Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 25—Charlotte should provide a suitable landing field for airplanes if the city wants to be on the air mail route which the government will eventually establish between the north and the south.
This is the opinion of Captain Elliott Springs of Fort Mill, S.C., former flying ace of the A.E.F., who was the principal speaker at the monthly luncheon of the Charlotte Chapter, United States Reserve Officers.
“The Government will sooner or later establish that route,” said Captain Springs, referring to the revived report of a few days ago that the Government proposed mapping out a mail route from Washington southward through the states east of the Appalachian mountains.
“One of the first things naturally that the Government will ask as to any city on the proposed route is whether there is a good landing field nearby. If there is none, it is not likely that that city will be included in the route.
“I have no doubt that before long the Government will establish mail routes to many sections of the country. I don’t think it will cost a great deal to get a field somewhere near Charlotte. And I think that is the first step that should be taken by local authorities before they make application to the Government to be included on an air route.
Editor’s Note--A.E.F. stands for the American Expeditionary Forces, the American soldiers who served overseas in the World War.
From page 4 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1926
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