Show 0 00 00 4 i V apy 3 v avlia AVIATION ON NOTES AIRPORT CHATTER participating in observance of national air week south dakota flying farmers will make a statewide aerial pilgrimage over to towns ans this weekend col joe foss of sioux falls national guard air squadron leader end former marine ace will lead the air cruise of at least 50 planes with clyde ice the states pioneer aviator in charge a new flying service has been opened at the pierre S D airport recently returned to city control from the army two of ices flying sons cecil and charles will assist in operating the school and charter service the slogan aloian air power Is peace power was emphasized at the first national air air power conference of the rocky mountain empire held in denver under auspices of the american legion headline speakers were gov lee knous brig gen leon W johnson commanding the fifteenth air force brig gen frederick H smith jr commanding general of the civil air patrol and rear hear adm irving al adviser on naval reserve to chief of naval operations with 27 charter members flying enthusiasts of manchester iowa have formed the manchester flying club aviation interest in the community has increased steadily since establishment ot of a flying field A fleet of 28 privately owned airplanes carried a graup of fishermen from storm lake jefferson and des moines iowa to bemidji Bemid ji minn for a weekend of fishing dusting farm arm crops by airplane has become an important business in idaho oregon and washington in these three states more than acres of 0 farm crops were dusted by plane during daring the past year UNIQUE OPERATION one odthe of the nations most unique flight operations is going into its third year of successful service john riedl manager of the hey wood gull lake airport at nisswa nissia minn recently completed two years of po power ller line patrol for minnesota power and light company during that time he has flown miles in a piper cub flying a few feet above the volt lines which run north to the iron range over heavily wooded country in contrast to toot foot patrols which required six weeks to inspect the com banys lines riedl and his observer john mattson make regular trips over the entire line every other week damage from lightning forest fire windstorms wind storms and fallen trees are among the causes of power failure which must be watched most frequent trouble spotted by the aerial observers however is broken insulators atop the 60 foot poles which have been shot at by trigger happy hunters j F I 1 NOT A CRASH this might have been a crash but A coast guard helicopter Is deliberately libera tely landed in the sea where no land plane should be to test the newly developed emergency notation flotation gear the equipment makes it possible to land on the water or on marshy ground ENGINEERS TAKE TO AIR highway engineers are making increased use of aerial photography to aid location of new traffic arteries and to cut survey costs according to the american public works association so new aerial survey techniques perfected during the war are producing highly accurate maps which also are being used to determine best routes for arterial highways through and around cities to aid in traffic flow a and nd congestion studies and even to determine types of soil along proposed rights of way |