Show ax 9 AVIATION AV I 1 AT ION NOTES airport chatter fliers from several midwestern states participated in the first all upper peninsula tour conducted ted under auspices of the michigan state department of aarona aeronautics futics the flight covered miles stops being made at eight cities ten char ter members have signed up tor for the recently organized decorah flying club at dec decorah orah iowa the club has purchased an geronca chief plane dedication services for the new worthington minn airport are scheduled july 5 and 6 more than private plane owners have been invited to participate in the ceremonies plans for a se series ries of district meetings and flight breakfasts were perfected at the annual meeting of flying farmers of iowa held at the ames municipal airport the statewide organization founded march 18 1946 at a meeting on the iowa state college campus camus P us now numbers more than members from some 70 counties an air show will be among the headline attractions at the american legion summer jubilee at harper kas july 1619 16 19 0 0 i 0 aerial detective mark up another use tor for the airplane in agriculture W V allington AU ington plant pathologist of the department of agriculture is using an aerial survey to spot evidence of a fungus disease brown stem rot that is reducing soybean yields in the midwest allington who is stationed at the regional soybean laboratory at urbana ill III uses his privately owned plane to make aerial photographs of soybean acreage over a wide area in the pictures plants in infected fields show up much lighter in color than those in non infected fields by comparing his aerial pictures with road maps allington AU ington locates the fields where the fungus infection appears to be most serious 0 0 0 girl scouts have taken to the air in a big way more than girl scouts receive preflight training and flight experience as members of wing scout troops in 42 states and hawaii wing scout is the name of the organizations own cub plane presented to them by william T piper it Is the only airplane owned and used by a national youth serving agency 0 0 0 civic cooperation climaxing an unprecedented example of practical cooperation between two cities dedication ceremonies were held tor for the joint municipal airport at arkansas city and winfield kas the two progressive communities in a rich oil and agricultural belt of southeastern kansas buried the hatchet to acquire strother field former fighter training base as a joint project in august 1946 facilities offered by the field permitted the two cities to secure a new industry the fairchild personal planes division frank carlson ot of kansas made the dedicatory address at a program which featured an elaborate air fair starting with a dawn patrol breakfast the days program included an exhibition and demonstration of personal planes military aviation display model airplane demonstration flights by women pilots and fliers over the age of 40 parade and trap shoot 0 0 taw KNEELING DOWN A bending nose gear which enables a righter plane to kneel down on the crowded deck of 0 an aircraft carrier Is a feature of one of the navys fastest airplanes airplane N north orth american Av lations all jet t X 1 the equipment Is devised to facil facilitate itale handling of the fighter on the ground and stowage on deck sky lab nine flying lightning rods have teamed up at clinton county ar army my air field at wilmington ohio in a modern version of ben franklins invitation to the lightning to blister his hand by way of 0 kite key and ring purpose of the scientific adventure into the rain clouds which b is being conducted by the air material command Is to determine the behavior 0 of an electrical storn storm by jumping right into the middle of 0 it with cameras instruments and trained observers |