Show ON AIRPORT CHATTER participating in observance of national air week south dakota flying farmers will make a statewide aerial pilgrimage over towns this weekend col joe foss of sioux falls national guard air squadron leader and former marine ace will lead the air cruise ot of at least 50 planes with clyde ice the states pioneer aviator in charge a new flying service has been opened at the pierre S D airport recently returned to city control from the army two of 0 ices flying sons cecil and charles will assist in operating the school and charter service the slogan air power Is peace power was emphasized at the first national air power conference ot of the rocky mountain empire held in denver under auspices of the american americ an legion headline headla e speakers were gov zeb lee knous brig gen leon W johnson commanding the fifteenth air force I 1 brig gen frederick H smith jr commanding general of oi the civil air patrol and rear adm irving M adviser on naval reserve to chief of naval operations with 27 charter members flying enthusiast of man alan hster chester iowa have formed tle the man chester flying club aviation inter est in the community has increased steadily since establishment of a flying field A fleet of 28 privately owned airplanes carried a group of fishermen from storm lake jefferson terson and des dei moines iowa to bemidji Bemid jl ji minn for a weekend of fishing dusting farm arm crops by airplane has become an imbor important tant business in idaho oregon and washington in these three states more than acres of farm crops were dusted by plane during the past year UNI UNIQUE Q U E OPERATION N one of the nations nation s most unique flight operations is going into its third year of successful service john bledl manager of the heywood gull lake airport at minn recently completed two years ea of power line patrol tor for min minnesota rie so ta power and light company during that time he has flown 25 miles in a piper cub flying a few feat beet above the volt lines which un run north to the iron range over heavily wooded country in contrast to foot patrols which re quiren six weeks to inspect the com anys lines riedl and his observer john mattson make regular trips over the entire line every other week damage from lightning forest fire windstorms wind storms and fallen trees are among the causes of power failure which h must be watched most frequent trouble spotted by the aerial observers however is broken gators atop the 60 toot foot poles which have been shot at by trigger happy hunters i 0 NOT nor A CRASH this have bare been a crash but A coast guard hell copler Is deliberately literately libera tely landed in the sea where no maid land plane should be to test the newly developed emergency flotation gear g ear the equipment makes it possible to land on the water or on marshy ground ENGINEERS TAKE TO alit AIR highway engineers are making in creased use of aerial photography to aid location of new traffic arteries art erlei and to cut survey costs accor according dins to the american public works as so clation new aerial survey techniques n alque a perfected during the war are producing highly accurate maps which also are being used tc determine best routes for arterial highways through and around cities to aid to in traffic flow and congestion studies and even to determine of soil along proposed rights ot of way |