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FEDE.1:lAL WORKS AGENCY WORK PROJECTS ADEINISTRATION For Release to Morning Papers , Friday, 1.iay 24 , 1940 . WPA ILPROVEMEHTS TO NATION'S AIR'!'f!AYS TO BE SHOWN AT 1'IATIOHAL AVIATIO~T FORUH N.E,"(T WEEK The part played "by the Work Pro.iects Admi nistrat ion in the r ap id advancement of civil and military aviatio n during the last five yea:r-s will be graphically demonstrated in a seri es of exhib its wMd1 will go on display Sunday as a feature of the National Aviation Fo:cU'"l , wh ich will be held throughout the week a t Bolling Field_, Washington, D. C. Purpose of th e exhibit , accord ing t o Colo nel F. C. Ha1·ri~1gton , Commission er of Work Projects, will be to port r ~y t he varied means by which WPA workers have added nearly 5 , 000 mil es of new airwa~•s to the nation 1 s flying facilities since 1935 . This has been ~chieved, he s a id, through th e larges t airport construction and i mproYcment -progr am of a ny agonc~r in the country and by tho er ection of t housands of airway ma1·k ers a11d othe r aids to air naviga tion . "Tho ir:iporta.ncc of extending our n.irwny fa c :i_lj_ ti cs cnn h~rcUy bo over estimated at t h is time , 11 Colonel Hn.rri ngton snid . 11 Frorn both o.. civil and n. mili tar;y standp oint ther e is tho greates t noccssi ty for nn. i nte 6 r ated s ystem of a irport s and l e,nding f i e l ds connecting our i m:oo::..·tant cente rs of population. Our ~resent faciliti es a r o s till short of thu mi nimum goal s et by mo~t a ut ho riti es . Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4- 2134 - 2 - 11 Eo 1.novcr , thoro has boon g r eat improv,,mont in r oc ont yon.rs i n which tho WPA has had a l ead ing part . T.ao exhibiti on t o be hold i n co n::.10ction i:vi th tho lfationn.l Aviati on Forum will p rovide tho public o.,n opportunity to assons the imp ortnnc o of t his pho..se of our prog::.·nrn. 11 'rho lfo.tfonn.l Avintion Fonun , it wns po i nted out by it s spo ;,1sors , will b e 11 onc of th o most compr ehensive cxl-aib~_tions tho \'lOrld of av-io.t io n h..'l.s yet kr10\·m." Direct e d by a str.ff r op r osc:1t i ng tho Ar:::'1.y , NaV"J , Civil Aeronautics Author i t:r, com;-.~orcial ni r li nes t1,nd mnm..1.fo.c- turors, the Forum will prosm1t 11 n striki ng demonst r ation of thi s countr;v 1 s ae rial mi ght l',nd potont i nli t:i.o s . 11 Mn.ny now ., r types of military o.nd COTJll'le rci:~l p l D11<::s , Do tors , i nstruments ancl. a cc essor ies will b u p lD.c ecl o:r.i d.i spln.y in nncl o,bout tho 11.angars of Bolling Field. throughout tho week. Tho 'WPA oxhibi t , ,~ hi ch ,;.rill b e housed in Hn::.1g.':i.r No . 2 , ,,i ll 1 b o foat urod by a sen.l o model of t he Ci1icngo Mu:1icipal .AL.~:port c.'hich v.rnc dev e l ope d by WPA nt c, cost in Federal funds of ov::;r .'!:7 , 000 , 000 . Thi e is r opr os ontativ o, Colo ne l Harri ngton snid , of SO".TIG 35 mD.jor n ir!JO rts oui l t by WPA ,·.rorkor s , other notablo examples bcJing Loi-cr;vFi olcl (Army ) , Denver , Colo . ; M'.wch Fi eld (Am?) , Ri vorsido , 00-lif . ; North Beach Airport (:muni cipal ) , Nov, York Cit~, , n.nd McKcllnr FL,ld (muni cipal) , N~shville , Tenn. Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4- 2134 - 3 - I n a rec e nt i a v cntory of ph71sic,'.J,l accomp li s h.rn c n ts cov e ri ng tho p eriod from July 1935 , throu 1?;h Doc crnb or , 1939 , it mis sho,.·.•n t k , t WPA hri.. d built n total of 197 r: ew airport s and. l:1ndin 6 fiolds and made i 1:1:provemonts and a clditions to 372 . Curr en tly, 1 3fi airp ort p r Q- j octs [~re in p rocess of co n structi on , of 17hich .2 ? n.r e f o r n~ve1,l o r mili tary u se . Among other accomp lishments no t ed in tl,e 1?:1PA o.. irpo rt [1.n a. airwc.y p ro grn.rn are the co nst ruction of 1 , 750 , 000 lincn.l :fGc t of runrrn.ys ; tho erection of 387 new hl'..ngnr s , s h op s n nd :r:1i s c oll[1.noous air:i:>o rt buildings:. , r:.nd imp rov ements to 555; 24 no,: s cn.p ln.n o r n..mpR and lo..nding p l n tforr,1s cons tructed; tho e r oct i 0n o f 1 , 633 fl oc)aJ.i ghts n.na. 7 , 8 73 boundnry lights , and tho plnci ng o f 9 , 588 n.ir1••::i.:i m[tr kor s . Appi·oxin['..t oly 85 p ercen t of n.11 ·wo rk on a irpo rt s t h r ou g;~1out tho country in tho last fi v o :rears , it ,:,ras p oint e d ont , h :i.s b oon a.one by r:rPA n orkc r s . Ono o f the most int e r e sti ng it ens in th o '!:PA ox}, i oi t , off icio.l s sto.. tc d , will b e one s h0rring the evo lut i on of t:h c r:iodcr n airp ort . Thi s -rrill co nsist of nccurn.t c s co.l e l'lodols o f t;y-p ic::i..l o..i r- p ort s of the periods 1 910 , 1925 nnd 1940 . Th e r e ~ill n l so b o Mod e l s o f }ll o..~1cs , h ~'-!lgars uncl other co n t ernpora r ;y n.irpo rt oqui pront . Other disp l 2,~iS in th e 1':P.A exhi7:>it wi J.l con s ist o f sru:rp l os nil'p orts throughout the country , t ~9cs of a ir'"'o.;y r'\::. r kor s u sed , enl n r ; od pho t o €;;rnp hs of o. numb e r of out s t ,,YJ.ding a i rp ort p r oj oct s a n d a n o.p shor✓ i ag tho distributi o n of u ll t y p os of rdrpo rt [1:'ld ;,,i r,:-,o.y p r o jects . Digitized by NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ---nOo- - - Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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