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Show o Mail Flying Hindered Coincident with the storms visiting the Milford valley the forepart of the week there was a "hangover" of poor visibility decidedly unusual, as a Californian would say but sufficient to ground vitually all planes passing over this area. A a result, local hotels ho-tels were well-filled with pilots and air corps personnel while waiting for clearance out of the local airport. Needless to say, Lieutenant Larry N. Tindall, local airmail operations control con-trol officer, withheld such clearance as long as dangerous conditions continued con-tinued to exist, and this despite the fretfulness of some of the pilots who are thoroughly embued with the spirit of their work and were anxious to be on their way, muggy weather or otherwise. The wisdom of the course pursued was vindicated by the complete absence from accidents of any kind. As many as five craft of different kinds were grounded at the local airport at one time, but everything every-thing is now proceeding as usual with fine weather again prevailing. Lieutenant Roscoe Dunahoo, one of the co-pilots connected with local army corps airmail operations, gave local people thrill after thrill Saturday Satur-day afternoon when he put in ar hour or more of intensive practice ir a P-12 pursuit type plane, playin.c hidc'n'seek in and out of clouds doing all kinds of loops and otherwise other-wise putting on quite an air show displaying superb mastership of the fcmnll but swift little plane. Lieutenant R. E. Jarmon is servino as assistant control officer, succeeding succeed-ing Lieutenant J. W. Dennison jr. who was transferred to the coast Jarmon is from Crissy field. |