Show 1 0 ya 4 AVIATION ON NOTES DUAL EVENTS bozeman mont will rank as a hub of aviation june 20 22 with planes coming in from every por tion of the state surrounding states and canada to attend two big air events montana flying farmers and ranchers association will hold its annual convention at montana state college june 20 21 on the following day northwest airlines will mau flight service to gallatin field with special ceremonies the flying farmer program will include a tour of the college to in agricultural work now being done a display of army planes and of light airplanes suitable for farm and ranch work and a speaking program covering planes hangars and the many uses being made of planes launching an aerial war against coyotes after the ani mals had made heavy inroads on farm livestock loren me donald 11 II F baker and frank tarter of fredonia kas have bagged 70 coyotes as a spare time project baker a veteran hunter recalls his first shot from a plane when he missed at 10 feet now his marksman ship is as accurate from a plane as from the ground AVIATION ADVANCES flying has made rapid strides in northern middlesex county N J since its inception only a quarter century ago four new commercial airports and a sea base have been opened most of them as a result of the postwar interest in aviation the new fields are north brims bruns wick woodbridge ziegfield and forstate Fors gate airpark while the sea plane base is at perth amboy had ley airport established in 1935 now ranks as one of the busiest in the state with aviation drawing many new cohorts more than persons in the county now are flying I 1 the list includes instructors commercial private and student pilots figures show that there are approximately ships at the various air bases an increasing number of small towns are providing air port facilities for benefit of local flying enthusiasts and visiting pilots the need for this service is pointed out forcefully by the slayton minn herald in n editorial which says in par pat the town will fall tar far behind the procession if it doesn doean t look out A bond issue or a govern ment grant isn t needed to fill the bill about all required Is a little initiative and organization 0 0 0 STILL GETTING AROUND american pilots got around during the war and they re still going places overseas A check of foreign air lines has disclosed that flying rosters in many lands are dotted with names of former american military air men air france has 20 american pilots co pilots and navigators while scan donavian din avian airlines system recently added 15 ex army airmen to its ros ter linea Aero postal Venez olana has eight american pilots and engi chinese national aviation corporation and panagia use mixed american and foreign personnel i FLYING BOXCAR nick named the flying boxcar the fairchild Fail child packet cargo plane is designed to transport heavy mill tary cargo or airborne infantry scheduled for long over ocean hops in the pacific the twin plane has a range of 4 miles cruising speed of more than miles per hour and maxi max mum cargo payload of nine tons RESCUE MISSION A delayed report from the inte bior of northern canada has in formed army air forces head of the dramatic flight of an douglas C 54 Sky master sev eral thousand miles over the north ern wastes to drop food es as to a group of starving eskimos dis cov covered ered by a royal canadian mounted policeman constable an drew wilvert returned from a 30 day tour of northern canada to re port a small colony of eskimos marooned at federsen Fe bay |