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Monday, October 23. 1972
University Daily Kansan
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Aviators Say Expansion Necessary At the Lawrence Municipal Airport
By CHUCK POTTER
Kanean Staff Writer
While the new Kansas City International airport entered the '70s on Saturday and Sunday with jets, crowds and fanfare, the Lawrence Municipal airport which less spectacular weekend.
Although busy with travelers in the city for the KU-Nebraska football game, the Lawrence airport was characterized by the 1929 Ford trimotor found among the numerous aircraft on the
The Lawrence airport has everything from an old mud brick hangar to a revolutionary flight transporter. The course esna cima Pilot Course.
Robert E. Wilson, president of Lawrence Aviation Inc., Inc. said Friday that the airport had received information where change was necessary.
"We're at a turning point now," Wilson said, "We either have to expand or stagnate."
Lawrence has maintained an airport since 1928. Presently the airport is on a tract of land owned by the University of Kansas, KU leaves the land to the city of Lawrence for $1 a year, and the city in turn contracts with Aviation to operate the airport.
DISASTEFACTION WITH the current facilities prompted the city earlier this year to contract a new facility in Wilkesville, Wills of Kansas City, to project future air travel needs in this area and several airport site possibilities.
The report, which was presented to the Lawrence City Commission July 18, concluded that the city would need expansion. The report offered four projected sites, including phased expansion of the site.
The report cites a need for new taxaways, aprons, hangar space, drainage pipes, fencing, lighting and access roadway.
Wilson said he did not think that the airport should be moved
"We're in an ideal location right now, particularly for an industrial park," he said. My husband, who is happily employed, be the hub of our business.
"You don't mix airports with residential or recreational areas, so this end is ideal." Wilson said.
CITY MANAGER Buford Watson and Director of Public Works George Williams have joined the company in pioning the expansion of the current facilities.
Since the Bucker and Willis
since still is being reviewed by the
ministration, the city has not set
any schedule for airport im-
plications.
Flight instructor Mike Garrett agreed that improvement of the current facilities would be best.
To relocate we would need an airport board," Garrett said, "and the planes are supposed to like that failed two years ago. There just isn't enough support."
Garrett said a general bond would finance expansion at the present site.
"Our facilities are adequate right now," carrrett said, "in the future we will need more hangar space and longer runways. We don't have room for our hangars or on the runways."
"A JET HAS TO have a 5,000 foot runway to land, and our runways are only 3,000 feet long."
Wilson agreed that more bungar space is needed to cope with the increasing growth fast," he said. "It's gotten tougher, but we're business away."
Currently 47 aircraft are based at the airport, 42 single-engined aircraft were estimated 12,600 flights were made in 1914 by these 47 aircraft. In addition to their iterative operations, 25,200 operations took place at LMA in the
Usage of the airport includes a mixture of business, passenger and plot training flights. A high percentage of the itinerant operations are due to business travelers, particularly shooting events.
"The students we get are very sharp," said Garrett. "They catch on quickly, probably due to their university background."
LOCAL OPERATIONS are made principally by student pilots in KU instructional courses.
Garrett said he thought that the airport was an ideal place for a plane to land, because of its density area, which is needed for training. At places like KCI, which is a high density area, you have to get far away from the airport.
"Someday we hope to be the top flight school in the country," said Garrett.
Garrett spoke enthusiastically about the Cessna course, which he termed "revolutionary".
"The course is based on integrated teaching," he said. "The system combines ground school training with flight time, so the program allows students to give it also gives us more control over the students."
GARRETT SAID that on an average day 10 to 12 planes landed at the airport, but that 90 could be expected on game days.
"Generally, we have about 40 people a day in here," Garrett said, "but when KU is playing, we get quite a few more."
Garrett said he did not think the opening of KCI would increase traffic. He would airport establish an airtaxi service to
The search committee designated to find a replacement director of the University of Kansas Student Health Service who is retiring June 30,1975, will conduct an investigation committee-secure procedures.
James Rosser, chairman of the committee and associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, said Friday that the committee would decide on selection questions qualification requirements, and what restraints, if any, should be imposed on proceedings.
Health Director Job To Get Examination
"The duty of the director of
being a physician," Rosser said.
"He also will have to be an ef-
fective administrator to handle
them."
especially with the new health services building scheduled for completion in 1974."
In selecting the committee, William Ballour, vice chancellor of Wake Forest University, six months trying to find 10 people who were representative of KU and who had a strong influence on the affairs of the KU health services.
Balfour, in selecting the committee members, said he emphasized to each the necessity of establishing a good rapport with the students and had the necessary experiences in medicine and administration.
"The selection of the new director of KU health services will be open to all." Balfour said. "You can nominate anybody."
"KCI will be a boon to us," he said. "We will serve as fast transportation to Kansas City. We can fly there in 15 minutes."
KCI," he said, "it would be particularly beneficial to people who work at KCI, some of whom live in Lawrence."
"After all, an airport is only an extension of the highwayway. It's a mode of transportation." Wilson concluded.
Lawrence Aviation President Wilson agreed.
THE LAWRENCE AIRPORT
of St. Louis.
firen airports, including KCL
Alton Air Park in Topeka and
the Johnson County Airport in
St. Louis.
Air passenger service was started in Lawrence in 1971. Five flights a day to Kansan City are operated by Airbus, with Allen Air Systems in Topeka.
Sports Car Club Meeting
The Jayhawk Sports Car Club will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the cellar of the Bierstueb. The group will discuss the uprisingary rally that began on October 17.
John Evans of Kansas State University will speak at 4:30 p.m. today in 128 Malott Hall. Evans' topic will be "Line Broadening by Macroturbulence." Coffee will be served at 4 p.m. in Room 136 Malott.
The airport is also the home base for the Aerohawk, Lawrence and Lawrence Opto-Cap flying clubs.
Science Lecture in Malott
The First Moog Quart will appear in concert at 8:20 tonight in Hoch Auditorium. The group, the third production in the 1972-73 Concert Series, performs on four Moog Synthesizers, accompanied by guitar, bass, drums and vocals. The majority of material to be performed was written by director Gershon Kingsley. Several opular selections are also performed by the group.
Moog Quartet in Concert
Principal businesses using the
Co. Lawrence Optical,
and several others, Garrett pointed to
this usage as an important factor
in their business.
"Businesses are going more and more to jets," Garrett said, "so you have to have room for them, which we don't have.
"EXPANSION IS inevitable," he continued. "It's just a question of how much at one time. That Bacher and Wills study included a lot of projection for airport passengers, and the figures don't help us in 1972."
Garrett estimated that 30 per cent of the traffic at the airport was involved with businesses.
The Butcher and Willis study projected that the number of workers would grow to 58 in 177, to 75 in 1980 and to 115 in 1980. Total operations are projected to increase from 200 in 1970 to 117,200 in 1990.
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