Show Off D. D I G d 8 0 AVIATION NOTES College football fans are becom becom- becoming becoming becoming ing minded air with many prospective prospective prospective tive rooters planning to fly to major grid classics this fall Both private private private vate planes and commercial air air- airliners airliners airliners liners will be used in carrying grid enthusiasts to their favorite sta sta- Ernie Northwestern university ticket manager reports many inquiries from fans planning to fly to Evanston Ill for Wildcat games An alumnus in Seattle Wash has purchased- purchased two season tickets he and his wife w e planning to tomake tomake make the trip each weekend by regular airline travel Season tick tick- tickets tickets tickets ets also have been purchased by alumni in Colorado and Texas who plan to travel to Evanston by air A block of seats has been sold to a group of Fort Lauderdale Fla fans for the Ohio State game The party has chartered planes for the trip Another party in a far western city plans to charter 3 a DC 3 plane for the Northwestern Illinois game Add novel uses for airplanes A means of keeping farm kids home on the range Dewey C. C Shaffer ONeill O'Neill Neb farm farm- farmer er uses an airplane to cover coyer his acres aeres of ranch land oversee his Herefords and check his 45 windmills and miles of fencing Main advantage advantage tage to the plane however is that the shiny sl ny red two seater has added a glamorous punch to ranching for his son Larry and two daughters It Jt will be bethe bethe bethe the means Shaffer hopes of keeping them down on the farm e FLYING SCHOOLS DOUBLED Postwar increase in private fly fly- flying flying ing and flying training for veterans under the GI bill of rights are re re- reflected reflected re- re reflected in the more than twofold in increase in- in increase increase crease in the number of flying schools approved by Civil Aeronautics Aeronautics Aeronautics tics administration in the first seven months of 1946 The number of CAA approved ground and flying schools operating in this country totaled 1021 on Au Au- August August August gust 1 compared with at the first of the year In the month of July alone new schools were approved while another 70 were given given given en Among the 1021 new schools there are 1306 CAA ratings some schools holding two or more ratings for dif dif- different different dif dif- different ferent kinds of flying Broken down the ratings are as follows basic fly fly- flying flying ing advanced flying 50 primary primary primary mary flying instrument flying and flight instructor r dr-r y NEW HELICOPTER Intro Intro- Introduced Introduced Introduced to the public for the first time at the Cleveland national air races Firestones Firestone's new helicopter ter jumps off of the ground vertical vertical- vertically ly before the small plane in the background can gain flying speed on its short take oil run AIR EXPRESS SERVICE Direct air express service to An An- Anchorage Anchorage Anchorage Alaska from all parts of the United States now is available The new service is operated non nonstop nonstop nonstop stop between Anchorage and Se Se- Seattle Seattle attle Wash marking the first ex ex- extension extension extension tension of Northwest Airlines routes beyond U. U S. S S borders in accord accord- accordance accordance accordance ance with its recently certificated certificated certificated routes to Tokyo Shanghai and the Philippines The air ah- express rate is 60 cents a pound between Seattle and Anchorage with a n mini mini- minimum minimum mum of 1 a shipment |