Show asi P 0 c AVIATION ON NOTES AIRPORT CHATTER an abandoned government building project the former civilian conservation corps camp at milford iowa has been transformed into one of the largest private airports in the state stanley fuller who has been connected with avia aviation tion in northwest iowa since 1918 bought the camp and buildings and an additional acres he built two runways 2640 and feet long converted some of the buildings into airport use and plans to build additional multiple unit hangars five hetner hefner tex men handed banded together to purchase a horsepower two passenger super cruiser the new ship brings to 12 the number of planes permanently han gared at hefner miller lewis 62 year old tull full blooded seminole indian from seminole okla ranks as the first member of his tribe to take an a airplane ride following a recen recent t hop at the seminole municipal airport miller said its hokay something new in homes front door on the highway and back door on an an air strip is claimed by mr and mrs postelle cooper of demi deming ng N M A hangar is built right into the house A d driveway connects the front door with the highway while the back door opens on a half mile air strip from which cooper banker and insurance executive flies files to hu appointments more than persons or approximately one out of 0 every five employees in the aviation industry are veterans of the army navy marines or merchant marine aircraft industries association reveals the figure taken from a recent survey of 11 14 major aircraft companies includes more than 1400 disabled or physically handicapped veterans now working in the industry 0 0 0 REPRODUCE WEATHER an army air forces testing laboratory is being built at wright field dayton ohio which will be able to reproduce the worst type of inclement weather encountered in any part of the world when completed the laboratory will be the count rys most modern environmental testing facility the test branch of the air materiel commands equipment laboratory is charged with development and testing of more than 1000 aircraft accessories cess ories each of which must be capable of operating under any conceivable cei vable weather condition N FLYING WING britaina Brit ains first jet propelled flying wing win the arm strong whitworth AW 52 was placed on display for the first time at coventry england rudders are or 01 the wing tips and the engines art built into the wing itself 0 0 0 DUAL RATE SERVICE colombia the mountain studded south american nation that gavi the western hemisphere its farsi commercial airline and its first air ain mall mail stamp has chalked ua u another revolutionary first in com mercial aviation Aero vias naci bonales de colombia Av A vianca lanca noted the anniversary of RA it founding by inaugurating the firs dual rate passenger service in air ail line history de first closs and tourist second class service is offered |