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Show DESERET NEWS, FAMILY Wednesday, May 21, 1959 CIRCUS Keane BiS by g fr Save effort ikfr "Does losln' the diamond out of your ring mean you're not engaged to Daddy ony morel" Stiller lilies On Air Taxis Fresh Bakery KIAOvmfmh Sandwich Bread m its. 38' Copley News Service The air taxi, now serving 843 U.S. airports and about five million passengers a year, has become a fastgrowing problem child for the Federal Aviation Administration. Iddy Olympic Meal It 31 c Diet Bread 8E Udy It 39c Raisin Bread "yrTry ISA Deluxe Sandwich Cookies .....................M...i3 Use 39c 2 Reg. 49 Boutique Towels. n. 49e Biff CiEfflM changes to safety and reliability rules governing the air taxi Industry have been proposed by the agency. Most of them will be put into effect shortly, after comments from operators and hearings at which tha new regulations will be disFar-reachi- stiffen Kleenex Worts Fig Bars when he is deciding whether to continue a flight By FRANK MACOMBER Regular or qualifica- mandatory. cussed. franco American Spaghetti 0's Libby's Comram tions would be raised for visual, instrument and night operations, with 500 hours pilot time required for day visual flights and minimum of 1200 hours for instrument or night operations. Certificates similar to those required for airliner pilots also would bo 16' Local These are some of the reasons why FAA has acted to shore up safety guidelines for an industry which has tripled in size over the last 15 years as the public has come to realize short-ho-p flights between cities are faster and just as economical traveling as tha freeways: Since 1954 the total number of air taxi operators has jumped from 2,000 to more than 5,000. The roster of operators providing scheduled air taxi service has risen from less than 80 at the end of 1965 to more than 250 at the close of last year. g FAAs proposed also reflects recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board and Its concern over the relatively high accident rate of air taxis. In a study of 577 air taxi crashes from 1964 through 1966, the board found a passen- MllIS FIR 6AU0N 9 rule-makin- deaths for every passenger-mile- m s S fmj 'ghmni&zm? rate ger-fatality INCLUDES MANY DELUXE FEATURES of 7.65 100 million it- - Ui V-fi- NAN Cl flown. The comparable rate for scheduled domestic airlines for the same period was only 0.25 deaths for the same ber of miles flown. HOME OWNERSHIP-FOUNDATIO- num- OF THE NATION The proposed rules would apply to all air taxi operations using small aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or less, whether service is scheduled or unscheduled. They would include helicopters. The new or revised regul36 specific areas of would bring air operation, taxi procedures up close to y rules for large airliners, FAA says. Here are some of them: ator, in SEE A REALTOR ... safety-reliabilit- Stop dreaming Port moving into a home of own. Check 40 your "Hornet for Sale in tbit The present rule would be to grant the taxi relaxed newspaper's greater leeway in judging the reliability of icing condition forecasts CLASSIFIED ADS Investment Some investments ere practice. Some ere beautiful. A GIRARD PERRECAUX is both. Take the GP pictured here. Handsome. Yet beneath that magnificent 14 Kt gold case beats a heart of pure GP accuracy. (Also available in stain less steel and gold fill.) J5e MEAT PIES Invest a bit of your valuable time. Come in and see our extensive Girard Penegaux collection. I- BOIL JUiCI EM BAG 23c Banquet Tip Top iez. 10 2e off AJAX 20 off Cleanser Liq. AJAX 15e -' BENNIONSlBoyd Pork l66So.Mm CP pvrptti 364-366- 7 Timtd right for graduation |