The Washington times., 1938-06-17
BY SLIP STREAM,-

airport but the BEST possible air.
port.
Despite the conflict on, the
Camp Springs site, the Admins.
tratlon, through Q dream, sup
ported bill that would practi.
cally take the city off the airline
map. Ignoring this pressure from
the Administration, o WideaWale
and capable House, realizine the
value Of aviation TO Washington,
r has saved the city from ignonAk
nious action.
TOO FAR AWAY
As pointed out repeatedly, the
only advantage Of airline travel to
and from this city on short haaals
is the close proximity of the air.
port TO the downtown business dis.
tricts. Camp Springs IA miles
out IN Maryland, takes away the
advantage Of the WaShington- Hoo
yer airport site, extends time fOE
eirline travel almost TO the po4nt
OF rail travels point, when con
sidered with cost, makes airline
travel pFohfhitiv0.
The House vote Of 1880 ia
killing the bin, following as it did
a factfinding inveetieation int
the situation by The Times, SD
parently nipped in tlae bud effofts
to create q real estate boom, tlas
cost Of which was to be borne ~
the taxpayers.
If the Administration woula
direct some Of Its pressure to en-
iargenent and Improvement ct
WashingtOn-Hoove Airport, -
faults which now make It made
quat0 could be eliminated.
ONE-SlXTM COST
onesixth Of the q, ,eOo coo which
y was "eaRuaaFked' for the Camp
Springs site would practically
cover the entire cost Of modsEn-
izing washington Hoover. Trim
ming of certain tree borders On the
field, filling and grading the cor
ner cut by the canal ana exten-
sion Of runwayS into Q small poF-
ton of the Department Of AEri-
cultures precious" experiment.
farm is practically all that Is
needed. - ~.
Demolition Of obsolete factories
in the vicinity, "GFansplanting .
hangers to another part Of the
field directly under the hills on
the west side and burying tele-
phone lines in the vicinity in un-
derground cables would complete
the improvement.
The Navy has already stated
that It's communications towers
behind Arlington Cemetery are
: coming down In the near future,
eliminating the only hazard 1roN0
that approach. Aviation officials
/. of the city realize that the field
needs hghting improvements 1oT
night operation.
BLIND LANDINGS
Last but not least, it is only o
short time before blind landing
radio systems will be accepted as
standard installations for all air
ports. This equipment will great
ly aid In improving the operations
efficiency Of Washing gton-H Hoover,
which is beset in winter with low
hanging river fcgS.
An added factor increasing the
value of this site Is the presence
of o new emergency field en- the
Richmond Highway only four
miles beyond Alexandra. This
field, which Slip Stream has
reason to believe is being de-
vsloped by a large airline. = 500
feet higher than Washington
Hoover above sea-level and has
teen reported clear" during q |
number Of periods when the pres
ent terminal was closed in" By
fog.
That Washington HooveR's run
ways would be plenty long when
extended into the Agriculture
, farm to serve the largest airlineR
now built or under truction
is shown by the record short runs
of the Douglas DC+4, foursensined
giant ana worlds largest lama
plane, is flight tests tn California.
Chief obstacle to enlargipg
Washington-HooVer is obtaining
the neck Of the Agriculture Farm.
we call upon Secretary Wallace
to investigate this thoroughly and
see If he can't make Q land deal
to aid this aerOnaWtical preaiCar
ment. ... i<.
FANCY PLANES -,
Have you noticed the new fancy
ret.up in peas snappy 1oeing
transports? Blue and gray, trim
med in white no less! Pretty
classy and they'll make a showing
m Chicago's line when Pea starts
it's Detroit.C Chicago operations.
Although Chicago Is second to
Newark Airport in the numbeH OF
fliahts operated daily. it can boast
of harboring more various and
SIndry commercial airliners than
env other field in the country.
on the line" ready for aehed-
uled flights one night. Slip
Hc[Sie THockSeed;s S0 tthe Il, 10 ana 14).
two types of BOerings (2A7 and
S47.D5, a Stinson tri-meter ana
five type of Douglas airliners
two DC.2 models and three Dc-S
models.)
POSTAL ACTION
We get a kick cut Of the way
+ho post Office Department has
IlLS Ln..A Aln ,a,.nk1anna of