The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-22
At The Airdromes COMPILED AT THE INCLUSION AIRPORT
 By THE SKY PILOT

I turned to the Stratford plant last
 Thursday.
 Speaking of the Sikorsky plant last Thursday night was a busy one | for the guides with more than 100 members of the Norwalk Fore
 mans Club visiting the factory after dinner at the Barnum hotel 1 in Bridgeport.
 Murray Hawley's new Security | open bi-plane, low winged and | Kinner motored, is now hangarel at the Mollison airport. Murray is l the son of pr Murray Hawley of Bridgeport and brother of the young lady flyer Nancy Hawley who recently married Boris Lang, noted Russian pianist.
 Ferman Church of Hartford who has been in Miami, Florida, for the best part of the winter, stopped In from Washington, D. C., last week on his last lap of the homeward journey to the Capitol city. He was flying a Challenger bi-plane. American operated air passenger
 lines flew 592,SO2 miles per acci- dent in the last six months of 1854, the Bureau of Air Commerce re- ports, There was 46 accidents in 27,26S,S93 miles of flying. During the same period for private flying there were only five passenger ia talities and four pilot fatalities. or | a total of IFS passengers involved IA suffered no injuries at all In accidents. Phil Hall and Bill Hill are in charge of the renovating project in the repair shop at the Mollison air. port. The two lads, both former students of Fred Moller, have done a real job according to Lou Griebel
 who is supervising.
 Eddie Conklin now of East Mori- ches Airport, l.. l., but better known around here where he flew for several years came back to his home port last week to visit with the Ahearns, and his other friends. Ed let the boys know it was his plane coming in when he zoomed the black Stinson cabin job over the Ahearns house. Leaving on last
 Thursday he did q bit of flying over the c. F. plant in Bridgeport for his friends.
 It takes more than a fog and rain storm to keep Hugh Herndon, trans oceanic flyer on the ground
 once he makes up his mind to fly.
 Last week Tuesday Hugh decided
 to go into New York and up he went into the fog and when he
 reached New York and finished his
 business he came right back again.
 "On the Nose," Hugh said.
 Dorrance Perry of Shelton, who
 does a bit of piloting for himself
 in his spare time is now working
 i;. the experimental department at
 the Sikorsky factory in Stratford.
 Dorrance you'll remember was the
 victim when Ed Griffen of Hamden
 took his plane for a joyride last
 August. The plane was recovered
 a few days later i'll Wallingford. Speaking of the local pilots and m echanics. at the Mollison field we mustn't forget to mention Ed Mc- Cullough, who once worked at the
 airport. Ed is now in the Sikorsky
 shop but Saturdays and Sundayh he's around .the airport to talk with the boys. ., ,.-, The Department of Air Com merce is going to depend on port able buildings when it sets up at airports in the future, Rex Martin, acting director of the bureau re- ports. All buildings hereafter will be purchased in panels and put to- gether with bolts, Rex says. Sub- stantial savings will be affected by
 using this type of building.
 If you think there is an over abundance of aviation mechanics | and skilled aircraft workers just ask Carl Stetzer, at the Sikorsky plant about it. Carl has had to
 make trips to Baltimore, New
 York, Buffalo and points east and west looking for experienced men. Fred Moller tells us his second Spring class in airplane mechanics will start at the airport March 22 at 8 o'clock. The first sessions Is to be get-together affair covering
 general details and all young men are invited.
 The Mollison airport is being
 scraped and rolled preparatory to I a big season. The outlook for an active season is good and Fred D. Miller. manager, is going ahead with full confidence that prosper ity has rounded the corner and Is headed his way.