The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-19
Washington
Column
BY PETER FDS0>

Postwar utilization Of ~.
tary aviation radio and eI-r.'
mics devices, such as saf.-.
pilots and altitude indicate. 9
the direction and control a.
mercial flying, is envisass,
Col. Edgar S. GorrelI ~s
of the Air Transport Asso-.
OF America, following q INN,
several Europe an theatecs
GRAFTON to see the work my.
commercial aircraft are no,r "
ing to maintain military sg9@',
lines. ''fH
All these war-deveIoped s-...,
v apons of communicate
a init edly made aerial g7,--
al transport something f,r,
tically different from srv' ,,'.'
contemplated a few years '.'-'
Colonel Gorrell can apprec15 ~.
this difference, perhaps be t@N
than almost anyone else il, s'
ton today, for he was cnfo[ '-a.
a; air staff for General Persn.6. W
World War I, and he has w,t 'S "a
and had leading part in '''. s.
development of military and o. ..'
liam flying since that time >''''
Today" says Colonel Cam,
great aerial battles are co1 ''
manded long distance bv an ' n.
ficer sitting in map coDa. VI,
room hundreds OF miles from, N, ,,
scene of the conflict. The deyo,n .'-s
ment OF new devices almost Ivy Ttog'
ally permits the commands '0''
follow his own forces into actior 70 y
Applying this development n
postwar commercial airline ~"
erations, Gorren foresees royo w.
tionized civil air TRANSFORMER
regulation and operating metbod''
all in the interests of greater ssfo
ty and efficiency.
4 divisional traffic slneHnton
dent in an office in say Oman
may a few years hence be ouJ
ing the landing of an air tranSno~t
carrying passengers between
Wichita and Topeka. The prob.
lem Of the air traffic dispatcber
in many respects will be similsr
to the problems Of the command.
er now directing bombers over
Germany. For the bombing Of Ger.
many is nothing more nor less
than the transportation Of cargo,
as speedily and efficiently as pos.
sible. under all conditions Of
weather, over long distances and
on split-second schedules.
This is precisely what will be
involved in creating tomorrows
civil air transport system. The
cargo will be different and in.
stead of being concentrated in
few channels over enemy terri.
tory, it will be spread over the
entire world.
Colonel Gorrell uses this increas.
ed intensity of postwar flying
and its real need for every teen
biological aid in communication
between ground and plane and tie
control of planes from the ground
to drive home a plea for uniform
regulation of air traffic.
Under present law there is no.
thing to prevent an individual state
from regulating air transport
movements in the space OF over
lying that state. In fact, some
states have actually imposed air
codes of their own.
If such local regulation is per
mitted TO grow, consider what ii
may do to the division air traffic
superintendent above referred
to, sitting back in Omaha. II ne
has to consult and comply with
Kansas regulations for every land
ing or takeoff he is directing in
Topeka or Wichita, and those reg
ulations differ from the operafo9s
over Nebraska or Iowa, his Ia'A
will be hopelessly complicated any
he will need a lawyer at MS I'll
bow at all times.
Pending in Congress now is 'I'
Lea-Bailey bill which would pro-
vide for federal regulation Of SL'
air transportation, ana "H. I
would prevent regulation by 'ne
individual states. All aviation M
terests are backing this pfoVl'-on
as a sound foundation Tor me VI,
velopment Of postwar clvH t an
transportation and for adjusts
legislative provisions OF the ue
mendous neurological oeVg 3at.
ments such as the radio anu ei. IN
ronics devices which have been os'
veloped during the war