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The Alaska Daily Empire
Juneau, Alaska
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Londoners discover Croydon airport on bank holiday, finding it bustling like a railway station with planes to Paris, Rotterdam, Cologne, and Hamburg, complete with traffic control, headquarters, wireless monitoring, and ground services.
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LONDON, Sept. 18—For the first time since its creation many Londoners who stayed in town on bank holiday discovered London's great airport at Croydon and were duly surprised to find it very like a main-line railway station.
There is a level crossing near the entrance where a flagman holds up the traffic while big Handley-Page and other planes roar across the roadway prior to leaving earth for Paris, Rotterdam, Cologne or Hamburg.
Once past the flagman, the visitor comes to a compact village in which headquarters of various air services are situated round an up-to-date hotel, adjacent to the post office, meteorological office, air administrative headquarters and customs establishment.
Enormous charts are set up on which the progress of various services are flagged by an official who is in constant wireless touch with planes on their way to and from various capitals. Should any particular plane be arriving late, it is ordered to wait and taxi around until an outgoing liner is clear and so avoid risk of collision.
On the ground there is a rush of porters and interpreters to meet incoming and outgoing planes. After being in the heavens several hours, conditions, on alighting, are very similar to those at a railway station.
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London's Great Airport At Croydon
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Sept. 18
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For the first time since its creation many Londoners who stayed in town on bank holiday discovered London's great airport at Croydon and were duly surprised to find it very like a main-line railway station. There is a level crossing near the entrance where a flagman holds up the traffic while big Handley-Page and other planes roar across the roadway prior to leaving earth for Paris, Rotterdam, Cologne or Hamburg. Once past the flagman, the visitor comes to a compact village in which headquarters of various air services are situated round an up-to-date hotel, adjacent to the post office, meteorological office, air administrative headquarters and customs establishment. Enormous charts are set up on which the progress of various services are flagged by an official who is in constant wireless touch with planes on their way to and from various capitals. Should any particular plane be arriving late, it is ordered to wait and taxi around until an outgoing liner is clear and so avoid risk of collision. On the ground there is a rush of porters and interpreters to meet incoming and outgoing planes. After being in the heavens several hours, conditions, on alighting, are very similar to those at a railway station.