The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-25
BY LOWELL B. NUssBAUM


Times Aviation Editor
Outstanding in development of In
dianapolis economically in the last
year has been establishment and
growth of three splendid commercial
aviation companies, with air schools
which enable students to receive
training unexcelled anywhere.
| A year ago none of the three was
operating, although one was formed
and preparing to start. All now are
engaged in passenger carrying and
commercial aviation of every nature.
Two of the three companies are
using their own airports, while the
third temporarily is using the Ma
tional Guard field, Mars Hill.
Although two of the schools were
started late last year, about forty
student aviators were Soloed and
more than one hundred young men
and women are taking courses at
present, with indications that sew
eral times that number will be TAX
ing instruction by the end of 1929.
~ Planes Now at Port
Hoosier airport, Kessler boulevard
and Lafayette pike, was established
last spring, having on the field at
that time four planes. Today there
are twenty-five planes on the field,
several privately owned.
| Despite comparatively late
start, Hoosier Soloed tWenty-nine
students during the year, including
two women, Mrs. Anne Cornell,
Franklin school teacher, and Mrs. v.
A. Trask, 1913 East Thirty first street.
The school now has seventeen stu
dents.
The airport's planes flew 100000
miles during the year and carried
more than 5000 passengers without
an accident. The company sold
twenty-nine new Travel Air biplanes
and a number of used planes during
the twelve months, some of them in
other cities in this territory.
The two hangers now on the field
are inadequate and work on a new
twenty plane hangar, to have sleep
ing quarters for visiting pilots, has
been started.
Capitol Second in Field
Capitol Anyways, Inc, West Thir-
tieth street west of Lafayette pike,
was the second commercial company
established here. Although incor-.
porated in March, 1927, the company
did not get into full swing until
August, when it moved to its new
175-acre airport.
In addition to student training
and carrying passengers, the COM
pany Oct. % inaugurated daily pas
Senger service in cabin planes to
South Bend and Chicago, and to Fl.
Wayne and Detroit.
Having maintained these lines
successfully throughout the winter
months, the company is ordering
additional planes to care for an ex-
pected increase in business, and adj
dit1on of several new routes.
With three Eaglerock biplaneS,
one Swallow biplane and three
Ryan four passenger cabin mono
planes on the field, and early dehv-
cry of new Ryan f1ve-passenger
monoplane and two more Eagle
rocks expected, the company is ne
gotiating for purchase of probably
two eight-passenger planes in the
near future.
Capitol also is preparing an ex-
tensive student training course. A
second large hangar is nearing COM
pletion.
Travel $4,000 Miles
Since its start, Capitol's planes
have flown approximately $4,000
miles and carried about 1900 pas
Sengers on the passenger lines and
on pleasure hops.
CurtiSS Flying Service of Indiana,
incorporated last November, is one
of chain of twenty-five Curtiss
flying schools in larger cities of the
| country.
In the short time it has been
operating locally, Curtiss has made
rapid strides in student instruction.
One flying student has been soloed,
twenty-five are taking lessons and
several more are ready to start.
In addition, Curtiss has three
classes in ground school instruc-
ton, with nearly seventy-hve stu
dents.
The company, which also engages
in passenger carrying. has received
twelve new Curtiss Robin tWo-place
cabin monoplanes, for which it is
Indiana representative
At present the company has
downtown Offices at 957 North Me-
ridian street, and is operating its
planes from Indianapolis airport,
Mars Hill, west on Washington
street and south on Holt road Plans
are under way for building several
large hangers.
Represents T. A. T. Here
| Curtiss also has been designated
as local representative of Trans
continental Air Transport, Inc,
handling all passenger arrange
nents on the ocean-to-ocean air.
rail line and serving the huge T.
A. T. planes.
The CurtisS company Is making a
!; speciality OF commercial aerial
photographs, providing this service
throughout the state.
In addition to the three airportS
used commercially--Cap airport.
Hoosier airport ant Mars Hill air.
port. the National Guard field-the
city soon will have splendid
municipal port.
4
Bond issue resolution for a NUM-
cipal airport will be acted on by
city council within a few days.
Acton on selecting and acquiring
municipal airport was started late
| last summer q Chamber of Cnno-