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Washington Air Terminals Corporation,
which is developing Washington Air
port, told members of the aviation Sec
ton of the Women's City Club yester-
day evening
"Gravelly Point should be and must
be built to meet the aeronautical re-
quirements of this city," Capt. Carroll
said. 1T Is, in my opinion. an abso-
Lutte requirement for the proper aero
nautical development of the National
Capital
Washington requires a number of
airportS. Activity cannot with safety
be confined to any one field. No other
city in this country will require more
airports than Washington. This city
is natural stopping point on the main
Eastern air routes, and in addition 1t
will draw increasingly large numbers
of aerial visitors because of its natural
attractions as the Capital of the Ma
ton"
Disappointment to Company.
Yesterdays announcement from the
Capitol that the Joint Congressional
Airport Commission had recommended
the establishment Immediately of gov
ernmental airport on the site now occu-
pied by the two commercial fields and
the farms, Capt. Carroll said, was a
disappointment to his company, which
now is spending large amount OF
money for the development of Wash
ington Airport as a small model air
transport terminal.
efKUa chinOtOf1 AirNorf offaY. OI1r mas
ent construction program is completed, ~
Capt. Corral said, will be the best in
town terminal field in the United
States, If not in the world. I do not
know of any city which has a field so
close to the business heart of the city"
Washington Airport, he pointed out,
is slightly less than two miles from the
heart of the city. When the present
program of filling and grading is COM
pleted. he said, the airport will have a
runway of $500 feet in length in the
direction of the prevailing winds. This
is ample, he said, for any type of OPP
erationS.
mo airplane which cannot get off
the ground in 1000 feet" he declared
should be permitted to fly, especially
in commercial operations"
Alexandria Project.
HIS company, Capt. Carroll said, not
only is developing washington Airport
but also is developing at Hybla Valley,
near Alexandria, Va, a field which will
have one runway 5000 feet long. This
field, he said, will serve as a round
house." and will have storage hangers,
machine and repair shops and other
facilities which should be kept sepa-
rated from terminal field.
Capt. Carroll described features of
the Guggenheim safe aircraft COMPETE
ton, in which he served as one of the
three official test pilots, and also de-
Scribed some of his experiences as chief
test pilot of the National Advisory Com
mittee for Aeronautics at Langley
Field, Va.
DR.. Bernard Jarman, official aviation
medical examiner of the Department of
Commerce aeronautics branch for the
District of Columbia, told of the pur-
poses of the medical examinations given
prospective pilots. The keystone in the
makeup of a good airplane pilot. he
said, is good Judgment rather than
extraordinary physical development.
The program was arranged by Mrs.
Lyle B. Steever, aeronautical director
of the aviation section. Mrs. Edgar T.
Brown, chairman Of the section, pre-
sided.
The Washington Board of Trade, at
dinner last night of committee chair
men and officers, hailed as a victory the
decision Of the commission.