Evening star., 1928-11-04
AVIATION
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.

ment of de luxe train and air
passenger service from New York
to Miami and beyond to Ave OF
the island republics was made re-
Gently; Hayden, Stone g. Co. and
Richard Stone g. Co.
The third group, now in process
Of evolution, is expected to include
the Pacific Air Transport Co, op-
Grating passenger and mail service
from Los Angeles to Seattle; Boe-
ing Air Transport Co., operating
mail and passenger service from
San Francisco to Chicago; Boeing
Airplane Co. of Seattle, Pratt &
Whitney Aircraft Corporation Of
Hartford, Chance Vought of Long
Island City and perhaps Miles,
Bement-Pond Co. and the Ma
tional City Bank of New York.
Western Firm Active.
Still another great organization
is being formed about the West
ern Air Express, which is operat-
ing with great success between
Los Angeles and Salt Lake City.
Los Angeles bankers, who are said
to be behind this movement, are
understood to be considering the
purchase of the Fokker airplane
plants, after having recapitalized
the air express organization for
$5,000,000 The tentative lineup
of this outfit includes the Univer-
sal Air Lines of Chicago, which
recently purchased the Robertson
Airplane Corporation, air mail
contract company.
One of the principal obstacles
to WaShington'S inclusion on the
proposed major air lines, the lack
of adequate airport facilities, may
be overcome if plans of the new
International AirwayS Co. are
realized. The proposed develop
ment of the field includes con-
Struction of hangers, concrete
landing strips, seaplane beaching
facilities, night flying lights and
field markers, enlarged Office and
waiting-room accommodations q
restaurant and complete aircraft
Servicing installation.
The field will be open to civil
aircraft operators, and Pitcairn
Aviation, contractor for the New
York-Atlanta air mail route, will
be invited to transfer it's opera
tions from Boiling Field, which it
now is using under temporary au-
thority from the War Department,
to Hoover Field. Should the
transfer be made, Hoover Field
will become the local airport for
the proposed Pitcairn model pas
Senger airline from New York to
Miami.
SeapIane Service Planned.
International Airways is PLAN
ming the operation of a Seaplane
passenger service from this city to
Norfolk, which now is accessible
only by an overnight boat trip or
a roundabout railway trip by way
of Richmond. The SeaplaneS will
cover the distance in two hours.
The new concern also has an
nounced that it will establish a
regular passenger service to New
York.
This city also is to be given di-
rect connection, through the new
ly announced railroad airplane
combine of the Pan-American
AirwayS system, with the proposed
Latin American Seaplane lines.
While this is the only local tie-up
with the lines Of the major trans
port lines now coming into exist
ence, it is expected that direct
connecting links will be estab-
liShed when adequate airport IA
cilities are made available here.
The developments Of the past
few days seem to indicate the es-
tablishment of commercial avia-
ton in this country on a solid
footing as one of the major trans
portation methods, to be eonsid-
cred in the same light as those
established carriers, the railroad
and the automobile. :.