The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-06-01
To Open Jersey
Mail Airport Soon
Group of Lines Will Center
at TeterbOrO for the
Air Service.
Sightseeing Flights


Opening of the country's largest
mail airport is expected within a
month at Teterboro, N. j., Is an
nounced by group Of lines which
will carry both mails and passen-
gers from that point. The Colo
NAL Air Transport, Inc, a $1,000
900 system of air transport, has
announced the starting of the first
regular aerial postal and express
service from Teterboro to Boston
on July /.
Arrangements are being made
for the transfer of mail at Teter-
boro to planes bound for Chicago
and the Pacific Coast. Connec-
lions are also planned with the
National Air Transport, Inc, a
line serving Chicago, Davenport,
Rock Island, Moline, st. Joseph,
Kansas City, Wichita, Oklahoma
City, Forth Worth and Dallas, and
with the Pacific Air Transport ser
wing Seattle, Portland, Medford,
Sacramento, San Francisco, Fres-
no, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Las
Vegas, and Salt Lake City.
"Fool Proof" Planes for Service.
In the fall connections will also
be made with the Florida Always
Corporation, which operates be-
tween Atlanta, Jacksonville, Tam
pa, Fort Myers and Miami. Al
though the first few months OF
operation from Teterboro Airport
will see only mail and express
carried, the early start of a net
work of aerial passenger lines is
expected.
Anthony H. G. Fokker, whose
aircraft factory is situated on the
airport, is building a fleet of
three-engined fool proof" air lin
ers for this service-some of them
to be used for aerial sightseeing
flights over New York and the
Jersey shore resorts. New York
City's airport is within thirty mill
utes by automobile from central
Manhattan and the air distance
from Times Square Is less than
eight miles. 1t will serve New
ark, Jersey City and other New
Jersey cities, since good motor
roads run direct to the field. Air
travellers from New England
points will find on arrival at Te-
tarboro an up-to-date aerial juno
ton and the Teterboro Golf Club,
where round of golf may be
played before continuing to WASH
ington or Chicago. With the rap
id development of air lines and
the possibilities of air routes to
and from Canada, will come the
need for customs and immigration
inspection.
Plans have been made for the
erection of Federal offices on the
field, near the B. B. T. dioptric
500 600 900 candle power nigG
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landing lights, Which will turn
night into day for a distance OF
four square miles. 1t is planned
to equip the field with an elabo-
rate system of night landing
lights, consisting of fOrty-two
boundary lights and a special
cluster of illuminants which will
outline the wind direction indica-
tor.
Beacon Visible Thirty Miles.
The large hangers of the Allan
tic Aircraft Corporation and the
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
will be lighted SO that they give a
daylight perspective from the air
and upon the main building will
be a special flashing beacon visi-
BILE from twenty to thirty miles.
The present value of the land at
Teterboro on which the airport is
being built is 100000. When the
improvements are completed and
the air line operating the invest
ment will represent we'll over ST.
100000, it is expected.