Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-07-27
SEVEN PASSENGERS AND THREE
PASSENGER PLANES TO BE
HERE IN TWO WEEKS
EDW ARD HIGH is
SCHEME MOTE r
WILL OPERATE THIS SUMMER
ON BASIS OF TWO HOUR
RUNS; so FARE

From Ashland to Crater Lake and
klamath Falls by air taxi will be a
reality within matter OF weeks
according to statement made this
morning by Edward High, of this
city, who has ordered two AnsaldOe
airplanes, from Italy. The planes,
Il three-seater and a seven passenger
Pullman car type, were ordered two
weeks ago. Mr.. High states that
the airplanes have arrived in New
York, have been shipped to Ashland
and are expected to arrive here in
about two weeks, when preparations
will be Immediately made for a reg.
ular air taxi service and passenger
line between Ashland, Crater Lake
and klamath Falls. The planes will
be piloted by Clyde Z. Pangborn. an
aviator who has been operating here
during the past several weeks, and
Mr.. High They will be run on q
two-hOur schedule throughout the
summer tourist season on an esti-
mated passenger fare OF $40 round
trip, regardless of the financial sue
cess for the first season, Mr. High
stated
The Ansaldoe planes are especial
ly built for heavy passenger service
and high altitude flying. Both of
the planes are capable of an average
sped of las miles per hour which
will make the two-hour run an easy
matter. The local aviation ground.
known as Ashland field, and located
across from the foot of Oak street.
will be the base of operations, con.
trary to report recently published
in a Medford newspaper which in
ferred that the planes would be
flown from that city.
A landing place is provided at
klamath Falls. A large clearing I'M
mediately in the rear of Crater Lake
lodge offers a su table field for q
"get-off" and landing, Mr.. High
stated.
Both airplanes are or the large,
comfortable passenger carrying type.
Reasonable amounts of baggage. such
as snit cases and small packages
may be taken by the passengers. The
planes will be in addition 10 the one
already operated in this city as part
of flying school and passenger
service being run in this city by
Pangborn and High.
Lieutenant Carter, in charge Of
the Federal forest patrol stationed
at Medford. states that the plan ls
feasible.
"The forced landing of one OF our
planes near Oasis Butte ten days
ago." said Lieutenant Carter, land
its safe flight from there, demon
strates that landing field near Cra-
ter Lake is possible, and trere Is no
reason why air flights to Crater lake
should not be permanent feature
IN the future
Heretofore the high altitude, cou-
pled with rocky character Of the
country, have led airplane experts
to doubt the feasibility of air pas
senger service to the lake. But the
safe landing by Cadet Raymond c.
Fisher in a DeHaviland, which is a
much more difficult plane to nego-
tiate than the slower AnsaldOe, has
definitely removed all doubt.
NOL only ulu II -olCi manu- o"iS
landing without the slightest Injury
to the plane or its occupants, but
Lieutenant Eugene Batten made Il
safe getaway a few days later in
spite of the rough soft character Of
the pumy ash. An interesting fea-
ture of his flight is that new spark
plugs were dropped to him by para
chute from a plane piloted by Staff
Sergeant Arndt, spark plug trouble
being the cause of the forced land
ing.
The altitude at Oasis Butte is at
least $500 feet, and the th,n air rem
dered it difficult to get away in as
heavy a machine as the OH. but this
handicap was overcome by skillful