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Show t . . -rwm ww mm in' " " .li ' ' i in 1 , nullum mmmmsmmstfif "?" 1 - i : . , 4 - - - f 5 'l ' fW,v'' (P m .jig A !bhnl i iS i5M vs i or t - . f I zrr y ' iBlfVBttUCB. Wl fi i'tJi , r. f "I ,..., ' , : HL Afiyfif ! . I 4ON UTAH FLY-IN. A portion of the 55 members h the Skylark Flying Club gather at the Cedar City Municipal Airport before leaving on a tour lof the parks and the general area. Members of the Utah Travel Council, who organized the tour were on hand and they were greeted by Mayor Loren Whetten, and by the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce. Members of California Sky-Lark flying group visit Cedar on tour i since 1957. "We stress families in our organization,", he said, "and we have 147 families in the club each with their own to help in the ever present need of selling Utah and its many and varied attractions." plane." As for the Utah tour Temple said "as for ease of operation this is the best that we have ever taken." He clarified that statement by crediting the Fifty-five residents of south, rn California and members of he Skylark Flying Club, were n Cedar City this past week n connection with a state Travel Council sponsored program pro-gram of "Discovering Utah by Air." Twenty planes were used in I he flying which originated in : JSalt Lake City and included ' Mops in various parts of the istate. Final leg of the tour was , in Cedar City where the group were met by Utah Parks Co. buses and taken to enjoy the grandeur and beauty of Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks, ; and Brian Head Ski Resort. From Cedar City the group returned to California. Don Temple, a service station sta-tion operator in southern Cali-fornia, Cali-fornia, is president of the group, and indicated that each year the organization, recog-tf recog-tf nized as the largest social ; flying club in the United States, enjoy a 10 to 14 day vacation va-cation tour. Commenting on the reasons j for selecting Utah as the site for this year's tour he indicated indi-cated that "this is the first time that any state, or city ,1 for that matter has come to us i and said, come and see us. We ' had plans to tonr another area this year but when the I pitch was made through Lee f.i Jorgensen of the Travel Council Coun-cil at our mooting in California Californ-ia we decided to take them up on it." He further pointed out that the tour has been excellent and that the Utah promotional organization had boon a tremendous trem-endous help in setting up and making all the necessary arrangements. ar-rangements. Men like Cedar City's own Milt Jolley, who was with the touring group, had picked up all the loose ends and made it "just a plea-surable plea-surable experience for all of us," Temple indicated. Jorgensen indicated that the Travel Council had undertaken undertak-en the "Discovering Utah by Air" program a year ago and had arranged for a group with six planes to tour the state. This year the invitation to the Skylark Flying Club had paid off in bringing 20 planes and 55 people, "and we think that it can be expanded to be an oven bigger attraction," he said. . Temple agreed indicating that more and more private planes are being put to use for vacation purposes and more and more organizations are being formed. The Skylark group has logged over six million pas-sengor- miles without an injury, in-jury, which has been compiled work of the Utah Council and men like Jolley and Jorgensen for taking all of the guess work and leg work out of the operation which is usually left to some member of the club. Jolley and Jorgensen pointed point-ed out that this is only the beginning, that once these poo. plo have been here they will return and bring friends on their own and the advantage to the state is a growing and ever increasing thing. While in Moab on this tour, the group ran into a family who had participated in the first flying last year. They had returned re-turned on their own to Utah this year and they stayed an extra night to join with our group this year, he said. "All in all the program looks to a great future," Jorgensen stated, "and once off the ground the program then can be turned over to an agency or separate tour organization |