Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-11
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subjects. The Brownsville airport
came in for high praise by the Lone
Eagle and he indicated that in To-
cation and facilities, it is already
very important.
The whole program of the dedi-
cation was run off according to
| schedule with the exception of
Capt. Ira c. Eaker'S flight to Pan
ANA.
Mail lines are now formally in
stalled and will run regularly each
day to and from both the north ana
the south.
The dedication was an unquali-
fled success. All the world was in
troduced to Brownsville and its
great airport. Hundreds of pilots
carried away with them the knowl-
edge that here is indeed a great
field, and that knowledge will be
spread to all parts Of the country.
Large Crowd Attends
The crowd attending the opening
day Of the celebration is believed
the largest ever assembled in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley, esti-
mates ranging as high as $4,000.
The Sunday morning crowd was
only slightly smaller, but following
Lindbergh's departure the throngs
began to thin out.
The big events Sunday included
stunt and formation flying by army
planes, christening of the CITY Of
Brownsville" a t. A. It. plane
placed in the regular service be-
tween Brownsville and San Anto-
Mo. parachute drop by Shorty
Redack, departure of Captain Ira
G. Eaker and demonstration of his
plane, the Pan American" and
illumination Of the airport Sunday
night.
BY 5 o'clock the crowd had dwir-
died to 1900 or 1000. but the COM
mercial planes were kept busy until
q late hour Sunday night carrying
passengers who desired the thrill
Of a night ride.
One Of the novel spectacles Sun
day morning was seven Of the huge
tri-motors drawn up in phalanX
form at the airport. This assem-
blage included the three tri-motOrs
Of the Mexican Aviation company
the Kenyon plane, two from Tulsa,
Okla, and one Of the Universal
Anyways. Two Of the Mexican Av-
iation Co. tri-motors. one of which
was piloted by Lindbergh, took of
for Mexico City at 1892.
Pilots and air transport mana
gers pronounced this the greatest
number of the leviathans of the all
to be assembled at one time at any
port in the United States.
See Importance OF Port
Practically all major lines Of ali
transport in the United States were
represented, the celebration being
marked by the greatest assemblagc
Of air line officials il the history
Of aviation. Without exception
they emphasized the internationa.
feature of the Brownsville airport
and the relation it bears to devel-
opment Of southern air lines ans
connections with the republic
south Of the Rio Grande.
Among the most prominent Off
Gals present were J. T. Trippe 0.
New York, president Of the Pan.
American Always, which is ex.
tending its lines into South Ameri.
ca; H. G.. Barrett, president of thu
Texas Air Transport, Inc, recently
merged with the Southern RirWays
Inc, which is extending its line,
into all parts of the south ant
which has connections with all i'm,
portant northern and eastern zen.
tiers; George L.. Rihl, president 0
the Mexican Aviation Co., a di
vision of the Pan-American, which
i. extending lines throughout Mex.
leo to center at the capital and witt
q northern outlet via Tampico anc
Brownsville; Theodore Hull Of 10.
Angeles, president of the Corpora.
cion Aeronautica de T~ransportes, S
A., which is extending lines On tlie
Mexican west coast with a northern
and eastern outlet via Torreon, Du-
range and Monterrey to Browns.
vile.
Other air transport officials pres
ent included j. M. Eaton Of New
York, vice president of the Pan.
American; Siliman Evans of For
Worth, vice president of Texas All
Transport, Inc; Gustavo Morale.
Espinosa, vice president of til:
Mexican Aviation Co.; NJ. l.. Nor.
! riSon, traffic manager for the Mex.
lean Aviation Co., and others.
j. E. Trippe, president of the
Pan-American, arrived in the city
on the early train Sunday, and wa!
here only a brief time before tax.
ing off with Lindbergh for thC
Mexican capital. He made a brie
survey of the airport. Fine; it i.
just what is needed for develop.
ment Of the international traffic.
was his comment as he stepped
aboard the tri-motor Of the Mexi.
can Aviation company.
Famous Filters
Among the celebrities present
we're many famous fliers, men whC
have figured prominently in thu
advancement of aviation. Mis-
Amelia Earhart, first woman to fly
the Atlantic, was among the mum.
Der on the field to welcome Lind
bergh Saturday, and to bid hin
farewell Sunday. Miss Earhart lei
for the east Sunday night.
Captain Ira G. Eaker, who !.
scheduled to make a da~wn-to-dusl
flight to Panama, and who wa,
commander Of the Question Mark
returned to Kelly Field Sunda,
afternoon, and Captain Franz
Hawks, holder Of the transconti.
mental flight record, left late Sun.
day afternoon for Houston.
LaudS Committees
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