Show If Dg N l G t 4 1 AVIATION NOTES AIRPORT CHATTER CHAITER At Corvallis Ore a justice court cour acquitted John R. R Cattron pilot o ol of chasing geese in an airplane State Stat game enforcement officials charged charge that Cattron apparently was trying to fly wing formation with a floe flock fiock of geese near the Corvallis airport Construction is underway on a anew a I new airport at Maquoketa Iowa Plans call for two runways one o ol of which will be 2000 feet in hi length I and a 30 by 80 foot hangar Airplanes are playing a significant role in hi development of a pheasant hatchery operated at Greenwood DeL by E. E D. D Brasure Erasure Jr Erasure Brasure utilizes air express to ship his turkey turkey turkey tur tur- key to Michigan Louisiana Texas and other states Brasure Erasure who has shipped several thousand pheasants by air reports that no noa nola not nol a single one has been lost in transit Although shipping of bab baby chicks and hatching eggs b bj by byi i air has become almost commonplace I in hi recent years it is seldom that tha poultry feed moves through the ta wild blue yonder That is what wha happened in the vicinity of Nashua N. N H. H however when an acute feed fedl shortage Impended A shipment o ot of feed by air was credited with savIng saVIng saV say Ing lag a number of valuable breeding flocks S C S The Iowa Flying Farmers organization organization or or- Is really soaring soaring soaring-in in membership at least The group which will note the first annIversary anniversary anniversary sary of its founding in June al already already already al- al ready has exceeded the mark In membership The Th total according to Howard Hill mil president president president dent exceeds that of any other three states in which Flying Farmers are organized As one of its major projects the Iowa group issues a monthly magazine maga maJa- zine zinc to keep members posted on on opportunities for rural farmers S C FAMILY IlLY PROBLEM The flying Hicks family of TaLladega TaL Tal- Ala doesn't have the usua usual one-car one family trouble That u L is eliminated because the father Cit City Commissioner James L. L Hicks owns own an automobile agency The Hicks Hicks' arguments instead concern use o othe of the family planes There are two tw airplanes in hi the family but Hicks three sons and one daughter al all have their fliers fliers' licenses S S S SA A new v type of drunken driver drunken airplane pilots pilots got got legislative attention In La Wisconsin Wiscon Wiscon- sin A bill was introduced In the state assembly providing for fines of 10 to for the first offense and to and six months' months imprisonment for a second second sec see ond offense by drunken or reckless reckless reckless reck reck- less pilots S S S WHITE GRASS Scientists have been urged to develop develop develop de de- a snow white grass The suggestion suggestion sug sug- was made by some plane plane- piloting Illinois farmers If U they cant can't get white grass they'll settle for grass of at some other color that would plainly mark runways on rural landing landing landing land land- ing fields S S 0 S I S I NEW TRANSPORT First of the Consolidated Aircraft corporations corporation's 2 commercial commercial com corn mercial transports will be delivered delivered ered in June The new plane Is Americas America's first mph twin twin- engine pressurized and nd condi air passenger 40 transport usIng using us us- ing lag jet exhaust propulsion for added added added add add- ed cruising speed S S S stIR AIR LETTERS Effective April 29 29 a new cent 10 air letter service to all parts of the world will be inaugurated by the postoffice department The service calls for tor use of air letter sheets purchasable pur pur- at post offices The thin sheets measuring 12 by 8 inches may be folded and sealed into the form term of a small envelope The letter let ter will bear a cent 10 airmail stamn of the same DC 4 design as the 5 cent airmail stamp Present mInimum minimum mini mini- mum charge charce for tor letters mailed abroad is 2 25 cents rents |