Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-11

DeIllLQ CONCERNING Ills pSISOIldl d.
fairs, but he was voluble on other
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
anna.
Mail lines are now formally in
stalled an dwill run regularly each
day to and from both the north ana
the south.
The dedication was an unquali-
fled success. All the world vas in
PRODUCED 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. T. 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 dwin-
died to 5000 or 1000, but the COM
mercial planes were kept busy until
a 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 Az
iation Co. tri-motors, one Of which
was piloted by Lindbergh, took Off
for Mexico City at 1892.
Pilots and air transport mana
gers pronounced this the greatest
number of the leviathans of the air
to be assembled at n time at any
PORT III the United States.
See Importance Of Port
Practically all major lines of air
transport in the United States were
represented, the celebration being
marked by the greatest assemblagc
of air line officials in the history
Of aviation. Without exception
they emphasized the international
feature Of the Brownsville airport
and the relation it bears to devel-
opment Of southern air lines and
connections with the republics
south Of the Rio Grande.
Among the most prominent Off
NACNAO bA OCGlAO NOAC ~. l. 1l1DDC VI
New York, president Of the Pan
American AairWays, which is ex-
tending its lines into South Ameri-
ca; II. @. Barrett, president Of the
Texas Air Transport, Inc, recently
merged with the Southern RirWays,
Inc, which is extending it's lines
into all parts Of the south AM
which has connections with all i'm
portant northern and eastern CEN
ters; George L. Rihl, president Of
the Mexican Aviation Co., a di-
vision of the Pan-American, which
4. extending lines throughout Mex
leo to center at the capital and witt
a northern outlet via Tampico and
Brownsville; Theodore Hull Of Los
Angeles, president Of the Corpora
cion Aeronautica de Transports, S
A., which is extending lines on tie
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 Fort
Worth, vice president of Texas Air
Transport, Inc; GuStavo Morales
Espinosa, vice president Of The
Mexican Aviation Co.; M. 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 was
here only a brief time before TAX
ing off with Lindbergh for the
Mexican capital. He made a brief
survey Of the airport. Fine; it is
just what is needed for develop
ment of the international traffic."
was his comment as he stepped
aboard the tri-nlotor Of the MeXi-
can Aviation company.
Famous Fliers
Among the celebrities present
were many famous filters. men who
have figured prominently in the
advancement Of aviation. Miss
Amelia Earhart, first woman to fly
the Atlantic, was among the num-
Der on the field to welcome Lind
hergh Saturday and to bid him
farewell Sunday. Miss Earhart LEFT
for the east Sunday night,
Captain Ira G. Eaker, who Is
scheduled to make a dawn-to-dusk
flight to Panama, and who was
commander of the Question Mark,
returne dto Kelly Field Sunday
afternoon, and Captain Frank
Hawks, holder Of the transconti-
mental flight record, left late Sun
day afternoon for Houston.
LaudS Committees
Residents Of the city and thou
sands Of visitors expressed their
appreciation Of the manner in
which the celebration had been
conducted and the provisions made
for entertainment and comfort Of