Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-22

II you have ever been In one Of
those cities In which GA woman Is
holding down aviation editorship OF
q newspaper, YOU have seen one OF
more men swell out their chests and
heard them say proudly, we have
q woman aviation editor On one OF
our papers." They say 10 with q
glow OF civic pride Just aS they
would tell you that This town has
the most paved streets, or the most
competent police force, O. the best
dressed mayor" And nine chances
out Of ten they will top off the re
mark that their town has a woman
aviation editor with. And she's a
mighty fine girl. too"
When the inhabitants or at least
seven cities in this country pick I'D
their morning papers TO see what
Is going on in the field OF aviation.
they are turning to a woman for in
formation on that subject since the
aviation news FOR seven dallies Is be-
ing handled by women.
No Easy Job
1t isn't q particularly easy Job 10
cover aviation for O daily newspa-
per. 1t means hard work, q great
deal OF II legWOrk. And 1t is N res
ponsible position, that of corraling
and writing all the aviation news
each day, as well as filling I'D and
supervising the makeup OF the avia-
ton page which most dailieS in
clude in their Sunday editions. IL Is
q position which demands the abili-
" to weigh and interpret aviation
news fairly as well as a thorough
understanding Of aernoautical terms.
Woe. for instance, TO the aviation
editor who chronicles that a plane
"zoomed down You can't, it seems.
zoom any way but I'D, but how
is a newspaper writer to sense that
a nice descriptive verb like "zoOm"
has a very limited usage unless she
knows something about flying.
At least one aviation editor, Mary
Goodrich. Of the Hartford COurant,
has qualified for her private pilots
license. She Is OH leave OF absence
at the moment, making q trip
around the world with her mother.
Another woman is substituting for
Miss Goodrich In her absence.
Wauhillian LaHay. who aviation
edits the Daily Oklahoman and the
Oklahoma City Times, is eligible
In hours for a private license, but
has been compelled 90 hug the
ground subsequent 70 an appended
Is operation She wrote = series Of
syndicated stories on learning 70
fly last spring. and was known ~
the Times Flying Girl" fl Okla
homa City. She says OF her work
You can't imagine the good times
I've had since I started flying. 7
was a passenger on the first east
bound II. "A. r.; another time I flew
the entire Universal system, lead
the Oklahoma State Air Tour. have
met and interviewed such notables
as Amelia Earhart, Lady Heath
Ruth Nichols, Louise Thaden, Art
G0ebel, Casey JOneS-and the most
recent, Baron Koenig Won Wart-
hansen.
Three Year Job
Ada Gilkey, the Memphis Press
Scimitar'S aviation editor, ~ pro-
baby the dean OF them all. having
served IN this capacity for three
years. She has had a course In fly
ing and written a series or stories
about It. One Of these days she
VOWS she viii get together enough
money TO buy an airplane and 70
out for a transport license. She re-
ports tnat ner 1OD is moi more diff
cult because she is q woman. III any,
thing. she feels 1t is less difficult for
that very reason.
Miss Gilkey became interested In
flying during the war, but did not
get her feet off the ground until the
latter part OF 1925. IL is interesting
70 know that 1t was a woman. Phoe-
be Omlie. who took the first woman
aviation editor up for her first ride.
Concerning the ride. Miss Gilkey
says that while she enjoyed II, she
was disappointed because she did
not get scared and did not find fly
ing particularly thrilling. Referring
to her work. she says, "A spirit OF
good fellowship exists around ham