Evening star., 1928-02-05
PROPOSAL TO LINK AIRPLANE
AND AUTO IN TRANSPORTATION
Project Submitted to Government Includes
Nationwide Motor Traffic System
With Landing Fields for Aviators.


ginia town Of Culpeper. TheT paral-
leled the famous and historic highway
down the Valley of Virginia the other
side Of the MasSanutten range, running
down another series Of valleys through
Orange to Gordonsville and CaariOttes-
VILE. the nome Of The University" -
Virpinians know it--"the University Of
Virginia" to others.
Choose Site for First Airport.
Here at the intersection of the alter
nate route from Newport News they
located the first airport on tne Wash
ington division. The Eewpors f'eFs
route parallels the peninsula highway.
running through Richmond, With pro-
posed airport: Ashland. with another
airport. and Minera. with still another
landing field for aircraft. Then they
turned vest on the first long leg Of the
great route across the continent, carry
ing their roadway through Stanton,
birthplace Of woodrow Wilson. down 70
Clifton Forge. which IS not down az
all. put is some 100 feet above SEA
level. Then they saw ahead OF them
the real backbone Of the Eastern sec
ton Of the continent. Moving through
White Sulphur Springs, West Va, they
went 10 LeWisnurg and crossed the hIgn-
est peak in the East, tha- between
LeWisburg and Ansted ". Va. which
reaches an altitude Of slightly more
than 1000 feet Down they vent To
Charleston and across the State OF
Kentucky 10 Lexington. then across
some more territory 70 Louisville, With
its great tobacco industry, pausing a.!
the while TO locate sites Tor airports.
For all the while in their minds vas
the thought that provision mus. oe
made along this route for the craft 0.
the upper air as well as the swift
cruisers OF the paved roads.
Many Landing Fields Charted.
The landing fields along the route
between washington and Louisville are
many. From Vincennes, Ind. where
the route swung slightly north ana
west. the landing fields through the
tallow bottom lands Of southern LII
nois are also plentiful. They reacaec
ST. Louis. on the other side o. the
Father of Waters and commenced the
long trek into the big West I1s1
they moved directly across Missouri
! through Jefferson City, with its STATE
! Penitentiary. 20 Kansas City. There
the regularly charted schedule OF air
ports 25 miles apart became further
spaced. For the open reaches Of Kan
/ sas are not as tfIcklv settled as the
country east Of the Mississippi They
proceeded through Topeka and Man
haitian 10 the junction OF Kansas Tltn
+ Colorado. spacing the airport slres
further and further apart, until they
reached Burlington, near the kansas
Colorado border. Here they es-ao-
ltshed a site for the first airport n the
/ Rocky Mountain State. Then they
swung slightly north 20 Denver. where
they established another airport size
in the "mile-high" city.
The route through Colorado west OF
DsrveT IS somewhat deT'ous because o.
The wish Il avoid a-dlclls Gilt Is
through the saw-toothed ranges Of Ins
{ Rockies. ou. they carried the Eoao
! through TO Grand Junction
Then they swung into the STATE OF
Utah. and had 20 proceed fa- 1o-tn 70
take in salt Lake City. where tney
planned 70 Use the city airport
Through the sandy reaches G. SeTaoa
thev carried thslE trail, setting up AZ
por. sites a. the picturesque tcTEs o!
Ely. Tonopah ard Go!o1slc, ana
thence into California.
! Big Hills Encountered
Here they struck the big 1.,lS, .cr
between Bishop and T!oSa Pass. CAM
the ranges OF she Sis--ss tower - %
more than 10000 feet They SOUND .
Splerdid roadway running through ils
{ mountains from, Los Angeles 20 S2cEa-
nertc. TIE California STATE capita
from which rosdways led directly 70
San Francisco sno led into the fertile
valley @. the Nerce6 and ths fruit
1tie6 valleys near Fresno. 50 instead
q: pinutng themselves down 10 ccs
route. they chose several % them. IT
tending 20 establish interim sCsAre air
ports az the most convenient sites "a
carry OUT their plan o. Cc.c1 Q. the
automobile ana The at-p.scs as trans
pcrtstica modes
California has 3 we.. established ard
recognised SvS-e-a - ;so<th and SOUTH
highways First. .ae-e : TIE Ss4ocs
or coast highway. tEs 1-S: line Q. C.
fe:,ss. paralieiinS ;es coss, line from
Los Angeles % San ErsnclScsa -asn
there Is the Pacific highway. tE,s second
line Of defense. running through
fresno. Modesto and Me<cs6 - Ssc-s-
sa,atc.
Route Winds Through Peaks
Than comes ;As :. CANINE Sierra o.
Mountain. highway, winding tArT&IS3
IRE peaks acG valleys c; tEs high
SserraS 6cw.s t2e Backbone :. tie corr
;lGeE't--a real :Airo .iCs e Setst.Ss 'o-
tss Pacific Coast ard s-ayeES&TS Ore
gcc and Washington se.-c&S6 - the
Canadian border
From San Francisco - Newport News
+ the mad VII. Scrstcr rs length *ev
S4so miles The distance :sv-. WASH
lsIStcn : ; &00 r:,;leS. Z, rlcS,cS numbers
( The propSsSSl now Is 10 have tGs Gov
csC;iieD. cc;IStvIsc. ne coSS as 3 great
s2ssT.c- highway - oe a ecsane1ss,.
+ garE - tEs :sSt2c,al defense SyStsr..
{ and ~ maintain = with rs s.-->c-.S As
the alternative vcuse :or thoSs 2a3sc
tra4SccHt2Ger.Sl tourists ey S>>.c< ssc
have Travelled ecEs the Gc=eaeEr sra
southern ToQ;s, and who Sc Gce See
the 12.srscg ~ the c>uasry rTcslSS>se
IS made II the Valley - V1.Ss=>.S. -
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