Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-02

vast significance. Het said, "There are
two great organizations at the present
time with plenty of financial back
| ing bidding for the passenger carry
ing business between the United
States and Mexico These corpora
lions will use the great Ford planes,
probably rs passenger planes, and
they will use port on the border
/ that is most properly adapted to the
needs OF the business. Douglas is
that port"
Fox went on to explain that the
economical distance for hops in a
big passenger carrying plane is four
hours in the air. He pointed out
that this would mean stopping every
four hours, or in such distance
as from Los Angeles to Ell Paso,
one stop, at such place as Douglas,
for refueling and overhauling the
planes if necessary He stated that
OH the flight to Mexico City, which
he said he considered development
of the very near future, the planes
will stop at the border, then at such
places as Mazatlan and Guadalajara
and on to Mexico City
4 Fox brought out that the control
STOP on the Maddux transcontine, Il
line, which will start service as soon
Los Angeles will go to the city
] which will give the greatest moral
support to the venture He said that
he was greatly 81 impressed with the
attitude of the Douglas chapter of
the National Aeronautical ASSOCIATION
and that he felt that this city has
every chance of securing the desig-
nation.
! The big plane will not stop at all
in Phoenix on this trip. This voyage.
made as it is by the heads of both
the eastern and western Ford organ
izations, will probably be the deciding
factor in the designating of the con-
troll stop. A short stop is to be made
in Tucson On Friday but the sched-
ule, if nothing happens, will bring
the big plane into its hangar in
Los Angeles late Friday.
/ The air service from Los Angeles
to Ell Paso will cut l6 hours off the
time now necessary 10 make the trip
by train. When the longer flight
schedules are completed and the
i service is stretched to Dallas, Texas,
and points east, a greater saving in
time will be possible, Fox said.
Fox dwelt on the great possibilities
of the international airport. He said !:
st would urge you to work with all
your mi~ht toward putting this inter-
national field over, for it means more
to you than anything that you could
T Il gTsI
is not practical place for an inter
national port, both because OF the
lay of the land and the aerial ap-
Tproaches and because of the river
dividing the tto countries.
! "a proposed route to Mexico City
from California is not nearly as good
as the one by way Of Douglas be-
cause of the longer distances between
control stops and the same lack OF
proper border crossing facilities that
preclude5 negotiations for the inter-
national port at every point except
Douglas"
Work on the clearing of q circle
100 feet in diameter on the Army
landing field just south of the Camp
Jones quarters will start early this
morning In this oval a great panel
will be laid marking the letter T,
which will lay on the ground in the
manner used by aviators to designate
the general direction of the wind.
This is to signal the ship so that
they will know what direction to
fly into the field.
Running out from the circle will
be a runway SO feet wide ar as
long as will be possible, although a
4 very short runway would be satisac-
tory. Fox told the committee OF the
N. A. A. tut the big plane could
be landed and taken off here without
anything being done to the field but
as he and the NJ A. A. were equally
anxious to make a proper impression
on the big ship and her passengers
the field will be laid ouS as described.
The committee in charge of tn Work
is F. D. Hubbell, Major Greed of
Camp Jones, George E. jackson,
James Logic and John B. Hart.
The general committee of the N.
A. A. in charge of the plans for the
entertainment of the aviation visitors
is E. j. Huxtable, j. w. Tardy, F.
D. Hubbell, James Logic, T. 7. Scno7
field, John B. Crowell Pat White
George E. jackson, George E. Buxton
John B. Hart, Mayor A. E. Hinton
and Major Creed.
George E. Buxton, the leader in
the aeronautical activities of the dis
ltrict, will act as POSTMASTER at the