Evening star., 1937-10-23
PLANES |FTED
TO BOILING FIELD
Bad Weather Forces First
General Transfer Since
New u. S. Order.
BACKGROUND

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Acting upon an ultimratum by
organized airline pilots, the Bureau
OF Air Commerce on September
promulgated regulations restricting
the operation Of larger type OF air
transport planes nt Washington
Airport. Boiling Field tDds offered
bu the Army as an emergency air.
port at times uhen the air ternt-
nal is closed.
Strong cross field winds at Wash
ington Airport today resulted in the
first general transfer Of airline opera
tions to Boiling Field since new Fed
eral regulations became effective Sep
tember 7.
At the same time it was learned that
Washington will be abandoned as a
stop on a new Eastern Airline schedule
soon to be inaugurated between New
York and Miami.
Prior to today only one airliner has
been compelled to land at Boiling Field
as a result of the Federal regulation
restricting landings and take-offs of
airplanes weighing more than $4,000
pounds to the long runway at Wash
ington Airport. Both Eastern Airlines
and American Airlines transferred all
operations to Boiling Field beginning
early today.
AS a result of last nights heavy rain
several hundred feet of the south end
of the long runway at Washington
Airport were under water today, At
one point the water was nearly 20
inches deep. 1t also was reported that
part of old Boiling Field was flooded.
Airline operations are being conducted
from the paved runway at new Boiling
Field.
The flooding of the lower part of the
airport was blamed by airport officials
on the insufficient size of culvert
which carries flood water from Fort
Myer and Arlington Farms. Samuel
J. Solomon, manager of the airport
said the States Road Commission of
Virginia had informed him this morn
ing that materials already are on order
for the enlargement of the culvert and
that work will be started within two
or three weeks
Transfer Protested.
Eastern Air Lines has protested a
compulsory transfer of its operations
from Washington Airport to Boiling
Field, declaring that the change
would cost it $4,000 a year in reve-
nues and would disrupt its Washing
ton-New York service.
With Washington eliminated the
new service will be the longest nom
stop overland route in the world, to-
falling 1,195 miles airline distance and
requiring little more than seven
hours flying time.
Last Fall, when the extra New
York-Miami schedule was inaugu-
rated, it was flown for a short time
with a single refueling stop at
Charleston, S. c. After a short time,
however. a Washington stop was or
dered and the Charleston stop was
eliminated
No Explanation Made.
No explanation was made for the
elimination of Washington as a stop
on the proposed schedule, which, as
in past years, will be one of the
crack" runs on the Eastern Air sys-
tenn. Eastern officials, however, made
no secret of the fact they are very
much dissatisfied with local airport
conditions.
Using Boeing PAID type transport
airplanes, which are not affected by
the Federal restricting regulations in
effect at Washington Airport, Penn
sylvania- Central Airlines next Tues
day will inaugurate airmail, express
and passenger service between WASH
ington and Buffalo, N. Y, the first
leg of a new line eventually to con-
meet the capitals of the United States
and Canada.
At first single round trips will be
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