Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-05

FTeSluent COOllOSe expressed inter-
est in the development Of airports,
combined with the recent successful
flights of intrepid American aviators,
has aroused keen interest throughout
the country in the establishment of
adequate landing fields, and this in
terest is being voiced and encored by
the press of the country.
The Importance of the airport in
the scheme of development Of aviation
in this country is stressed by the To-
peka Daily Capital, which says: Com
mercial aviation on an extensive scale,
as Col Lindbergh has constantly EN-.
phasized, is held back chiefly by the
slowness of cities in establishing air.
ports. Landing fields are indispensa-
ble," continues the Capital, declaring
that eff cities hold back, interest in
travel by air may fall into a slump,
but with cities generally showing an
alert interest and doing their neces-
sary part. the development is certain
to be rapid"
AS the Lynchburg Daily Advance
predicts, cit seems likely, and not so
far ahead at that, that the growth
of flying between American cities will
mean the establishment Of huge COM
mercial terminals at centrally located
points," and the Advance asks: why.
then, should not centrally located
cities-and Lynchburg is one-begin
to plan ahead for that growth of the
future?" That foresight demands such
provision for the future is the thought
Of the Lansing State Journal, which
sees the day coming when the aver
age citizen will make criticism his
chief amusement in cases where lack
nf oil Ia ri Of
sight," for the cities "that first pro-
vide lighted, graded, serviced fields
are going to be the first ones to get
into the guide books of aviation" The
Raleigh News and Observer declares
that "the big town without an airport
will soon be as isolated as seaport
city without dock"
Noting the events in the recent
past, the Champaign News-Gazette
states that lone weeks aviation news
now shows more flying progress than
could be noted in several months re-
ports before Lindbergh flew to Paris"
and it predicts that 1.-The planes and
landing fields in existence at the be-
ginning of the year will be augmented
considerably when the census is taken
again next January" Similarly the
Baltimore Sun remarks that "even the
experts were surprised at the tremen-
dous increase in interest in aviation
which followed recent demonstrations
of the range and safety of flying
Machines" and the Omaha World
Herald says: ITO Charles Lindbergh
and Chamberlin and Byrd, with their
magnificent Atlantic flights, is due
much of the heightened interest in
the conquering of the air. And Lind
bergh's trips to and fro in the Spirit
of st. Louis, which he uses as a mat
ter of course as the preferred means
of going from place to place, have
done much to convince the average
man of the practicability Of flying"
The air mail comes in, too. for
large share of the credit for the
gradual success in making Americans
air-minded. Says the Glendale Eve
ming News: 1.-THE mail planes during
the time they have been operating
under the Postal Department have
set an enviable record for regularity
and reliability. They have steadily
reduced the time of flight, delivering
the mail with as much certainty on
most routes as have the trains. Bush
ness men of the country have come
to depend on the air mail for fast
service"
Although air mail Is being now car.
ried by private firms on the main
transcontinental routes, the Grand
Rapids Press points out that this
must not be interpreted as q Fed
eral abandonment Of aviation as it
states: Instead of giving up either
air mail or aviation in general, Uncle
Sam on July l launched bravely into
the encouragement Of commercial
aviation. He gave air mail into pri-
vate hands and at the same time
encouraged all private air enterprises
by announcing number Of subsidies"
The Charleston Evening Post sees
mo reason now why all cities Of any
Importance in. the United States
should not enjoy the advantages Of