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G oAVIATION ' / ; AVIATION NOTESAIRPORT NOTES NOfES NOTESAIRPORT AIRPORT CHATTER CHATTERAt At Corvallls Corvallis Ore a justice court courtacqwtted courtacquitted courtacquitted acqwtted acquitted John R Cattron pilot of ofchasing ofchasing ofchasing chasing geese in an State game enforcement eniorcement officials charged chargedthat chargedthat chargedthat that Cattron apparently was trymg trying trymgto tryingto tryingto to fly fiy wing formation with a flock flockof flockof flockof of geese near the Corvallls CorvaIlls Corvallis airportConstruct airportConstruct airport airportConstruct Construct on is underway on a anew anew anew new airport at Maquoketa Iowa IowaPlans IowaPlans IowaPlans Plans call for two runways one of ofwhlch ofwhich ofwhich whlch which will be 2 2000 000 feet in ID length lengthand lengthand lengthand and a 30 by 80 BO foot hangar hangarAirplanes Airplanes are playing a slgru significant significantrole significantrole cant cantrole role in development of a pheasant pheasanthatchery GreenwoodDel hatchery operated at Greenwood Del by E D Brasure Jr Brasure Brasureut ut lizes l1zes air express to ship his tur turkey turkey key poults to Michigan Louisiana LouisianaTexas Texas and other states Brasure Brasurewho Brasurewho Brasurewho who has shipped several thousand thousandpheasants thousandpheasants thousandpheasants pheasants by a r reports that not nota nota a single smgle one has been lost in transitAlthough transitAlthough transit transitAlthough Althoughshipping Although shipping of o1 baby babych babych babych ch cks poults and hatching hatchmg eggs by byair byair byair air commonplacein has become almost commonplace In recent years it is seldom that thatpoultry thatpoultry thatpoultry poultry teed feed moves through thewild thewild the thewild wild blue yonder That is what happened whathappened in the vicinity of Nashua NashuaN N H however when an acute feed feedshortage feedshortage teedshortage shortage impended A Ashipment -shipment shipment hlpment - of offeed offeed offeed feed by air was credited with sav say saybig saving ing big a number ofvaluable of valuable breedmg breeding breedingflocks breedmgflocks flocks flockse breedingflocksThe e . . . The Iowa Flying Farmers or organlzahon organization oreanization ganlzahon ganization Is really soanng-m soanng m soaring-in soaring in soanngmmembership soaringinmembership soaring - inmembership membership at least The group groupwhIch groupwhich croupwhich whIch will note the first annlver anniver annlversary anniversary annlversary sary of Its founding In June al already already already ready has exceeded the 500 500mark 500mark 500mark mark In membership The total totalaccordmg totalaccording totalaccording accordmg according to Howard Hill Dill presl presi presldent president president dent e exceeds ceeds that of any other othertbree otherthree otherthree tbree three states In which Flying Farmers are organized orgamzed As one oneof oneof oneof of its major projects the Iowa Iowagroup Iowagroup Iowagroup group Issues a monthly maga- maga magazine magazine mafa-zine mafa zine - - - zine to keep members posted on onopportumties onopportunities onopportunities opportumties opportunities for rural farmers . . * . FAMILY FAIIIILY PROBLE'IThe PROBLEMThe PROBLEM PROBLE'I PROBLEI PROBLEMThe ' The flying Bymg Hicks family of Tal Tel Talladega Telladega Talladega ladega Ala doesn t have the usual usualone usualone usualone one car family trouble That IS ISeliminated iseliminated iseliminated eliminated because the father City CityCommissioner CityCommissioner CityCommissioner Commissioner James L Hicks Hicksownsan 'Owns Owns 'Ownsan ownsan ' -ownsan ownsan - an automobile agency The HIcks HIcksarguments Hicksarguments Hicksarguments arguments Instead concern use df d1 dfthe d1the dfthe the family planes There are two twoairplanes twoairplanes twoairplanes airplanes in the family but HIcks HIcksthree Hicksthree Hicksthree three sons and one daughter all allhave allhave allhave have their fl fi ers ens licenses . . . A new type of drunken driverdrunken driverdrunken driver driverdrunken -drunken drunken - drunken airplane pilots-got pilots got pilotsgotlegislative pilotsgotlegislative pilots - - gotlegislative legislative attention m Wlscon Wiscon Wlsconsm Wisconsin Wisconsin sm sin A bill was introduced mtroduced In the thestate thestate thestate state assembly providing provldmg for forfines forfines forfines fines of $10 10 $ to $100 100 $190 190 $ for the first firstoffense firstoffense firstottense offense and $100 100 $ to $500 500 $ and SIX SIXmonths sixmonths sixmonths months imprisonment for a sec second secand second ond and offense by drunken or recl reelk reelkless reckless . less pilots . . . 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" I I II NEW TRANSPORT First of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Consolidated ConsolJdated Vultee Aircraft Aircraftcorporation Aircraftcorporation Aircraftcorporation corporation s newConvair newConvaJr 240 com corn comml'rcial cornmercial cornmcrclal ml'rcial mlrcial mercial ' transports will be delJv deliv delJvered delivered delivered ered in June The new plane Is IsAmerica isAmerica isAmerica America s first 300 mph tWID twin tWIDenglDt twinengirt twinengini englDt engirt . pressurized and alr-eondl alr eondl air-condi air condi alreondltloned airconditioned air-condiioned air condiioned - - tloned tioned ( 40 passenger passcnger transport us usIng using using Ing Jet exhaust e"haust ehaust " propulsion for add added added added ed cruisn crUlSIl cruisri g speed . . . AIR LETTERSIffechve LETTERSEffective LETTERS LETTERSEffective : Effective Iffechve April 29 a new 10 cent centair centair centair air letter service to all parts of ofthe ofthe ofthe the world will be inaugurated maugurated by the thepostofficp thepostofflce thepostofflcp postofficp postofflce department The service servicecalls servicecalls servicecalls calls for use of a r letter sheets pur purchasable purchasable purchasable chasable at post offices The thin thinsl thinsl thinsl sl eets measuring 12 by 834 8 B mchcs inches mchcsmay inchesmay inchesmay may be folded and seale sealed into mto the theform theform theform form of a small envelope The let letter letter letter ter w vv U II ll beir be'lr belr bear ' a 10 cent airmail alrmul ! stamn stamu stamnof stamuof stamoof of the same DC 4 design as the 5 5cent 5cent 5cent cent a rmail rmall stamp Present mini minimum minimum minimum mum charge for ( or letters maJIed mailed maJIedabroad mailedabroad mailedabroad abroad Is 2 . 2 . re ts is in . , * ci |