Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-14
NOTABLE PARTY
VIEWS RIV Err
FROM THE AIR
Rio Grande Oil Officials
Hosts of the Air on Flight
To Colorado River Dam
Site. -


In charge of the veteran Nevada
mining man Ed Keelin. who at
one time made Las Vegas his head
quarters. a party of notable Los
Angeles men flew to this city Sat
urday morning. as guests of the
Rio Grande Oil Company.
Members of the party were Judge
Walter Guerin and Judge Elliott
Craig. judges of the Superior Court
Of Los Angeles county; j. Hunter
Bush. assistant district attorney OF
Los Angeles county; j. Hunter
Clark. executive assistant to the
general manager of the Water &
Power department of the city OF
Los Angeles; j. N. Reed, general
sales manager and c. ThoS. Gif-
fin. assistant sales manager of the
Rio Grande Oil Company, and Bill
Moon, staff representative of the
Los Angeles Times.
Lake Litteljohn. as pilot, with
Ed. Reynolds as mechanician, were
in charge of the big three-motored
14-passenger Fokker plane owned
by the Rio Grande Oil Company,
in which the journey was made
The party left Los Angeles at
8:45 am. and took the westerly
course over Mojave. Although they
made ac considerable detour from
the direct course and bucked a
head wind all the way, they ar
rived at Vegas airport at 11:45. The
flight was mostly at an altitude OF
5000 feet. The last 30 miles was
described as being rather bumpy."
The party was met at the field
by Harley A. Harmon and were
his guests while in this city.
During the day. on invitation
of the oil company officials, several
Las Vegas people were taken for
flights oyer the Colorado River.
among the fortunate ones being
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley A. Harmon
and son. Emmett; Mrs. A. E. Cah-
Ian. Mrs. Frank Millett. A. Crit
tenden. Carroll Allen Dan Mort
ensen and James w. SqIireS ana
C. p. Squires of the Age.
Rising from the field the great
plane riding as comfortably as
pullman coach. circled Las vegas
living like toy village below. Then
straight over Sunrise mountain ana
the rugged country beyond, and in
a few minutes below us was tne
narrow ribbon of the Colorado.
Then we followed the course OF
the river southwark over the Black
Canyon dam site; thence turning
westward we followed the course
of the automobile highway. pass
ing near the Paradise ranches, over
the golf course and to rest as gent
" as possible again on the AIR
field
The flight took us to an altitude
of between 1000 and 5000 feet
There was not the slightest 1eenng
of fear, in fact We felt quite as
comfortable and secure as II rlo-
ING On the earth's surface instead
of thousands of feet above 1t. We
did not have the feeling OF being
AZ great height even when we
onened the window and looked
straight down. but rather the same
feeling we have when we look at
a picture, :,
strong relief in the afternoon sun
and the variety of coloring was
amazing. Highways looked like lines
drawn on map; in fact the
thing We saw was perfect map
of the country drawn by nature
herself.
The Age is highly appreclative
of the courtesy, as are all the otner
~ fNTsA
Las Vegas guests on the TWO Iipsr
This was the first of series OF
ON VARIES which the Rio Grandc
OIL Company plans to bring here
as part of the Boulder Dam edu-
cational campaign being put on BY
the business interests OF Los An
aeIes o Other prties will be brought
from time to time throughout the
summer. it was stated by c, Thos:
Gififn. assistant sales manager OF
the Rio Grande.