Show 0 0 j 0 AVIATION ON NOTES airport chatter ahers er s from several midwestern states participated in the tir first S t all upper peninsula tour conducted under auspices of the mich michigan gan state department of aeronautics the flight covered miles stops being made at eight cities ten charter members have bave signed up for the recently organized decorah flying club at decorah iowa the club has purchased an geronca chief plane dedication services for the new worthington minn airport are scheduled july 6 5 and 8 6 more thin than private plane owners have been invited to participate in the ceremonies plans for a series 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 1848 1940 at a meeting on the iowa state college campus now numbers more than members from some 70 count counties es an air show will be among the headline attractions at the american americ c an legion summer jubilee at harper kas july 16 1618 1619 19 aerial detective mark up another use lor for the airplane in agriculture W V allington 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 abington who is stationed at the regional soybean laboratory at urbana ill 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 fie I 1 ds by comparing ahls hi aerial pictures with road maps allington AU ington locates the fields where the fungus infection appears to be most serious 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 troop sin ln az 4 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 civic cooperation climaxing an unprecedented example of practical cooperation between two cities dedication ceremonies were held for the joint municipal airport at arkansas city and a nd winfield kas the two progress progressive I 1 ve communities in a rich oil and agricultural belt of southeastern kansas burled the hatchet to acquire strother field former AAP fighter training base as a joint project in august 1948 1946 facilities offered by the field permitted the two cities to secure a new industry the fairchild personal planes division gov frank carlson 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 m alit tj try aviation display model airplane demonstration flights by women pilots and fliers filers over the age of 40 prade parade and trap shoot r s s ov KNEELING DOWN A bending nose gear which enables a fighter plane to kneel down on the crowded deck of in an aircraft carrier Is a feature of one of the navys mar Vs fastest airplanes north american all jet I the equipment is devised to facilitate faal ili ate handling of the he fighter on the alie ground and stowage on deck sky lab nine flying lightning rods have teamed up at clinton county army air field at wilmington ohio in a modern version of ben franklins invitation to the lightning to blister his hand band by way of kite key and ring purpose of the scientific adventure into the rain clouds which Is being conducted by the air material command Is to determine the behavior of an electrical storm by jumping right into the middle of it 11 with cameras instruments and trained observers |