the army air $erE-
tee. and which will BE- guided in its or
S1nizatjou by the experience gained
from the establishment and operation
u the model alrway."
The bulletin cites the fact that thS
government IS not. III all instances. able
to purchase landing nelds. aud calls un--
on chambers -: and civic %I,G
traternal organizations TO provide
means for meeting TINS expense.
rhc importance Which the United
states Air Service attaches 70 .Amcri-
rtS UrsI model a!rwaS. ~ which t@I
town Of M"uud$N:llr has already ben
made 4 station through the LIBERAL OF
f"r 81 nr. VI. i. Compton. - shown 10y
the following excerpt from the .Nr So
Vie" Euii"t!p:
Jus; as tn Eraddoch Trail and -"
y. =. Great t.aSlCr1' anu n" tIinttn
i"c"motiv" ar" niSi"rlS"' nigh "a'IE
marks. just 50 Will the creation o.
A.rrrlca'S First AirwIy 70 down ~ his
tory and the reflected glory of Tia.
event will br II" heritage OF each and
every man tina: assists manHaIE imam
c!ally. or otherwise. in It's installation.
Certain terminals on the airway Will
havr raSuinr, oil and spare parts for
both government and civilian aircraft.
charts Viii br made Nt the entire Foui"
a, the request It tho army air scrNu"
Ind also Il pi,rtrEr tph.l map OF IN"
route VIII be prepared Ohl!QGe arr.t
photographs Of cV"ry city. LANDMARKS AID
banding held Will be taken and arrInE-
Cd into such form aS ." pT"Eid" =
guide u the route. copies OF tn'S.
books C.lu be signed for at one end IF
the route and turned ~ at the cad Il
Tn" Journey. Flyers along the route
will be in constant radio communists
non with each other and with ~" Earl-
GUS ground stations and in case OF fox
or clouds vii, bC directed along the
-outc BY radio. Shoui Il group OF COW
mcrc:al ships desire 10 negotiate thc
route uneQuippcd for wireless. then an
win ;u";n "ioHG IL" "u' and tney c1a
follow the leader in perfect safety"
\ Sv~lru! hSS tr"u Gc,lsed tor mark
:nA ,nv !undinE :i"ldS along n. route
fnr marNiNE the llndins heidS a!1i.i
tie route for purposes of deutlICHt,"n
l.lru state IS being divided into Que
hL&Grci paris from west TO "aSt. ard
leI.r-,d alphabetically north 10 south.
each ittt-" rrprc: vut;nE a distance Ut
30 mites. y Iivlu II the northern pat
Of eastern United States marked O-55'B
would D. IN Ohio. Joout half way across
the state. and between $3.50 miles be.
low the n"r,heru border. Since cor.
mercial rratt Will probably negotiate
a 30-milc distance In slightly over -
minutes locations by his system arc
sufficiently close together for n~nv:Sat-
ing purposes. More miHut detail WI!
De provided IN certain subdivisions or
rhe system at or near landing hcldS ami
in the laying cut OF signs and letters.
Some Of tho cities along the model
route are "a follows with their identlr.
cation marked opposite: