The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

The other day we received q letter
from Flying Cadets George Boylan,
Ralph Soverel, and Hugh William
son, Randolph Field, Texas. The
boys were concerned over the clos
Ing shot in the column of January
IL, which read, "And people in Will
mlngton need reminding that there
IS such a thing as aviation" Being
Tying Cadets, and Wilmingtoniaps,
tney were naturally concerned over
the remark and promptly put about
to right the obvious error. To you
and several other local boys who are
making good in aviation we will
apologize for the remark, but to the
rest of the town it still holds true.
Among local boys in aviation are
the three mentioned above: Leo
Baker, who graduated from Kelly
Field, Texas, last night; Graham
Edwards, who has received his COM
mission and is instructing "Dodoes'
at Randolph; Brooke Allen, who
holds a commission in the Army
air corps and is now stationed in
Hawaii; Calder Atkinson, who holds
a commission in the Navy; Billy
RENDER, formerly with Eastern Air
lines, and who will go to the Army
soon; Henry Peschau who is in the
Army Air corps; Bobby Eddings, who
Is now working in the Glenn L. Mar
tin aircraft factory, but will soon
become a flying sailor; Mickey Davis,
local Army pilot, and Fulton Allen,
of the Army Air corps reserve. And
then of curse there are several
others who r in civilian aviation
such as Meares Harriss Jr. who
was with Eastern Airlines and Jesse
Parker, with Eastern now, both be.
ing past presidents of the Aero club.
. Few people in Wilmington are
aviation conscious.
Spinning: We really opened
Our eyes late Sunday evening
when a strange looking plane
made. a hurried landing at the
field. We puzzled over the
strange rigging on the ship till
it TAXED up and proved to be
one of the famous pick-a-back
flying act. Don Brent, the pilot
of this plane, and Danny Fowlie,
well known acrobatic pilot, r
the team who make peoples eyes
pop by their routine. With
Cub perched atop the other, the
pilots go through the book of
tricks, doing everything from
loops to spins, piggy-back -.
The Dandon Shows, of which
these two are a part, travel over
the country much in the fashion
of the old Flying Circuses that
thrilled Onlookers at county
fairs, airports, and other gather
ings. Brent told us that they
performed in Charlotte and Win
ston-Salem this summer and
started to come to Wilmington.
Too bad. In 1899 their spe-
cialty was landing a Cub atop a
Waco in mid-air and last year
saw the famous pick-a-back act.
This year Brent says that the
feature will be stunning with
three Cubs atop a Ford tri-motOr.
-. Some fun! -. Since the
Rev. MI. Satterfield moved away
from the city, he is missed not
only by his congregation but by
the airport crowd, for he was
one of the most ardent flying
fans. As someone said, flying
makes more friends than any
other sport, and he is II of
those friends that you hate to
lose. 49,. One of last years stu
dents is back at the field, and
flying his own plane too. HOus-
ton Cromartie, who learned to
fly here last January and who
later moved back to Raleigh, is
working at Holly Ridge, and
keeps his Cub, a black one, at
the field for flying in those spare
moments The newest fledg.
ling pilots are j. w. Stanley and
Jimmy Walton, who have enroll
ed for solo courses with the
Penning Flying Service
Another landing was made on the
unpaved runwaSs last Sunday,
as az Army Northrop Alta re-
turned to the field. Ignoring the