Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-08
AIRPORT SEEN
AS REALITY OF
NEAR FUTURE

F. D. Hubbell, vice president of the
Douglas chapter OF the National
AeronaUticaI association announced
yesterday that the association has
committees working on the matter OF
securing an air port for Douglas
He said that he expected that some
definite announcement OF plan for
action would be made in the' near
future.
The N. A. A: official pointed out
that it was imperative that field
be built soon as there are several
starting air traffic from the west
through to Ell Paso and points east
At the present time there is quite
bit of air traffic IL California end
the Aero Corporation Of California
is running a regular service into
Phoenix and Tucson where the line
at present terminates.
On the east. there S an air pori
at Dallas, Texas, and mail service
from that city east anc north so
that Douglas and Ell Paso are the
only designated stations on the air
route through the southwest that are
not now on regularly operated lines.
The N. A.. A. is considering the
fact that line through Douglas and
Ell PaSo would mean the linking up
of California with the east in a
coast to coast aviation service A
survey Of Douglas business houses
has brought out that while many
of the local firms have not considered
the air as d means to more rapid
transportation, there are many busi-
nesseS here that would be able to
take advantage, of a rapid service
such as is offered by the ar.
That there is every possibility that
the postal service will establish an
air mail route through this district
is the belief OF many who are study
ing the matter. Postmaster E. j.
Huxtahle has kept in touch with the
department heads in Washington so
of the N. AsaA.s of which he is a
charter member, the federal officials
have been informed that there is
an urge there for air mail service
as for everything else which will
establish Douglas on an air line.
It is the opinion OF many that
within the next month the question
of financing the establishment of an
air port will be brought up as a
public issue here and some action
taken to secure the. port and build
hangars,s fueling devices and lights
as soon as possible.
Through the local chapter of the
N. A. A., which is the first chapter
to be organized in the state OF
Arizona, options have been secured
on number OF possible sites for
an aviation field and with the CO.
operation Of the officers of the
municipality of Aqua Prieta there
seems to be little in the way OF
making the, port extend both north
and south OF the border.
In this connection F. L. Mendoza,
of the Aqua Prieta Chamber OF
Commerce, an aviation enthusiast,
points out that the final permission
for the extension of the port into
Mexico must come from the federal
government m Mexico City as this
district is a part OF the SO mile
: federal zone which extends the length
of the border.
That the question will be brought
up when, early in February Governor
G. w. P. Hunt, of Arizona, comes
to Douglas to meet Governor Fausto
Topete, of Sonora, is considered a
certainty as the governor of Arizona
is an aviation enthusiast and has
identified himself with the efforts
made here toward furthering the
situation from the first. 1t is under
stood that Governor Topete is
equally enthusiastic over the future
of aviation and that the flight OF
Colonel Lindbergh to. Mexico has
strengthened the cooperative spirit for
aviation between the two countries
to such an extent that it is the
opinion of air boosters here that the
legal barriers to the international
flying service will be removed very
shortly
At the present time airplanes arc
the only recognized vehicles used for
transportation that are legally banned
from crossing the Mexico United
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