Evening star., 1936-06-25
AIR GROUP URGES
MANY CHANGES
Master List of Recommen.
dations to Be Compiled
for Improvements.

Leaving behind them q great mass
OF recommendations as to the most
vitality needed Federal airways i'm
provements, from which will be fash
ioned a master list" to guide the
Commerse Department in its estab-
1ishment Of aids to air navigation,
leaders of the Nations air transport
industry today were on their way back
70 home stations in all parts Of the
country.
The recommendations, submitted by
executives and pilots Of every air
transport line in the country, by non
scheduled aircraft operators, heads Of
State aviation departments and repre-
sentatives of the Post Office Depart
ment, Army Air Corps and Navy Bu-
reau of Aeronautics, must be corre-
lated, compared and studied before
the master list can be compiled, Bu-
reau of Air Commerce officials ex-
planned.
The master list, when compiled, will
be the guide followed by the Govern
ment in allocating funds for future
airways construction work of all
classes. Since separate recommended
tions we're submitted by each air line
and by each other group represented
in the conference here yesterday, 1t
probably will be many days before the
work Of assembling the final list is
completed.
Recommended Projects,
To expedite the work of the aviation
executives, the Bureau of Air Com
merce prepared a tentative list of
recommended projects, grouped by
officials of the airline inspection
service in the order they considered
to be the most important. Should the
Nations airline operators and pilots
and the others present at the con-
ference concur with the Bureau in its
listing. it is expected to be regarded
by the industry as a sort of informal
vote of confidence" in the Bureau,
recently subjected to the harsh criti-
cism of Senate investigating COM
mittee.
The list also was of Importance.
since it included all the recommended
projects submitted to the Senate in
vestigating body as we'll as those
originating with the Bureau of Air
Commerce.
Many projects of Importance to the
District of Columbia are included
among the recommendations but these,
too, remain to be classified in order
of Importance. Among the sugges-
tions of greatest importance for de-
velopment of Washington Airport were
the installation of complete blind
landing or instrument approach facili-
ties, construction of a radio traffic
control station and relocation and in
stallation Of simultaneous weather
broadcast and radio range beacon
services. Improvements on all the air
ways out of Washington, including
completion of all facilities on the
Washington-Nas route and in
stallation Of lighting facilities on the
Washington Cincinnati line also were
on the list.
Conflict Of Views.
The conference found pilots and
air transport officials themselves in
direct conflict as to some of the aids
to air navigation criticized by the
Senate subcommittee. When the sub
ject of simultaneous weather and radio
range broadcasting from Pittsburgh,
blame in some quarters for the recent
fatal crash of a transcontinental air.
liner near Uniontown, Pa, came up,
vigorous differences of opinion we're
expressed. Cecil P. Northrup, Penn
sylvania Air Lines pilot, said the SIM
ultaneous operation was dangerous
and predicted further trouble If it
continued, although fellow pilots on
his own line have heartily approved
the equipment. c. c. Shangraw,
superintendent Of communications of
American Airlines, asked that it be
continued, and that similar systems
be installed throughout the country,
characterizing them as "of definite
advantage" and of great future
value" Airlines, he said, will gradu-
ally come over to this type of opera
tion. The Senate subcommittee laid
part of the blame for the Cutting
crash of last year to interruption of
radio range beacon to permit
weather broadcast. This would be
eliminated by the new equipment. Il
is this typp of Installation which Uas