Sunday was a blustery, sunny spring day with fine visibility and rough flying. Kenny Gable was loafing at Municipal airport when I arrived for my Sunday morning "Shot in the Sky."

We followed the roadbed of the old Winona railroad to Chick's landing strip south of Mentone, got the good news that Chick's Indianapolis doctor thinks his neck is mending O.K. Couple hours later, Chick flew to Warsaw just for a jaunt, too. These airmen are screwy. If there isn't anyplace to go, they go anyway.

Coming back, Kenny and I drifted lazily over the winding path of the Tippecanoe river. The hungry girl needs to reduce for she has "busted" her girdle in numerous places. Light muddy tan, marks the normal channel of the river at this time, with bright, blue patches everywhere the river has fattened at the expense of low-lands.

The Kosko Gun club boys were cleaning up the beautiful setting of their shooting range. They had a bonfire and the rolling gray smoke attracted us to the spot. It nestles in one of the crooks of the river, will be a lovely spot when the brilliant greens of spring appear.

When you round the curve of road 15 at Monoquet in your automobile, don't drive for the ditch when you meet an airplane. The Air Scouts have moved their giant C-46 airplane, a war memento, right up the the intersection of the highway and the airport. It now resembles a giant frog, poised for a hop smack into the road. It's a fine chance for you to see the big ship at close range, for you can park your car right under the nose.

Freddy Strauss, Jr. has long dreamed of a big-plane charter service for the community. Last week he took steps to provide it. Fred sold his G.I. training school to Paul Lowman. Sold Paul the light T-craft he used for instruction. Sold Joe Carlin at Municipal airport his open cockpit, biplane Stearman trainer and purchased a big twin-engine Cessna. The Cessna will carry 750 pounds of air freight, or five passengers, is fully equipped for instrument flight.

Fred is going to Roscoe Turner, aeronautical school at Indianapolis for the next month for a "brush-up" and will come home with his air transport rating.

As Freddy said yesterday: "My heart is in the big airplanes and I've always wanted to provide a heavy-plane charter service for the community. Many folks will ride a big airplane, but are uncomfortable in a smaller, light ship". Good luck to you in your new project, Fred!

Thursday night, April 6, the Warsaw Aero club will get together at the clubhouse for a fish-fry.

Call letters of the CAA range stations are being changed to the following: Indianapolis from ID to IND: South Bend from SN to SBN: Goshen from GO to GHS; Fort Wayne from FW to FWA; Lafayette from LF to LAF; Chicago from CG to CHI. If you have a short-wave receiver you can pick up the weather broadcasts each quarter hour before and after the hour at 320 KC, Goshen.

Sunday, April 11, the Flying Farmers are having another swimming part at the Bunker Hill naval base.

Saturday, April 24, the national dedication of the "Wright skyway," (Skyway No. 1) will take place at Dayton, O. All Indiana pilots who plan to attend are invited to fly first to Indianapolis and follow the old Indianapolis-Richmond, Dayton airway into Ohio. It was one of the first airways of the nation and Col. Cornish would like to see a steady stream of Indiana aircraft crossing the Ohio border at the same time on this historic route.

Warsaw Daily Times, Mon. Apr. 5, 1948