Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-16
FRYE URGES On
DOlIGLASQII|CK
WORK On FIELD
Banquet for FIiers Develops
Into international Cele-
bratiOn of Aviation.
ALL ENTHUSE.E
U. S,-Mexico Port Looms
AS Certainty of Future
as Two Cities Confer.

Attended by President Jack Frye
of the Aero Corporation of California,
other officials of the corporation, the
leading business and professional men
of Douglas, the officials of the Mum
cipality of Aqua Prieta an Interna-
tional Aviation dinner, celebrating the
successful flight of Lindbergh from
Washington to Mexico City and the
first steps in the Inauguration Of
progressive action toward starting an
International Airport On the border
line at Douglas was held last eve
ming at the Club Social in Aqua
Prieta.
Presidente Margillian of the Mexi-
can municipal district made an elo
quent plea for cooperation for the
starting of air service through this
port to Mexico City in view of the
fact that Colonel Lindbergh has
marked the way. He stated that
every facility of his government would
be at the disposal of the boosters in
starting the port.
President Frye of the Aero Cor
poration, who with his staff and
representatives of the press, flew
to Douglas from Tucson on Thursday
morning to review the situation here,
stated that he was certain that soon
as the landing field here is estab-
lished with proper facilities his COM
pany will start a regular freight
and passenger service from the
California coast to Ell Paso and later
on, as the traffic demands, he will
be interested in the international
traffic between points in the United
States and in Mexico.
Kirke T. Moore, aviation head for
the Tucson chamber of commerce,
emphasized the point that now is
the time to act and that Douglas
has the greatest natural advantages
of any port on the entire southern
United States border He, as we'll as
other speakers brought out the i'm
portance of the National air races
which will be run through this dis
trict next year.
pat White, N. A. A. chairman for
the Frye reception was toast master
at the banquet He introduced the
various speakers Perhaps the most
outstanding statement of the eve
ming came from Frye who said
pointedly that the field at the fair
grounds is not large enough for big
commercial planes. He said that the
Eproposed international field which
| is situated east of the city and which
he walked over and flew over yes
terday afternoon is adequate and will
make a three-A field whichs is the
highest rating given a field by the
government
FRYE said that in the past few
months he has flown completely
across the United States some six
times and north and south on the
west coast and has seen nearly every
fine airport in the whole country. He
said that the situation here was such
that this international port project
could be so engineered that the fielc
could be made as good as any in the
country, at a very small cost.
\ He said that the field was al
that was necessary to secure ali
/ travel as the fliers will stop where
there are adequate accommodations
IFry said that Tucson, presents a mode
lin air mindedness and in real develop
ment of field facilities and brough
out concrete examples to show tina
that city has gained greatly through
their efforts.
He said that his planes fly 18O'
miles a day in the air line now es
tablished without accident and tina
he had been plotting one of then
himself, flying $500 miles week ant
doing large amount of office worl
beside. He asserted that flying wa
recreation to the pilot.
Speaking of the Aero corporation
passenger service he said they uset
the best planes they could buy, tn
best pilots and insisted on only tn
best of everything to protect thei
patrons.
Both Frye and Walter Hamilton
chief engineer of the corporation
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