The Nome nugget., 1925-06-13
COMMERCIAL CLUB
 ENTERTAINS FLYERS
 AND PLANE OWNER

ICHdHiber ol SOWue-cc fuet at luu cheon to honor R. C. Wood. Presi dent of the Fairbanks Airplane Corporation. Noel Vein. pilot O! the big Tokker n:onopiane, and Ralih Vein. his brother. who is also mechanician for the company
 A very nice four-eourse iuncheoi' featuring fried spring chicken. was Mrs. Niebling's offering and it was very greatly enjoyed
 After tbe inne" man was satis- fed, Chairman o. s. Weaver call ed upon Federal Judge c. J. Lo- nen for few words .f welcome to the airmen, and the Judge trough; out the fact that this flight had now made Nome and Fair banks real neighbors." being only six to seven hours distant by air rlane.
 Mayor Maynard then read two letters-one from the Airplane people and the other from Mayor F. de Ia Verne. of Fairbanks. re- iterating the good will and friend ship of the two towns which have so much in common
 MT. Wood was called upon and gave some interesting data on the work being undertaken by his com pany. He said "To make air ser vice in Alaska a success. We need l landing fields at some intervals at which our fliers can land without risk when they may be called upon to do SO The flight from Fair , banks to Nome is really too long and the temperature is often pret- ty low. with the result that the fi:ers become pretty well chilled and stiffened from sitting in the cramped quarters from which he flies his machine" MT. Wood said
 With the miles and miles of rough and isolated country in tkese parts, at least two landing fields should be established. en- iute' anu tlleSt die pdI Ititu uldilN needed in the vicinity of the port age from the Yukon to the sea"
 "In our enterprise" said Mir Wood i've fear nothing but poor landing conditions and all our grief in three years of flying in AL aska has been due to this cause. Jo fo cur passengers, as this is d very remote possibility. but a poor land ing field often does some minor injury to the plane and causes delay such as we experienced on our recent landing at Ruby.
 Noel Vein was called upon. and although he insisted that he was no speechmaker. entranced the as sembled air fans with his experi- erces. MT. Vein related some in cidents of the past season in which, with the aid of his plane. Alaskans have been saved from death He at one time made landing on a mountain top to pick up sick prospector, who he took to Fair banks for an operation which sav- ed his life.
 It was also pointed out that min CTS located at q distance from banking center now often fly in with their pokes. and the interest xl ed in the trips. more than compen sate them for the expense entailed. Speaking of long hike, after he had made forced landing sev- eral weeks ago. in the vicinity of Rampant, Vein said. "I had three buns in my outfit. and a pistol, with which I managed to kill two squirrels and ptarmigan. This was my food on the cross-country hike. but without salt, they were not very palatable." and, he add cd. However. I thought that I had good deal of flying to do in the next few months. so I stuck it out. and got through all right"
 Ralph Vein told about the pre- parations for the flight in Fair banks, and compared the work with that done at Ruby. as to time. He said that at Ruby there was goodly crowd of spectators and that they all helped in right ing the machine enabling him to remove and replace wing in two hours time.
 Asked about the approximate cost per passenger. in the event that regular service is establish ed, MT. Wood stated that it would probably he in the neighborhood of s25O from Nome to Fairbanks,