Evening star., 1928-10-31
HOOVER FIELD SOLD
TO NEW AIR LINES
viii Be Improved and Pas.
senger Service in East
Started, Buyers Plan.

The sale of Hoover Field, on the
Virginia shore of the Potomac River
opposite the Lincoln Memorial to
International Airways, Inc, which is
planning to establish a model airport
and an extensive passenger transport
service there, was announced today by
Carleton E. Moran, president of G. E.
Moran & Co., investment bankers, and
| president of the new airways company.
International Airways has been in
! corporated under the laws of Maryland
! with an authorized capital of 81 100000.
1t is planned to make Hoover Field the
! first of a chain of airports in cities
| throughout the Eastern United States.
| A number of planes have been or
! dered for delivery late in the Winter
and the company expects to establish
regular aerial passenger service between
this city and New York and Seaplane
service to Norfolk as the first of several
proposed passenger lines.
Field TO Be Improved.
Work will be started Immediately on
the Improvement of Hoover Field, which
is to be completed for large-Scale day
and night flying operations by March l,
Mr.. Moran stated. Construction of two
permanent fireproof hangers, each so
by 30 feet, to house IL planes each,
will begin at once, Mr.. Moran said, and
will be followed by the building of
restaurant and complete airplane and
automobile servicing station. The
present terminal headquarters building
at the field will be enlarged to make
room for executive offices and larger
passenger waiting room.
The field landing facilities also are
to- be greatly improved. Following the
lead of the new Ford Model Airport at
Dearborn, Mich, the new company will
build one or two concrete runWayS the
full length of the field to provide a
permanent surface for the landing and
taking off of planes. The Ford air.
port now is the only field in the coun-
try with such runwayS, which are said
to save much wear on the planes and
to make possible smoother and more
raoid take-offs in any type of weather.
The field, following successful tests
last week with Army floodlighting
equipment, will be equipped with per-
manent floodlights and field lights for
night flying operations and regular
night passenger sightseeing service will
be inaugurated.
Runway for Seaplanes.
On the river front of the field, facing
the canal between the field and Column
bia Island, runway for seaplanes is
to be constructed, so these planes may
be drawn up into the hangers. Pas
sengerS will board the seaplaneS at the
runway and will be TAXED out into the
river, where take-offs and landings will
be made.
International Airways has ordered a
tri-motored Ford plane with capacity
for 2 pilots and IA passengers, for de-
livery about March /. With this plane
excursions will be operated to Niagara
Falls, Virginia Beach, Atlantic City and
other Summer resorts and points of in
tereSt. Should the passenger service
between this city and New York in
crease, as is expected, the Ford plane
will be used later on this service.
The new company will take over
intact the personnel .and equipment of
the Potomac Flying Service, which now
operates the field The equipment to
be taken over includes two Fairchild
cabin monoplanes with Pratt & Whitney
horsepower Wasp motors, each car
rying a pilot and 5 passengers. Four
more of these planes have been ordered
for delivery before March /. All OF the
Eaglerock biplanes now in use at the
field also will be taken over. The new
company is to act as local dealer for
the Fairchild airplanes
THE Potomac Flying Service now
has a number of students" said Mr..
Moran, land as soon as we can make
arrangements, we plan to make Hoover
Field one of the greatest schools of
aviation in the country Washington
being the natural aviation center of
this country, there is no reason why
this should not be the outstanding loca-
ton for such school"
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