I'm still so full of ham, corn, pie and pudding that it is a relief to find curtailed flying activity to report.

Though Thursday was a pleasant colorful day for Thanksgiving with the whiteness of the fresh-fallen snow giving the day a distinct winterish atmosphere, it did the flying business no good.

Over town during the day was Stanley Arnolt's sleek new Beechcraft, $9,000 worth of safe, practical airplane. Stan has hired Jack Doswell, former instructor at Strauss Skyways, to co-pilot with him in the Bonanza. Jack is also going into the sales department of Arnolt Corporation.

Unquestionably, the ship is one of the finest to be based here at present. Arnolt has had an extra gas tank added, giving the airplane a 1,000-mile cruising range at 170 miles per hour. In addition to the usual instruments found in small airplanes, the Beech panel contains manifold pressure gauge, indicator for its retractable landing gear, turn and bank, rate of climb, sensitive altimeter, has an electric adjustable prop.

 

Stan is getting a directional gyro compass for the ship and an altitude gryo to make for smooth, easy flying. The plane hauls four people and their baggage comfortably--will be used to transport Arnolt executives from point to point at a considerable saving in time. Stan pilots the ship, with Doswell "sitting in." After a few check flights, he will no doubt fly it solo. The ship is based at Smith Field.

Over at Municipal Airport, instructor Bob Bast did his good deed for the day last Wednesday, when he helped Mrs. Hazel Rice make a Chicago airliner on time. Mrs. Rice is from Gainesville, Florida, has been visiting at Winona. She called the airport with only one hour and a half to go, to catch her plane from Chicago municipal to Jacksonville.

They arrived at Municipal with just five minutes to spare, parked their little Cessna right alongside the big DC-4, while Mrs. Rice transferred from ship to ship. In just a few hours, Mrs. Rice was in Florida, while we were stuck with snow and ice up here.

Paul Sutherlin, who lives east of Warsaw, soloed this week at Lowman's--is on his way to a private license.

Excuse me while I find a quiet spot, a couch and a Thanksgiving nap.

Warsaw Daily Times Fri. Nov. 28, 1947

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