Evening journal., 1922-05-01
PLANES TOLAND
in DELAWARE
Emergency Airdromes to Be
at Middletown, Newark
and Wilmington
1873 FIELDS IN
IND ARMY AREA
sneclal to The Evenng Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
WASHINGTON May Aero
nautical activities in the 2nd Army
. Corps Area, inclIding the States Of
New York. New Jersey and Della
ware. shows a marked advance with
the opening OF the flying season. and
reports from AVIATION centers indi-
cate a widespread adoption OF the
airplane for individual transport
. Flying boats are especially in favor
along the coast. with Long Island
holding the supremacy in privately
= owned and operated sea craft. Six
teen new linding fields have been
reported from New York since jan
uary 1. and eight from New Jersey,
bring the total for the 2nd Corps
Area to 1876 New York is now cred
ited with "A commercial, govern
ment, II municipal. and 81 emer-
gency heldi or airdromes. a total OF
90. which includes 70 seaplane sta
. tions. New Jersey has four COM
mercial fed ds. l municipal, 3 gov
ernment and 81 emergency. a total
of 80, ana Delaware three emer-
gency fields. There are eighteen
commercial operating companies in
the area and all report passenger
carrying business on the Increase.
There Is general enthusiasm in the
direction Of supplying facilities for
the aviation Several cities are so
enterprising as to engage the larg-
est fat roots available within mu-
; nicipal limit and mark them for ad-
vertising their welcome 10 airmen
with huge White letters spelling the
city's nam, The American Boy
Scouts Organization. alive to its OPP
portunity for service, has renewed its
pledge OF scout cooperation in the
marking OF emergency landing helds
in all the states this summer. The
cities and towns in the End Corps
Arta that hate recognized the grow
ing importarre OF aerial transport
and have aidd in establishing land
ing facilities, are as follows.
New Yorl - Commercial fields:
Ringhamton Buffalo. Hammonds-
port. ithaca Ogdensburg. Syracuse,
Troy. Union. on Long Island: Amity-
willie CseapBne), Baldwin. Central
Park Coplalue. Garden City. Ocean
side Government fields: Staten Is
land Garde City, Mineola, Platts-
burg. Plum Island. Rockaway. Yap-
hank. Mufcipal fields: Albany.
. Rrooklyn. dens Falls. Ithaca, Lake
Placid. Ondia. Port Jervis. ROches-
ter Saratcb Springs. Schenectady,
Utica. EMERGENCY airdromes: Ausa-
bic. Alexniria Bay Cseaplane). Ba-
tavia. Blnont Plateau. Birdsell.
Canton. io-nwall- on-Hudson, Bran
berry Ike. Chatham, Deposit Dun
kirk. mira. Geneseo. Goshen.
JohnstGn, Jay. Keesville. Lake
George Cseaplane). Liberty Little
Falls. Lockport. Dowville. Middle
town Mfllertown. Newburg (sea-
pIane New Rochelle (seaplane).
New York (seaplane). Orchard.
Onedta. Oswego. Pierceheld. Pough-
keere. Pulaski. Rye, ssranac Lake, I
Silv' Creek. Sylvan Beach. larry
tow Waterloo. westfeld. Yonkers. 3
Fnfgency airdromes on Long Is
lars Bay Shore. Babylon. Belmont
pa. Comack. Coney Island. East
ofgue. Farmingsale. Flushing (sea-
pne). Fort Pond Bay (seaplane),
Crdiners Bay (seaplane). Gravesend
~, Greenport (seaplane), Matti-
ck. Montauk Point. Oyster Bay.
lum Island. Port Washington Csea-
lane), Sayville, Sheepshead Bay,
southampton. Vantage, westbury,
Woodbury.
New Jersey - Commercial fields:
Atlantic City. Keyport. Newark,
Pompton Lakes. Municipal field: As
bury Park. Government fields: Cape
May (Navy), Camp Dix (Army),
I.akehurst CNavy) Emergency air
dromes: Belvidere. Brookside. Eliz-
aheth. Florham Park, Green VII
lace. Hackettstown. Harrison. Has
brouck Heights. Long Branch. Long
Valley Madison. Maplewood. Mea-
dowbrook. Mendham. Morristown,
Newport. Newton. Perth Amboy
Port Murray. Princeton. oxford.
Ralston, Ridgewood. Rockaway (sea-
plane). Schooley's Mountain Sea-
yirt. Short Hills. Spring Lake. steph-
ensburg. Washington, Wrightstown.
Delaware-Emergency airdromes.
Newark, Wilmington.
According to reliable reports to
The Army Air Service, there were
On May l more than 2,1OO landing
ields throughout the United States
and Alaska, and PIT new fields were
established since January /. AL
.hough the Est OF airdromes changes
because some emergency fields are
reclaimed for agriculture the gov
srnment reports that SO general Is
he purpose Of supplying aviation
-acilities that a discontinued field is
Usually replaced by another. The list
Df available airdromes never re-
mains stationary. but is constantly
IN the increase. This is accepted az
roof OF the advance in Aernautical
activities. and OF the vcry general
recognition that travels hy air IS be-
coming a normal means Of transport.
UTvO OlEE RI ANITIDINL