Madison Journal - Tallulah Airport Building Plans Announced

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Tallulah Airport Building Plans Announced

Madison Journal November 22, 1929

AIRPORT TO HAVE MODERN AIRPLANE SERVICE STATION

The Standard Oil Company appreciating the strategic location of, and superior advantages presented to 
commercial aviation by the Tallulah Airport, last week began the construction of a handsome service 
station and Administration Building on the Tallulah Airfield. The structure will be in Spanish type of 
architecture, 21x55 feet, half of which will be two stories. 

Construction will be of brick and tile with stucco finish, surmounted by a highly ornamental red tile roof.

The ground floor will be equipped with handsomely appointed rest rooms, baths, locker rooms and sleeping 
quarters for visiting pilot, as well as an Operations Office and waiting room. The most modern electrical 
equipment will he installed throughout the building and a series of recessed electric lights beneath the 
eaves of the roof of both stories will reflect a brilliant glow against the walls, making a picturesque 
silhouette of the building at night.

It is the intention of the Standard Oil Company to make this station a center for experimental study and 
the last word in airplane servicing. The most modern servicing equipment will be utilized, including 
electrically operated pumps which will deliver regular Standard airplane gas, Ethyl aviation, air and water 
to four separate underground servicing pits which will be located at the most strategic points on the 
landing field.

An airplane mechanic will be permanently employed to render necessary service to all ships landing on 
the field. Living quarters will be furnished for the mechanic in charge and his family on the second floor 
of the building.

With the completion of this service station and the new building 30x200 feet recently completed by the 
Delta Laboratory for housing airplane motor overhaul shops and providing a large room for folding and 
packing parachutes, the airport will take on a much more imposing and utilitarian appearance.

To make the surroundings at the airport still more attractive, planting of ornamental shrubbery after a 
well worked out plan of landscaping, is being made around the buildings and border of the landing field.