Show ad AVIATION NOTES AIRPORT CHATTER sixty eight youngsters competed in a model aircraft contest in kansas city kas has under auspices ol of model aircraft institute and sane sanc by academy of model aero in washington A civic campaign has been launched in du quoin ill to raise for purchase of a 93 acre site and development of an airport backing the project the lions club has arranged temporary financing tor for purchase 0 of f t the h e r site ite w which h lc h h had ad be been e n u used s e d as is an airport until early 1048 1946 the I 1 club lu b v voted 0 te d IO 10 1000 0 0 t toward 0 w rd t the h e c campaign a m p alan expansion of civil air patrol activities Is contemplated during the coming year wing commanders nf the group were told at their annual meeting in washington highlight of the three day session was the second annual congles congressional slot I 1 dinner when reports were m made de to 0 congressmen on activities of neal nearly y 1500 CAP units throughout t the e united states CAP Is an auxiliary of army air forces airplanes were utilized to inspect land devoted to summer fallow in western kansas glenn H johnson state director of the kansas pro production act ion and marketing administration in manhattan announced that summer fallow practice was performed by about farmers on acres of land use of airplanes expedited c hecking checking to determine that farmers complied with all requirements once again the airplane has come to the aid of law enforcement officials an arizona highway patrolman from whom three youths in ID a stolen car managed to escape got his men recently by rushing to an airport and taking a cub plane aloft for a survey of the desert into which they had disappeared ile he spotted the youths alding beneath a desert bush made note of the spot and in a few minutes had landed and apprehended them MODERN prospectors the old pick and burro prospectors pr e spee soon will be giving w way ay to men with helicopters heli copters bel believes leves dr francis A thompson president of 0 montana school of mines at butte dr thompson explains that devices now being perfected will allow prospectors to use helicopters heli copters and enable them to locate mineral depo deposits sits hidden under lava flows and alluvial deposits in the northwest GOOD 11 prescription serving as staff physician for hospitals in three different cities dr prank frank A brewster of holdred holdridge ge bebr finds that time is valuable e consequently he resorts to a plane for rapid transportation between holdridge and lexington bebr and oberlin kos kas the other cities in which he serves on hospital staffs each is more than miles from holdridge dr brewster 73 bought his first arst plane an old jenny in 1919 now he pilots a fairchild Pair child F 24 ranger four fou place personal blane mclane this permits his wife and nurse assistant to accompany him on many of the flights in addition to his regular professional trips he has made flights to chicago el paso and points in kentucky T FLYING DOCTOR abreast of times WEST POINT OF AIR hundreds of young Ameri americans cats soon will be taking advantage ot of the th opportunity to attend pilot training classes at the west point of the air army air forces li Is reopening reopen ln its aviation cadet training pro grait to qualified young men the first postwar cadet class of students tor for which civilians now may apply will begin training july 1 at ran dolph field san antonio tex th course of flying instruction for avla avia tion cadets cabets will extend for or 52 weeks |