Show I o Il G 0 0 s tJ AVIATION NOTES AIRPORT CHATTER A new amphibian and seaplane base on the lake front in Wolfeboro N. N H. H has been completed for service service service ice of planes which visit the New Hampshire lake region all year around ar lund James E. E Wolfe former army pilot is now manager of the Hartsville N. N C. C airport To vary life a bit pilots of personal planes at the Fair Haven Vt airport have been practicing for for- formation formation formation mation flying Grant Eldredge former army pilot has leased the Salmon Idaho airport He used to fly the hump in India with the ATC so the Idaho mountains wont won't both both- bother bothI er him The Sportsmens Sportsmen's Pilots Pilot's association of Colorado will fly their planes to Estes Park for a conven conven- convention convention convention tion August 22 to 24 Traffic at atthe atthe atthe the Chicago airport increased 49 per percent percent percent cent in May VETS AND AVIATION Thousands of wartime dreams are certain to crash many aviation writ writ- writers writers writers ers predict And yet we find fund vet vet- veterans veterans veterans erans getting most of the new jobs in aviation not only as pilots but also as maintenance men clerks and in traffic control Many vets are creating jobs for themselves in aviation But government esti esti- estimates estimates I mates indicate that even 10 years i from now the number of persons employed in the industry will not I equal the number of men and wom wom- women women women en who while in the services were 1 hopeful of making aviation a peace peace- peacetime peacetime peacetime time career S e I HELICOPTER FALLS Many people have asked If a helicopters helicopter's engine konks out can the craft be landed The question I Iwas was answered recently at Dayton Ohio when an helicopter dropped from feet without damage to the craft or injury to the pilot With its engine dead auto- auto autorotation autorotation autorotation rotation or wheeling free-wheeling of the i rotor blades allowed the pilot Capt i Irvin C. C Steiner of Wright Field F eld to toland toland toland land his helicopter safely in a cow I pasture e GOVERNOR WONT WON'T FLY Col Roscoe Turner the air speed king has a project in mind for this summer summer to to make Gov John C. C Vivian of Colorado get his feet off of the ground I Once I can get his feet off of the ground and demonstrate what a wonderful thing it is to travel by air I think I can change his whole attitude Turner promised Hell become so minded air-minded it will be a great thing for the state S SA A survey of army army and navy air forces showed around were interested in postwar occupations related to flying Present direct employment in aviation is around of whom work for aircraft manufacturers for forthe forthe forthe I the scheduled airlines for the federal government for air air- airports airports ports and alid the rest in a variety of jobs S e Quote of the Week Farmers of the Great Plains are flying by the thousands They would be flying by the tens of thousands if planes were available at the right price and for their special needs Wall Wall Street Journal w ON THE TUE BIAS The PT 19 with the new cross wind landing gear lands on the bias at the Hagerstown Md 1 municipal air air- port The development is under the guidance of John Giesse of the CAA CM The PT 19 was built bunt by Fairchild if if Urges Urges' Utah Airport The Parowan Utah Times re received re- re received a telegram from Lt Simon Benson who is in Berlin Germany urging his home town to build an airport Benson expects to return to Parowan soon Lyle Nelson witness tk k a trial at Jordon Mont 1 involving al al- alleged al alleged illegal branding testified he spotted misbranded animals from his plane while wl le flying 10 to 15 feet over the lire th cattle at a speed of only 35 to 45 miles an a. a hour |