Show fr I 1 kr bi r J absi S S I 1 AVIATION ION N I 1 WHO BUYS AIRPLANES through a survey conducted the geronca aircraft corporal through its 1200 dealers an all J the U S some enlightenment obtained relative to potential bonal plane buyers t apparently the biggest croul potential light plane buyers I 1 into the age group between is 30 years but geronca dealers port no marked decline in ih inte until beyond the 40 year mark number of people who prefer to on time or pay cash are at a equally divided the survey sho another 40 per cent of poter light plane owners are about eq ly divided among lawyers doc and educators on the one hand band highly successful business men industrial leaders on the other remaining 20 per cent are indel antly wealthy people feho det dei tion classification as to gainful bocc cocu I 1 fifty five per cent of the peo i who planned to buy personal know how to fly and 27 per cent these are ex servicemen althou not all of them flew in the three per cent women men far outnumber women prospective light plane owners oi 01 about 3 out of every potent customers are women but might be expected many worn won accompany their to de ers to look at models and talk a planes where the man usually asks su questions as how fast is it hi much does it cost and what the operating cost the want to know how sate safe is it ita it easy to fly and how long dt di it take to learn to fly by it sixty per cent of the dealers ported that it was their ei perier that men learn to fly more read than women another 25 per ci said they could see little or no i ference between men and women aptitude to learn to fly the other per cent showed what roust inest bt be mixture of high honesty and dip dif macy by refusing to commit the selves NEW SPORTS PLANE n pilots dream ship is what wn 1 h signer dewey eldred terms B new sports type light seaplane FIRST AIR SHOW with the general postwar inter in aviation air shows are arc being throughout the if S fi air show to be held in new engli since close of the war was hem held bedford field near boston don range ments were under general genera of theodore drury pr of ci 13 of aeronautic association ton highlight of the show wa display by array army air forces toa sho irist ing planes that played on an u v war wa mental part in americas tory as well as new machines |