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EDITORIALS

THIS ISSUE PRESENTS-

Weather Aids: For a long time the editors of this Journal have sought an exact and scientific survey of the needs, present and reasonably prophetic, of the Weather Bureau with respect to safe flight. The fourth article in this issue, by Edgar S. Gorrell, ends the search. Obviously it represents the sum total of the author's personal experience as head of the air carrier group plus that of many others dealing with this problem. The program should have the support of Congress because it is as necessary for the private flier and the national defense as it is for the airline, and because any improvements in weather analysis and reporting benefits agriculture and industry generally.

Uniform Aeronautical Code Again: The reply to the 1938 Report of the Study Committee of the National Association of State Aviation Officials is another leading article. It was prepared by James J. Hayden of Catholic University and is submitted in behalf of Nathan William MacChesney and the Committee on Uniform Aeronautical Code of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, commonly called the Schnader group. It not only seeks to answer the NASAO report (more frequently called the Logan Report), but also the 1938 annual report of NASAO Legal Counsel George B. Logan. The Hayden article furnishes another preface to the individual studies of the problem by the Civil Aeronautics Authority and the Committee on Aeronautical Law of the American Bar Association.

First "Grandfather" Certificate of the CAA. Under date of February 25, 1939, the Civil Aeronautics Authority issued its first certificate of convenience and necessity under Section 401 (e) (1) of the 1938 Act. Delta Air Corporation, operating between Charleston, S. C., and Fort Worth, Texas, is the possessor of this historical document, set forth in this issue under Federal Department with accompanying opinion and order. The operation involved is largely air mail, and there were no exceptions to the examiner's report nor any objections to the application, as shown by the opinion. The certificate is simple and clear, as it should be, and a vast improvement over the form first submitted to the industry for comment. Also, the problem of non-stop routes not operated during