Show n IJ G g o AVIATION NOTES AIRPORT CHATTER Participating In observance of ot I National Air Week South Dakota Flying Farmers will make a statewide statewide state state- statewide I wide aerial pilgrimage over I towns this weekend Col Joe Foss of Sioux Falls FaUs national guard air squadron leader and former marine ace ace will lead the air cruise of at least 50 planes With Clyde Ice the states state's pioneer aviator In charge a new flying service has been opened at the Pierre S. S D. D airport airport air air- port recently returned to city control control control con con- from the army Two of Ices Ice's flying sons Cecil and Charles will assist In operating the school and charter service The slogan Air Power Is Peace Power was emphasized at the first national air power conference of the Rocky Mountain Empire held in Denver under auspices of the American Le Le- Le- Le gion Headline speakers were Gov Lee Knous Brig Gen Leon W W. Johnson commanding the fifteenth air force Brig Gen Frederick H. H Smith Jr commanding general of the Civil Air patrol and Rear Adm Irving M. M adviser on naval reserve to chief of naval operations With 27 charter chanter members flying enthusiasts of Manchester Manchester Manchester Man Man- chester Iowa have formed the Manchester Manchester Man Man- Manchester chester Flying club Aviation interest interest interest inter inter- est in the community has increased steadily since establishment of a flying field A fleet of 28 privately private private- ly owned airplanes carried a group of fishermen from Storm Lake Jefferson Jefferson Jef Jef- Jefferson ferson and Des Moines Iowa to Bemidji Minn for a weekend of fishing S Dusting farm crops by air air- plane has become an important business in Idaho Oregon and Washington In these three states more snore than acres of farm crops were dusted by plane during the past year UNIQUE OPERATION One of the nations nation's most unique flight operations is going Into its third year of successful service John R Riedl edl manager of the Hey Hey- wood-Gull wood Lake airport at Nisswa Minn recently completed two years of power line patrol for Minnesota Power and Light company During that time he has flown miles in a Piper Cub flying a afew afew afew few feet above the volt lines which run north to the iron range over heavily wooded country In contrast to foot patrols which required required required re re- re- re six weeks to inspect the company's company's com com- company's pany's lines Riedl and his observer er John Mattson make regular trips over the entire line every other week Damage from lightning forest fire windstorms and fallen trees are arc among the c causes uses of power failure I which must be watched Most frequent frequent fre fre- frequent quent trouble spotted by the aerial observers however r is broken Insulators insulators insulators atop the foot GO-foot poles which have been shot at by trigger happy hunters T r. r 1 5 u k S S NOT A CRASH This might have been a crash crash but but wasn't A coast guard helicopter is deliberately deliberately de do- landed In the sea where no land plane should be to test the newly developed emergency flotation gear The equipment makes it possible to land on the water or on marshy ground I ENGINEERS TAKE A TO AIR Highway engineers are making increased in in- creased use of aerial photography to aid location of new traffic arteries and to cut survey costs according to the American Public Works as as- New aerial survey techniques tech perfected during the war are producing highly accurate maps which also are being used tc determine best routes for arterial highways through and around cities to aid in traffic flow and congestion studies and even to determine type of soil along proposed way rIghts I |