A man who knows a good thing when he sees it, is state aeronautics board member Howard Clark, Valparaiso abstracter. Howard is an old friend of Sky Writing, phoned early this morning to make certain we saved him three tickets to the aviation dinner on Thursday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Clark and secretary will drive to Warsaw to hear Col. Clarence Cornish, Indiana aviation director, see the latest helicopter movies and partake of a super dinner. Good thing he called, too. Out of my share of twenty tickets there are only eight left.

You know, any of you folks who like to hear aviation stories are welcome to attend this year's aviation dinner. Tickets may be purchased from any of the local airport operators, almost any Aero club member.

Stan Arnolt will make his first public appearance as president of the Aero club. Will preside over festivities.

Airport operators are taking a terrible financial licking during this peculiar spring. Fields are too muddy to taxi over and when it freezes up it's too blustery and rough for safe student flying.

 

Their gross income in the past two weeks wouldn't make a good ante in a penny poker game. This is the last year, however, that the spring thaw will make it so rough on the fellows. When Municipal airport gets its new paved runway, obstructions are lighted and a few wires are moved--it'll be fly all day every day and night-flying, too!

In service once again, March 15, will be the fleet of nearly 100 Douglas DC-6 transports, which were grounded months ago as result of two fires abroad the luxury ships. Cause of the fires has been discovered and eliminated. This should make the DC-6 one of the safest ships in the air and I'll predict now that they will rack up an enviable safety record in fast, comfortable transportation.

In this case, you have seen the Civilian Aeronautics Board and the Civil Aeronautics Administration, working to keep flying safe and safer. It costs Douglas $4,000,000 to modify the ships they have sold. They pay all expense of such modification.

With the DC-6 back in service, airline schedules will now be faster, more efficient, with more "on-time" flights.

Civil Air Patrol has just secured a new propeller for its L-4 observation plane, based at Municipal airport, a brand new K-21 aerial camera and a new supply of application and membership blanks. The local squadron also owns a complete and working Link trainer, which is based at Rochester with the Rochester flight.

Warsaw Daily Times Mon. March 8, 1948

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