Evening star., 1928-04-01
Airport VIII Have Exceptional Opportunity to Expand

Reno 10 Los Angeles and Seattle Al
though the passenger fare Is three times
that of railroad transportation there Is
always waiting list Of hard-headed
business men who still believe that
time means money" This has caused
the company N order several i4-pas-
senger planes which viii be put In sery-
ice this Spring
With the growth Of air commerce I'm
the Western and Middle Western States.
IL is but natural that air routes oper-
ating out of st. Louis and Chicago will
seek connections with the Capital Of the
country. Government business alone
will be responsible for much air mail
and many air passengers. Air commerce
from the North will Of course. come via
New York. and because Of the excellent
railway facilities this traffic will prob
ably be the hardest to develop All air
traffic from tho South will come through
Atlanta, and this traffic, once started
should develop as rapidly as has the
traffic over Western air routes
There is another kind OF air traffic
that Washington will receive because Of
the fact that the center Of Government
is here. Transatlantic traffic gives all
indications Of getting start this Sim
mer, with the completion OF commercial
dirigibles by the rival English and Ger
man firms. There is no reason 10 DOUBT
that within three years foreign Anbas-
sadors and other Government officials
will arrive on regularly operated lighter
than-air craft that can make the voy-
age across the Atlantic in two days.
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WHEN it is recalled that commercial
aviation has only been in existence
in this country for few years and
was only officially recognized when the
air commerce act Of 1926 was enacsed
by Congress, one begins to realize that
commercial aviation has just about
reached the stage that the automobile
had attained when 1t turned from hand
cranking to self-starting.
In decade Washington clearly will
be a great center Of aviatiC1 and leI
municipal airport focal point. Huge
all-metal air liners will Oly between
Washington and Havana, Mexico Cisy
and Los Angeles in S. - and IS hours
with as much regularity as the Con-
gresSional Limited, the Capital Limited
between Washington and New York,
Chicago and Florida. Faster air-mail
planes will make an overnight service
to the Pacific Coast possible.
Shorter routes and smaller liners will
carry passengers from such tar-hune
States as Massachusetts. Georgia and
Indiana in the morning permit them
to transact business here and carry
them back to their homes in the eve
ming Tourist agencies viii advertise
week end tours in palatial seaplane5 to
the West Indies, Bermuda and Nova
Scotia. Business men can have their
afternoon of golf at Pinehurst or other
/ Southern resorts with the loss Of no
more than half day at their desks.
| Commercial travellers, already released
! from the bondage Of the railroad time
! table, will then declare their in5epsnd-
| ence Of hill and dale, curve and detouI.
/ and will wing their way from town TO
town as an arrow flies from the bow to
| the target.
Many secondary fields will be estab-
| lished within a radius of so miles Of
| Washington in such centers as Manas-
| Sas, Leesburg Warrenton. Frederick and
/ Marlboro. where repair shops. flying
| schools and storage and supply yards
will be located in much the same man.
ner as roundhouses. freight depots and
| freight yards center around a union
passenger station.