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Show ; AVIATION NOTES STILL FLYING HIGH Capt. Warren B. Smith, a member mem-ber of the Gates flying circus back in the '20s and a veteran Panagra pilot, recently crossed the Andes for the 1,500th time, from Santiago, Chile, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. HOW TO GET BUSINESS Harold Briney, implement dealer near Blufl City, Dl., completed a landing strip next to his place of business, just for the convenience of flyers. The first plane to land was flown by Bud Flowers of Canton, who got acquainted with Briney and ordered a couple of trailers for his trucking business. The deal ran into hundreds of dollars. AIR TRIPS FOR HUNTERS Guests from the east will be flown to Cleveland to board the United's "hunters' special" plane to the pheasant country In South Dakota. Braniff is to operate weekly round-trip round-trip flights to Aberdeen, S. D., from Houston and Dallas. This new service serv-ice will start in late September. AIR CHATTER Billy Heher, age 16, of Franklin, Pa., won a Piper cub in a contest and within a week had logged four hours of instruction. . . . Arthur W. Grant, Medina, N. Y., insurance insur-ance agent, lands his light plane in the back yards of farm homes and then talks business. . . . Arthur C Jackson, St. Petersburg, age 80, is taking flying lessons. . . . Frank L. Brandish, age 71, fire chief of East-port, East-port, Me., recently soloed. . . . C. J. Boyd of Santa Fe, N. M., hunts antelope by plane. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Wheaton Miees of Winthrop, Mass., newly-weds, flew more than 3,000 miles in a light plane on their honeymoon. . . . The Boston Store, Milwaukee, has regular airplane delivery de-livery service as far north as Sturgeon Stur-geon Bay. Tests of airplane dpsting of pecans for control of scab and pecan nut casebearer will be repeated re-peated this summer. Tests made in 1945 were inconclusive. SPEEDY ROCKET . . . THE Rocket 185, built at Fort Worth, set a world speed record for personal per-sonal planes on January 6 when it flew from Savannah, Ga., to Roosevelt field, N. Y.t at an average av-erage speed of 226.2 miles per hour. I - AIRPORT EXPENDITURES The airport bill, lately debated by congress, provides a billion-dollar program for seven years, with emphasis em-phasis on private flying facilities. If the bill becomes law, $21,249,005 will be available for New York, $24,-478,073 $24,-478,073 for Texas, $18,744,576 for California, and $16,132,735 for Pennsylvania. Penn-sylvania. New Jersey and Connecticut Con-necticut will get $6,118,274 and $2,-619,216 $2,-619,216 respectively. These sums must be matched by the states or municipalities. |