The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-10-10
Wings

Airport. Dearborn. This gives him
the right TO give C.A.A. flight tests
for their private pilots license.
Mr.. Botsford congratulated Mr.. Nc
Ennan on flying the best test OF
the season.
+. Gibson made his first solo
flight at McEnnan Airport.
The new student at McEnnan Air.
port Is Tony Rose, Belleyille.
Going and Coming
Thomas Holiday and Olin Ring
few t. Parkersburg. w. Va. and
back, II. b. Langan flew in from
Chicago. Paul Welker flew to OF.
tawa. o.. Mr., and Mrs. Charles
Gault flew to National Airport in
Toledo. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Holli.
day flew 10 Belding. Fermin Wilkin.
son flew TO National Airport In To-
ledo. Claer Copeland and 0lin Ring
flew to Roscommon. Thomas Holli-
day flew to Indianapolis, Ind.
Eddy McEnnan and Kenneth
Swick flew to National Airport in
Toledo 10 bring back the 80"
which has had a major on it.
Word has been received from DR..
II. d Barss that he is enjoying his
vacation in New Orleans, La. and
will be home about the 18th OF Oc-
tober.
Pvt Delbert Pom writes that he
is attending O.CS. at Fort Sill.
Okla. and is instructing at the
Lawton, Okla. Airport.
Second 1t. William Rcwe has re-
ceived his discharge from the
Army and was an airport visitor
this last week. 1t. Rowe will at.
tend the Michigan State Normal
College and work for his instruc-
tors rating. He has his CONNER
cial rating.
Sgt aind Mrs. Bond Milton were
airpor, visitors Sunday. Sgt. Mil
ton is home on furlough.
Professor F. A. Firestone, OF the
University OF Michigan faculty,
flew one OF the Gridley Flying Ser
vice cruisers to--Detroit Sunday
and remained until Tuesday.
1t. William Rowe, who is being
discharged from the Army Air
Force. was a Sunday visitor a. the
Ann Arbor Airport.
Civil Air Patrol meetings will be
resumed Thursday evening at the
Ypsllanti Armory. The meetings
were postponed during the strike Of
oil workers.
Earl Duffy. Aero Medical Techni-
clan with the Packard Willow Run
plant, has returned from Rochester
Minnesota. where he spent two
weeks In study on the latest high
altitude technique and equipment
for the protection of pilots. A new
special type OF flying suit has been
developed which permits the pilo.
to fly at an altitude UP to $4,000
feet, whereas the former &c" suit
only safeguarded the pilot to an
altitude of $4,000 feet.
Although he worked sor many
mouths in reconnaissance along
with the light "grasshopper" planes
during the war in Europe, T/Sgt.
julius W. Faiman, OF the Third Ar
mored Division, had his first air
plane ride at the Gridley Flying
Service Sunday. Sgt. Faiman re-
lated how helpful the small planes
we're in directing fire and obsery-
ing results OF bombardment, and
stated he was always too busy
handling the radio car to take time
for an airplane ride. Sgt. Faiman
is a brotherin-law OF 1t. Edward
Johnson OF the Ann Arbor Civil
Air Patrol Squadron.
The Gridley Flying Service OBJ
served the beginning OF Aero Week
by flying a Information Sunday
over Saline, Ann Arbor and Ypsi'
lanti, the three planes peing pilot
ed by Don Gridley, Bud Baer and
Gerald Holly.
Tavern Flick, Truax Field, Wis
consin, was a visitor at the Ann
Arbor Airport Sunday.
Two Ann Arbor sirms have pur
chased twin.engine Cessnas and are
keeping them at the Gridley Air
port.
Plans are being formulated for
REORGANIZATION OF the Hornet Model
Club. Announcement OF the lime
and place OF the first meeting will
be made within the next few days
according to Don Gridley' elut
leader.