Show PIP 0 o C 6 AVIATION ION NOTES airport chatter fliers from several midwestern states participated in the first all upper peninsula tour conducted un der auspices of the michigan state department of aeronautics the flight right covered miles stops being made at eight cities ten char ter members have signed up for the recently organized decorah flying club at decorah iowa the club has purchased an geronca chief plane dedication services for the new worthington minn airport are scheduled july 5 and 6 more than private plane owners have been invited to participate in the ceremonies plans for a series of district meetings and flight breakfasts were perfected at the an n nual ual meeting of flying farmers of iowa held at the ames municipal airport the statewide organization founded march 18 1948 1946 at a meet ing on the iowa state college cam pus now numbers more than members from some 70 counties an air show will be among the headline attractions at the ameri can legion summer jubilee at harper kas july 16 19 0 0 aerial detective mark up another use for the air plane in agriculture W V allington plant pathologist of the department of agriculture is using an aerial survey to spot evi dence of a fungus disease brown stem rot that is reducing soybean yields in the midwest allington abo who is stationed at the regional soybean laboratory at ur bana III uses his privately owned plane to make aerial photographs of soybean acreage over a wide area in the pictures plants in in fectea fields show up much lighter in color than those in non infected fields by comparing his aerial pic pie tures with road maps allington lo 10 cates the fields where the fungus in faction appears to be most serious girl scouts scout have hv taken to the air in a big way more than 5 girl scouts receive pre flight training and flight expert ence as members of wing scout troops in 42 states and hawaii wing scout is the name of the organization organizations s own cub plane presented to them by william lilliam T piper it is the only airplane owned and used by a national youth serving agency 0 0 civic cooperation climaxing an unprecedented ex ample of practical cooperation be tween two cities dedication cere monies were held tor for the joint mu airport at arkansas city and winfield kas the two progressive communities in a rich oil and agri cultural belt of southeastern kansas buried the hatchet to acquire ther field former fighter tram train ing base as a joint project in au gust 1946 facilities offered by the field permitted the two cities to se cure a new industry the fairchild personal planes division gov frank carlson of kansas made the dedicatory address at a program which featured an elaborate air fair starting with a dawn patrol breakfast the day s program included an exhibition and demon of personal planes military aviation display model airplane demonstration flights by women pilots and fliers over the age of 40 parade and trap shoot e A KNEELING DOWN A bend ing nose gear which enables a fighter plane to kneel down on the crowded deck of an aircraft carrier is a feature of one of the navy s fastest airplanes north american aviation s all jet I 1 the equipment is devised to facilitate handling of the fighter on the ground and stowage on deck sky lab nine flying lightning rods have teamed up at clinton county army air field at wilmington ohio in a modern version of ben franklin s invitation to the lightning to blister his hand by way of kite key and ring purpose of the scientific ad venture into the rain clouds which is being conducted by the air mate rial command is to determine the behavior of an electrical storm by jumping right into the middle of it with cameras instruments and trained observers |