The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-08
AIR TRAVEL BOOMS
Two Ships Land Here in
Start of 7. A. T. Plane
and Rail Schedule.


The Emby-Riddle Company's new
air mail schedule started with a
night flight for mail only, leaving
Cincinnati at 4.3O a. m. eastern
standard time. and leaving here at
4.45 central time The first pass
enger planes on the schedule met
her at 1905 a. m. and departed for
Cincinnati and for Chicago at 1915
@. m.
Colonel Edgar S. Gorreu. Stutz
Motor Car Company president, was
the only indianapolis passenger on
the first of the regular westbound
passenger trips Of T. A. T today. He
was one Of 1,500 persons seeking the
honor.
Goes to Meetings
Gorreli will reach Los Angeles
Tuesday afternoon. The next morn
ing he will leave on an airplane
tour to attend dealer meetings in
Salt Lake City. Denver, Kansas City
and St Louis.
Two T A. T. tri-motored Ford
mOnoplaneS left Columbus, O., west
bound, and Los Angeles, eastbOund,
tniS morning. Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh was pilot of one of the
eaStbound planes. He was to stop
at WinSloW, Ariz., and return to Los
Angeles as pilot of one of the two
west bound planes.
More than 800 persons witnessed
the Inauguration ceremonies.
They included Postmaster Robert
H. Bryson. Adjutant-G General Will
liam H. Kershner, c. L. Harrod,
Chamber of Commerce general
manager: H. Weir Cook, Curtiss
Flying Service; Otto P. DeluSe,
president. and William H. Howard,
secretary, Board of Trade.
Both the City of Columbus" and
"City of Wichita landed here at
9:03 a. m. ten minutes ahead of
schedule. After refueling and the
reception ceremonies the City of
Columbus left at 800 a. m, eight
minutes ahead of time and the City
of Wichita at 9:34 a. m. six minutes
late
A third tri-motored Ford mono
plane. owned by the Ford company,
carrying w. b Mayo, Ford Motor
Company'S chief engineer, and j. L.
Eysmans. Pennsylvania railroad
vice-president and T. a. T. direc-
tor. who are observing the service
inauguration, landed after the reg
ular planes and left soon after their
departure.
Several thousand persons in a
drizzling rain waved a greeting to the
two planes. City of Columbus and
CITY of Wichita. each with fourteen
passengers, as they left Columbus at
S:1S a. m, eastern standard time.
Secretary of Commerce Charles w.
Lamont. in his Office in Washing
ton. pushed a button giving the
planes the starting signal.
Met by officials
A delegation of state and city
officials greeted passengers on the
T A. T. west-bound planes reach
in- here at 9:I3 a. m. Scheduled
departure time is 9:2S a. m. East
bound planes arrive at 4:22 p. m,
and depart at 4:37 p. m.
PASSENGERS on the planes this
morning included: Colonel Gorrell
Betty Brainard. newspaper woman;
II. Grant Border, New York; A. A.
Gaithwaite. vice president Lee Rub
her Company: F. w. Higgins Of Bos-
TN. Mass: Amelia Earhart, assistant
general traffic manager OF the 1,
T: Colonel Paul T. Henderson
executive vice president of the T. A
T. Fritz Hinkle, Kansas City (MoO
newspaper man: D. NJ. Shearer
chief of transportation of the Penn
svlvania railroad; Paul T. Henderson
.Tr.: Chauncy Lamb of Kansas City;
J. w. Brennan, central traffic man.
ager of the T. a. T; William Chap
liz. New York newspaper man; Mrs
John T. Litch. Byfield, Mass; Miss
Mary A. Salamon, Brooklyn IN. W
newspaper woman; E. E. Greiner OF
Springfield. O.: James Bryant OF
Washington. and aCrl Larson and
Charles Tice of Fox Nfovietone News,
Two Passenger Trips
Donald a. Mcconnell, local Enbry-
Riddle representative, announced
that air mail will be carried on al
three round-tripS, while passengers
will be carried on the two round
trips during daylight hours.
North bound schedule. giving east
ern standard time for Cincinnati
and central standard time for Chi
caso and Indianapolis: Leave Gin
cinnati, 4:30 a. m, 10 a. m. and )
o. m: leave Indianapolis, 4:45 a. m.
1O:I5 a. m. and Sis p. m, arrive
Chicago, $50 a. m, u noon and
p. N.
Southbound: Leave Chicago S:3C
m, 2 p. m. and 9 p. m; leave
Indianapolis 10:15 a. m, 3:45 p. m
and 1913 p. m; arrive Cincin-
nat3 80 p N, 8 2. N. and q m