Show 0 Off ff M C n If 0 9 G O Off c 0 AVIATION NOTES STILL FLYING HIGH nIGH Capt Warren B. B Smith a mem- mem member mem member m m- m ber of the Gates flying circus back in the and a veteran pilot recently crossed the Andes for forthe forthe forthe the time from Santiago Chile to Buenos Aires Argentina e HOW TO GET BUSINESS Harold Briney Brin y implement dealer near Bluff City Ill completed a landing strip next to his place of business just for the convenience of flyers The first plane to land was flown by Bud Flowers of Canton who got acquainted with Briney and ordered a couple of trailers for his trucking business The deal ran into hundreds of dollars AIR TRIPS FOR HUNTERS Guests from the east will be flown to Cleveland to board the United's hunters special plane to the pheasant country in South Dakota Braniff is to operate weekly round- round roundtrip roundtrip roundtrip trip flights to Aberdeen S. S D. D from Houston and Dallas This new service service service ice will start in late September AIR CHATTER Billy Heher age 16 of Franklin Pa won a Piper cub in a contest and within a week had logged four hours of instruction Arthur W. W Grant Medina N. N Y insurance agent lands his light plane in inthe inthe inthe the back yards of farm homes and then talks business Arthur C. C Jackson St. St Petersburg age 80 is taking flying lessons Frank L. L Brandish age 71 fire chief of East- East Eastport Eastport Eastport port Me recently soloed C. C J. J Boyd of Santa Fe N. N M M. hunts antelope by plane Mr and Mrs Wheaton of Winthrop Mass weds newly-weds flew more than miles in a light plane on their honeymoon The Boston Store Milwaukee has regular airplane delivery service as far north as Sturgeon Bay Tests of airplane dusting of pecans for control of scab and pecan nut will be re re- repeated repeated re- re repeated this trus summer Tests made in 1915 1945 were inconclusive SPEEDY ROCKET THE TilE Rocket built at Fort Worth set a world speed record for tor per per- personal planes on January 6 when it flew from Savannah Ga to Roosevelt field N. N Y at an av av- average average av- av average speed of ot 2262 miles mUes per hour AIRPORT EXPENDITURES The airport bill lately debated by congress provides a dollar billion-dollar program for Cor seven years with em em- emphasis emphasis emphasis on private flying facilities If It the bill becomes law will be available for New York 24 for Texas Tex s for California and for Penn Penn- sylvania New Jersey and Con- Con Connecticut Connecticut will get and 2 2 respectively These sums mus must be matched by the states or municipalities |