Evening star., 1936-05-03
A|RPORTS HANDY
TO SCENIC PARKS
Circle Tours for Seeing
America by Air Offered
Travellers.

Airminded travellers visiting the
national parks this year will find air
ports readily accessible to every one
Of these scenic spots.
Recent study Of aeronautical maps
has brought out the fact that landing
fields already are available within an
s0-mile radius of each of the national
parks. Establishment of commercial
landing fields within these areas Is
not encouraged under the present and
future policy Of the National Park
Service.
Mount Mckinley National Park,
Alaska, the northernmost park, may
be reached from three airports, one
being situated at an altitude OF 1000
feet. Yellowstone, oldest and largest
Of the national parks, is adjacent to
two airports: one at Livingston, Mont,
SO miles north of headquarters, and
the other at West Yellowstone, the
western entrance to the park.
Regular daily air transportation
during the tourist season between
Death Valley National Monument,
Calf, and Los Angeles has been in
existence since October 80, 1884.
BY Air in Hawaii.
Sightseeing by plane is an estab-
lished feature in Hawaii National
Park, where the tourist may board a
plane in Honolulu at 8 am, arrive on
Maui about an hour later, and At
noon be on the rim of Haleakala.
One of the great transcontinental
aeronautical companies some time
ago so changed its route that passen-
gers were permitted view into the
DEPTHS of the Grand Canyon, which
gives its name to Arizona's world
famous national park. Daily scenic
flights over a 6o-mile area OF the
Canyon country. approximately 35
minutes in duration, are among the
special features offered visitors to
Grand Canyon National Park.
Plane circle tours for seeing Amer
ica from the air are available IN the
travel market, and the American Ex-
press Co has recently announced IL
such itineraries.
Seven on West Coast.
Seven airline tours will be offered for
the West Coast with an opportunity
of visiting the Texas Centennial Ex-
hibition at Dallas. California, the
~Tndian Detour, Yosemite. Salt Lake
City and the Pacific Northwest cities
and scenic lands. A flight will be
offered from New York to Florida,
with an extended itinerary to Chicago,
together with a nine day air excursion
from New York. to include Washing
ton, Niagara Falls, Detroit and
Chicago
The winged route over Yellowstone
National Park presents :. weird and
beautiful view of ghostly eeysers and
]boiling springs.
The Grand Canyon closeup marks
new highlight in viewing the
grandeur of the Arizona National
Forest of fantastic crater rims and
offers a close inspection of their
immense depths as seen below the
reflected lights and shadows of the
Painted Desert" The flights are
timed to the sun to catch the scintil-
lating colors in the rainbow forma-
ton of vertical and horizontal hues.
In addition to the air journey. this
tour will include for the first time,
facilities of 4o-mile boat voyage into
the heart of the canyon from Boulder
Dam, made possible by the river rise
Of 125 feet.
An air tour to Mexico City viii go
by the way of Brownsville over the
eastern portion of the Sierra Madra
ranges, and will be supplement to
q six-day motor and sight seeing
journey to the capital city and its
environs and the scenic portion of
Central Mexico.