Show W X 5 60 3 AVIM AVIATION N NOTES AIRPORT CHATTER sixty eight youngsters competed in a model aircraft contest in kan sas city kas under auspices ol 01 model aircraft institute and sane cloned by academy of model aeronautics in washington A civlo civic campaign has been launched in du quoin III to raise 10 tor for pur chase of a 93 acre site and develop ment of an airport backing the project the lions club has arranged temporary financing for purchase of the site which had been used as an airport until early 1946 the club voted 1000 1 toward the campaign agn n expansion of civil air patrol activities is contemplated during the coming year wing commanders of nf the group were told at their an nual meeting in washington high light of the three day session was the second annual congressional dinner when reports were made to congressmen on activities of nearly 1500 CAP units throughout the united states CAP Is an auxiliary of army air forces airplanes were utilized to inspect land de voted to summer fallow in western kansas glenn H johnson state director of the kansas production and marketing administration in manhattan announced that summer fallow practice was performed by about 18 farmers on 2 acres of land use of airplanes ex checking to determine that farmers complied with all require ments once again t the he airplane has come to the aid of law enforcement officials an arizona high way patrolman from whom three youths in a stolen car managed to escape got his men recently by rushing to an air port and taking a cub plane aloft for a survey of the desert into which they had disappeared he ile spotted the youths hiding beneath a desert bush J made note of the spot and in a few minutes had landed and apprehended them MODERN prospectors the old pick and burro tors soon will be giving way to men with helicopters believes dr francis A thompson president of montana school of mines at butte dr thompson explains that devices now being perfected will allow pros to use helicopters and en able them to locate mineral deposits hidden under lava flows and al luveal deposits in the northwest GOOD prescription serving as staff physician tor for hos petals in three different cities dr frank A brewster of holdridge bebr finds that time Is valuable consequently he resorts to a plane for rapid transportation between holdridge and lexington bebr and oberlin kas the other cities in which he serves on hospital staffs staff s each Is more than miles from holdridge dr brewster 73 bought his first plane an old jenny in 1919 now he pilots a fairchild F 24 ranger tour four place personal plane this permits his wife and nurse assistant to ac company him on many of the flights in addition to his regular professional trips he has made flights to chicago el paso and PO points ints in kentucky FLYING DOCTOR abreast of times WEST POINT POIN OF AIR hundreds of young americas Amerl Ameri cal cai i a soon will be taking advantage of the opportunity to attend pilot training classes at the west point of the air army air forces is reopening reopen ins its aviation cadet training lo 10 0 o qualified young men the firs postwar cadet class of students for which civilians now may apply will w ill begin training july 1 at ran dol dolph ph field san antonio tex th course of flying instruction for avia tion cadets will extend tor for 52 weeks |