Show fy cp 5 3 AVIATION NOTES airport chatter more than 1000 private planes will converge upon university ot of illinois airport at urbana champaign august 4 when the flying farmers of prairie farmer land gather for two days of meetings and demonstrations of agricultural and flying equipment governors of illinois nois indiana wisconsin and michigan the area covered by the organization iza tion have been invited crop aclus clus dusting ting demonstrations with a helicopter cop ter are scheduled as one of the convention features flying farmers day will be a headline attraction at the annual farm and home week scheduled at louisiana state university august 1214 12 14 air minded farmers throughout the state will be invited to fly their planes to baton rouge to participate in the program second annual reunion of the 0 order ot of fl finella ex wasps Is scheduled at ponca city okla august 2427 24 27 under auspices of the piper mid continent plant and the chamber of commerce approximately ex wasps are expected to attend A long hotel strike in phoenix ariz took a new twist when the hotel management used a helicopter to deliver food and beverages ove picket lines flying eggbeater Egg beater several distinctions are claimed for the unique commuter service offered by a helicopter which operates between logan airport and the root roof of a downtown garage the flying eggbeater egg beater as the plane Is known is the only helicopter in scheduled passenger service in the world is the only one landing regu barly on oil a roof of a building it flies on the shortest airline route in the world it charges the highest rate per mile and it flies at the slowest speed of any scheduled passenger plane the distance is about two miles as the crow flies and its mechanical cousin the helicopter flies consid cons id ering that the fare is 3 50 tax included passengers geis are paying at the rate of 1 75 per mile but the purpose of the helicopter service is not to save money or to go fast but to save time a another first the nations first arst aerial clenning cle mang service 1 is operated by wayne L of winslow ariz daily when his stinson voyager glides to earth on remote northern arizona landing strips indian natives both young and old cry a greeting kaya pa ne sha meaning the cleaner who flies since inaugurating the aerial pickup pick up and delivery service to the widely scattered trading posts ranches and resorts has more than douba doubled the volume of business tor for his winslow plant ix I 1 D ia 4 A 4 I 1 I 1 KA YA aa NE NESHA indians greet flier fler neck breaker walter bullock of minneapolis minn is lonesome tor for the first time that he tried to break his neck it was back in 1916 at newport news va that the veteran pilot stepped into a ramshackle plane and flew it the plane had no instrument board being operated with only a switch and throttle it was made of barn bam boo and the engine was wa strung up at the back of the wings behind the pilot As he wants the thrill ol of such a risk again bullock is build ing a similar plane and will fl fly v ill |