Show off wr 0 00 AVIATION ON NOTES AIRPORT CHATTER work has been commenced on lighting seeding and fencing of the new 2 municipal airport at dubuque iowa there will be contact lights along two runways with 16 cone mounted range snow 1 tights i g h t s A 51 toot foot tower will be e equipped q u i p ped with a rotary beacon light 36 inches in diameter the for mer naval airfield at arlington heights III has been taken over by illinois aircraft services and sales company tor for civilian training purposes it will be known as the arlington flying center colo rado flying farmers and ranchers held their second annual meeting at christman field the colorado A and M college airport at fort col lins program highlights included discussion of legislation affecting aviation survey of uses of airplanes in agriculture and an outline of the purpose and program of the fly ing farmers organization mayors airport managers and air craft dealers from 10 midwestern states gathered at st louis for an aviation clinic sponsored by parks college of aeronautical technology the clinic was arranged in connect tion with the regional air fair held in the st louis arena the lenox la ia airport operated by A al and john kendall Is being improved to meet government requirements to permit flight in st ruction for war veterans 0 participating in the first group around the world air tour for or business survey and good will building purposes a group of in diana business men left new york june I 1 on a globe enair cling tour which embraces stops in 12 countries the tour is spon bored by the indianapolis chain cham her of commerce the itinerary calls for stops in england france denmark sweden switzerland italy greece egypt india burma china and the philippines la in addition to hawaii DOGS IS DOGS ellis parker butler s classic pigs Is pigs the story of the ex press agent who found more pigs in a shipment than he bargained for was bound to have its modern coun especially with all the pets and puppies pedigreed cats spiny ant eaters and such traveling in air express service these days and so it happened one day recently on a toledo new york flight A able cocker spaniel en route from toledo to mt desert island me gave birth to a litter of four pup pies as the plane sped towards new ork upon arrival at laguardia field the sky born spaniels were pro bounced fit to continue to bangor FEEDER SERVICE feeder line operations of wiscon biscon sin in central airlines will be corn com fenced this summer the service covering 43 communities in illinois minnesota upper michigan and wisconsin over a 1 1495 mile route network the airline recently was certificated by civil aeronautics administration to operate the ice twin engine DC 3 type 21 passenger douglas transports are planned for the service A P 1 x V 0 AMONG THE PEAKS A ski plane of supplies lands on mal drow glacier at the foot of mt alt mckinley where the base camp for operation white tower Is located the expedition will ascend mckinley in the interests of acl ence t FACTS AND FIGURES approximately one out of four cm em in the aircraft industry are veterans of the army navy marines or merchant marine aeronaut ties tics has been a basic subject of primary education in russian schools for many years rock ets were used as a military weapon as early as 1792 in india first use of aircraft in active military operations occurred in 1915 in con lection with general pershing s pu expedition to mexico the 30 camera weighs ac pounds |