The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
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Aero Chatter
BY
- ANNA FEENSTRA

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While down in Charleston Monday
we took in the Charleston County
Fair, and during our trip through
he exhibition building, our eyes
popped when we spied a brand new
Cub Coupe cleaning under the
lights. We dashed up to admire the
plane, and a Cub sticker, a booklet
of flying facts, and q packet of
matches with Cubs on them were
all showed into our hands by one
of the pilots of Hawthorne Flying
service. Upon finding that we fly,
he allowed is to slip under the
rope for a closer look at the. shin
ing ship, and told us that the Cub
had just come from the factory a
few days before. We asked how it
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told that it had been landed ON The
Citadel campus, after which the
wings were taken off, and it was
towed to the fairgrounds into the
exhibition building. where it was
reassembled for display. He also
told us that this was the third year
that Hawthorne Flying service had
displayed an airplane in the fair.
ceived an invitation to come out
to the airport, u folder on Cubs,
and a book on how to organize a
flying club. and then continued our
way to the amusement area, where
we rode on the Roll-a-plane, a ride
that kept you doing Immelmans.
Twas a typical aviator's holiday.
The next morning found us at
the Charleston airport where
Beverly Howard and his HaW-
thorne Flying service operate.
The hangar, larger than the II
on BI%uethenthal field, was filled
with planes of every make and
model from an early Cub to a
Waco trainer. used for advanced
training in the flight training
program there. And speaking of
the program. Howard operates
nine Lycoming powered Cubs in
teaching college lads to fly. The
nine yellow planes stood in a
row OH the line ready for the
days flying, and other ships Of
various makes were tied down
beside the hangar. After looking
at some of the newe planes. we
opened II eyes when we spied
an ancient English Moth that
belonged to one of the mechan-
les. That was really the Oldest +,
plane we have ever seen, even
looking worse than the Swallow
that Bob Cochran Of Rocky !
Mount flies! They said that this
type plane was the only ship
the former Prince of Wales was
ever dllOWeu 10 puOt.
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The Aero clubs first annual sup |
per meeting vent over with a bang
last Wednesday night at the Crys-
tai cafe. Most of the members were 7
there and guests were C. K. Coun- t
Gil of the Exchange club, John. An
derson OF the Lions club, Meares s
Harriss of the Rotary club, and DR.. 6
w. c. Mebane of the Civilians, n (
most important j. d. Winstead. pres. /
ldent of the Carolina Aero club. t
J. d., recently elected to his office, \
welcomed the. Wilmington Aero club c
into membership in the larger club. +
after the two clubs became affili-
ated two weeks ago . MI. Coun- (
ell told us of the plans of the En- '
change club to sponsor model air '
plane meets, with thu state winners [
to go to Chicago for the big event.
lie told us hat very probably state {
wide contest will be held in Will 5
mineton. . Dwight McEwen, presl- }
aNulueu " tllooG li'ViiioSio ~
have proved that they deserved
them most, flight calculators |
cheered silently when one OF :
the speakers brought out the fact v
that the trouble with Wilmington :
aviation was that the older \
people of the city don't take part, ',
but leave all the flying to the young =
er, hard working generation =
Another silent cheer when ]. d.
Winstead said that from now on 4
the Carolina Aero club would be =
to benefit all of Carolina in 9
stead of only Charlotte, as seems '
to have been the policy in the past. ,
He promised to bring aviation to =,
eastern North Carolina Every .
body had lets of fun hat night,
and we only hope that as many =
members turn up at the meeting Z
as turned out for the banquet.
Wing0vers: Dom forget to ,
come out TO the airport today :
to see the chute jump. "Stinky' r
Davis of Danville, Va, is the
daredevil who will make the de- $
layed mile-high jump The i
Stinson tri-m0t0r is also back Z
at the field for passenger hop g