Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-08
MEXICORANKS
WITHBEST ON
AIR PROCRESS
Head of Aviation Com
pany Praises Work
OF Government In
Aviation

Mexico is rapidly approaching a
point where il can compare favorable
from an aerial standpoint with any
country in the world. George l.. Rihl,
head Of the Mexican Aviation company
with headquarters in Tampico. said
here Saturday on his trip to Wash,
ington and New York in the interest
of the air mail line from Mexico City
to the border at Brownsville, for
which he holds the concessions.
The country. rich in its old world
traditions and atmosphere-where
the slow and cumbersome OK cart IS
not an unusual sight or the streets
of leading cities; where conditions
in the main are the most primitive
lis becoming one Of the leading ma
tons of the world in the most mod
ern transportation device known-the
a%irplane.
With planes already making almost
daily trips between several Of the
leading cities. and to the border at
Brownsville, the government has an
nounced the taking Of steps that will
put the country as an aerial nation,
on a par with many of the other ma
tons az the world which point with
pride to their achievements along the
modern plane.
Country Enthusiastic
Mexico. already interested in avi-
alton and matters pertaining 10 1t,
has been swept with an overwhelming
wave Of aerial enthusiasm by the &C
Invites here Of Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh. on his wood-will visit there.
His feat in making the nonstop
flight from Washington 20 Mexico
City and his activities while there,
have set the ~populace aflame with
the urge TO fly.
A civil aviation school is to be
opened by the department of COM
munications for the training of pilots
and mechanics at Val Buena field.
where Lindbergh landed and took off
on his friend-making hop through
this country. One hundred and fifty
thousand pesos are to be expended on
this venture.
The Mexican Aviation company is
attempting TO keep pace with all this
development. The company has one
Of the best records Of any commercial
coicern in the world. II was started
seven years ago. and since that time.
with a total Of thousands Of hours in
the air and an almost untold num-
Der Of miles covered. only three IA
t~alities have marked the progress and
growth of the concert.
Company Busy
During it's life the company has
carried payroll money for dozens Of
oil and mining concerns in the coun-
try, and sketched numerous topo-
graphical maps from the air for the
oil men.
When the company first began OBJ
erations in Mexico there were landing
fields in very few places. and the
aviators used to fly the pay rolls 10
the various oil camps and drop the
sacks of currency 10 'tarps" stretched
as a white mark on the earth below.
The company is n money making
business. owned and operated by pri-
vate indiyiduals-not subsidized by
anv government or firm.
Founded seven years ago hv II. J..
Lawson, who was not a pilot. the COM
pany was sold three years later 10 a
syndicate comuosed ~ ". L. MALLORY.
G.. L. Rihl. r. n. Piper and j. r..
Burden. Mr.. Rihl was named man
ager Of the company ut that time, and
has held the position since.
Since that time the passenger-car-
rying activities Of the company have
broadened to the extent tina planes
are making almost daily trips from
Mexico City 10 Tamnico and from
Tampico TO Brownsville.
Mexico City. Tempic0, Brownsville
and Houston are along the best pos
sible route for an air mail service.
Mr.. Rihl pointed out, because flyers
have the coastline TO follow and be-
cause az the extremely low altitude
due to the lack Of noun
tains.
There Is only one had stretch n
flying conditions along the entire
and that is near Mexico City,
Mr.. Rihl pointed out