The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-04-03

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and Walla Walla.
Cub Scouts of Den 1, Pack "a,
will be at the field to assist with
the ceremonies. They will appear
under the direction of their Den
Mother, Mrs. F. p. Meverden, and
will extend a welcome and con-
gratulations from the youth Of the
tri cities area to the officials of
Inland Anyways, whose twice
daily air trips from Walla Walla
to Seattle and return will be
on a scheduled basis beginning
Monday.
Accompanying Saturdays in
augural trip in the air lines new
twin-engined Beechcraft D18C
will be Mayor William F. Devin
of Seattle, Mayor Herb West OF
Walla Walla, Mayor Walter Nelson
of Pasco, Major j. G. Pratt Of
Kennewick, and Dave Lauder,
project manager of the Hanford
Engineering Works.
Mayor West will be the first
passenger to board the plane on
Saturday morning. Flying from
Walla Walla to Kennewick's Vista
Field, the plane will land to pick
|up Major Pratt, Mayor Nelson,
and Project Manager Lauder.
Upon their arrival in Seattle, the
official company will be joined by
Mayor Devin. The return flight
will be scheduled to land the plane
on Vista Field at four o'clock.
First flight covers, envelopes
bearing a distinctive airmail
cachet, are being distributed free
of charge to all residents of the
tri-cities area this week by Inland
Anyways. Presented as COM
memorative souvenir of the initial
flight from Kennewick, the air.
mail envelopes will be given to
anyone who calls for them at the
Arrow Grill, the Vista Air Service
at Vista Field, the Pollyanna Cafe
or. the Kennewick Courier-Re-
porter.
Letters may be posted to any
destination in the first flight COW
ers, which must be addressed,
stamped and deposited with any
one of the business firms named
above. The letters, will be separ-
ated into two packets, one bound
for Walla Walla, and the other
for Seattle, and loaded into the
plane for posting upon its arrival
at either point. Thus the letters
will bear either Seattle or
Walla Walla post mark.
To enhance the souvenir value
of the first flight covers, Inland
Anyways personnel will stamp
each letter with the words: "In-
land Anyways, Official, Kenne-
wicA, Washington, airline Of
ficials said this week.
"A prime feature of the new air
service, they disclosed, will be taxi
transportation at reasonable rates
for all flight passengers to and
from Kennewick, Richland, Pasco
Fand the airfield.
The air line ticket office will
be established in the lounge room
of the Vista Air Service in the
Columbia Aircraft hangar at the
north end of the field. Reserva-
tons may be made by telephoning
the ticket office, and should be
made, airline officials caution,
several days in advance, since
only three seats can be reserved
! for this locality for the Seattle
flight. Walla Walla ticket offices
have been arranged at the former
Walla Walla army air field. The
western terminal is at Boeine
Field in Seattle.
Perry S. Cole, Walla Walla.
president of Inland Anyways, is
also chief pilot; Gerwyn Jones,
vice president and business mama
ger and Paul r. Roesch, secre-
tary-treasurer.
The regular morning flight will
leave Walla Walla at z a. m, and
arrive in Seattle at 8:25 a. m.
with let downs at Vista Field,
Kennewick. The return trip
leaves Seattle at 9:55 and arrives
here at 1000 a. m.
Afternoon C h e dule. Leave
Walla Walla, 4 p. m, arrive
Seattle, 5:45, arrive Walla Walla,
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