Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-05


or two Of comment from airport
Officials.
Had a nice trip down, didn't
you" Sid Brown, in charge Of To-
cal activities Of Southern Air Trans
port, said to Pilot w. McAllister as
ne left the Travelair plane at the
S:l5. The ship had left Winburne
Held, San Antonio. at 12:4S D. m.
AS more and more people in the
Valley realize what plane service be-
tween Brownsville and upstate
points really rneans in comfort and
speed the Southern Air Transport
Is going to be in the market for
more and more ships.
Instead Of one six-passenger cab
IN plane making the trip each way
between Brownsville and Dallas
daily there is going to be a whole
fleet Of ships.
For instance a Valley business
man now can spend the morning at
his desk, board a plane here at /
p. m. and land in Dallas in time
to catch any train out OF that north
Texas city that night for points ir.
the East, North or Midwest.
WHAT A SIGHT is spread out
before the aerial traveller.
Leaving the San Antonio field.
with the skyline Of that thriving
city in the background. couple Of
historic old missions and Brooks
Field form an interesting fore
ground.
Apparently knowing the air lanes
as the farm boy knows the trails
in his home territory. the pilot cuts
across country. without following
any railroad, highway or other
guide. and scars straight as a
string" 10 his objective, Corpus
Christi. At least that is the way
Pilot McAllister does ii.
All the country is beautiful and
while the ship does not pass direct
" over any town. one or another
Of the thriving South Texas towns
almost always is in sight TO one
side or the other.
A few minutes before reaching
Corpus Christi the plane passes over
the cotton fields Of South Texas
which hold production records. On
Monday cotton stalks were being
burned on every hand. fields were
being plowed and agriculturally all
South Texas was astir.
Crossing an arm OF the bay. the
plane is banked into the wind and
swoops down on the Corpus Christi
municipal airfield. 1t is now lao.
exactly 50 minutes and approx
mately 230 air miles from San An
tonic.
LETS GO, BOYS" says Pilot
McAllister just q minutes later.
See you tomorrow" he tells the
field attendants as his passengers
enter the plane. Roll down the
runway, wheel into the wind, take
off gracefully. swing over the out
skirts Of Corpus Christi, and get a
beautiful view o. the thriving port
and metropolitan sky line Of that
city.
Just q few minutes on the course
and scores Of inland lakes appear
below, Padre Island. Laguna Madre
and the Gulf Of Mexico off the
port side.
All the lakes are covered with
ducks and geese. An automatic
shot gun and two boxes of shells
aboard the plane almost come into
play. But Pilot McAllister explains
its against the law to hunt from
an airplane. The passengers Won
der why-but obey the law.
There is talk of forcing the pilot
10 land while those on board 60
hunting, but this idea also is aban-
doned.
Then the desert" more lakes.
more ducks and more geese-mil-
lions Of them, apparently.
One small citrus grove appears
below. Then thee is Raymondville
70 the left and san Perlita. multi
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kept-we're back home.
Lyford and Sebastian slip by off
the left wing.
There's Harlingen, then Rio Hon
do. then San Benito and Los Fres-
nos.
All four Of them appear below and
are so close together-seemingly-
that It is a toss Up as to which Of
the four a person would land in If
he should descend by the parachute
route.
But no one make the experiment.
because Brownsville is ahead and
the municipal airport Is In sight.
A long graceful sweep over the
csxv. one Of the passengers, Mar
ceiius b. McDavitt, visiting his pa
rents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. McDavitt,
for the first time in three years,
hicks out his home below. A grace
full landing.
ssHad 4 nice trip down. didn't
YOU" says Sid Brown and appar-
sntIy no one is in the least excited
about coming from San Antonio in
two hours.
(Of course, there was a strong tail
wir1d and had IL been blowing in
she opposite direction it might have
taken three hours)
Citizens OF Valley towns who have
citrs,s about their homes-and that
means most OF them-are warned by
federal inspectors to destroy all
fallen fruit and thus aid In the
fight ON the MoTelos fruit fly.