Show plop u yo 3 y AVIATION MON NOTES AIRPORT CHATTER flying farmers ot of edgar county organized at midway airport near Cb chrisman IU ill plan air markings for all major towns in the county facilities of the waterloo iowa airport are being expanded with construction st of two hangars by feet and an administration building 25 by 48 leet feet costs are estimated at I 1 raymond Blair stoAn N J veterinarian is enthusiastic over the private plane he uses his personal ship to make calls at surrounding f farms rm the ait air reserve association is becoming active in colorado with the denver chapter recently reorganized and formation of other units contemplated at pueblo colorado springs boulder and durango vincent D eckley former B 29 pilot was elected president of the new ew denver chapter which has a charter membership of forty five preflight pre flight students principally midshipmen were graduated from the navy preflight pre flight school at the ottumwa iowa naval air station in the first class to finish there since the former aviation cadet program went on a permanent peacetime basis ten members of the emerson iowa flying farmers chapter have purchased an onca two seater H J parker ex army pilot and chapter president is teaching other owners to fly 0 0 0 UP IN THE AIR congressmen often are up in air constituents believe several of them are up there literally as well as figuratively through their membership in the congressional pilots association recently SO 80 year old representative adolph sabath of illinois now in his year of congressional service was invited to join the association and learn to fly the letter inviting him to join explained that keaney kopp veteran navy instructor who is in charge of instruction for club members recently taught a 75 year old mem member be r of the diplomatic corps to fly NEW LUXURY AIRLINER new giant of the airways united air lines five nille a minute fouren four en dined Alaf fillner will go into scheduled service about april 1 I the luxury liner the new douglas DC 6 will accommodate from 52 to 56 passengers plus pounds of cargo SMALL PLANES ZOOM small two place personal plane shipments amounted to planes during 1910 1940 accounting tor for 88 per cent of planes shipped to non mili tary customers it is revealed in the annual report of airplane shipments compiled by the bureau of the census the report showed that manufacturers shipments of civil aircraft and principal m military i type aircraft valued together at million dollars totaled airplanes during the year military custom era received 1330 colanes |