The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-11

We realize only too well that
this column has fallen into the
.habit" of denouncing the wealth
or conditions as the cause OF each
weeks lack of busting activity on
the Wilmington runways, but
really now, strong winds once
more greatly hampered the local
stick-jockeys over the past week.
Oh well. . it can't always be this
bad!?
Down at Peiffer Field, as well
as everywhere else, things we're
about as busy as an Alaskan life
guard in January.
Although the Peiffer staff rec
orded no soloes or private tags
last week, Burk Render, chief p1-
lot and licensed CAA Flight Elk
aminer, sent three students into
the blue on Private License
checks, although only two OF the
three aspirants were found quail
fled. Given an affirmative nod by
Burk was Henry Peschau. Jr.,
Wilmington Airpark birdman; and
Jimmy Rowe, Jr., of Burgaw.
"Pappy" Crowel was checked
out in his 40" Cub, which has
Just been completely rebuilt by
Burk and brother John.
A pair of cross : country hops
were logged-in at Peiffer. John
and wife Pat flew up to the Bur-
Ungton Air Show last weekend
and Carl Miller and Devane Cash
well Aeronca-ed up to Salisbury.
A pair of soloes and a Private
License highlighted the week out
at Pennington Fly in Service.
Heidi Trask and Johnny Oliphant
each took that first solo hop, and
Roscoe Hcughton was found by
CAA Flight Examiner Al Wooten
to be qualified for his private
ticket. Johnny and Roscoe are
both flying under benefits OF the
G. l. Bill.
Two cross-country flights were
written down at Pennington: Hell
di and George Carr (the latter OF
Carr Flying and busting Service,
Lumberton) hoped down to
Beaufort, S. c., IN Alec Trask and
I. B. Plott's Stinson "Stationwag-
on; and Jack Bennett, Penning-
ton instructor. took the Cessna
"14O' up to Washington, D. C.,
for the weekend.
The Pennington G.I. flight train
ing course enrolled five new stu
dents during the week: Murphy
Switzerland, R. W. O'Brian, ]. E.
Farmer, Bill Mcdonald, and Bill
Brinkley. All are starting in on
the ground floor except Brinkley.
who already has a Private Lii
. cense and is seeking an 1nstruc-
tors certificate.
"Punky" Kure and Robert Kit
tie, two Pennington Commercial
students, checked-out on PT-23's.
: One Private License and five
cross-country trips hold the spot
light at the Wilmington Airpark.
Henry Peschau, Jr., is the lat
est Airpark airman to qualify for
4 private ducat. The cross-coun
try jaunts e e made by: Lee
Lamb dual to Myrtle Beach, in
the Aeronca "Chief''; Bill Sissons
to Fredericksburg, Va, in his Pr
26: Sam and Martha Sweeny to
Chapel Hill in the Chief; Henry
Peschau and Jimmy Lyle to
Beaufort, S. c., in the A%eronca;
and Sgt. Creston Rowland to Ra-
/" leigh.
In addition to these, Carl Dunn,
co-owner of the Park, flew up to
Burlington last weekend for the
air show. Carl's loW-altitute stunt
flying has earned him an enviable
~ reputation throughout this and
nearby states, and his act is be-
coming more and more in de-
mand at the various air shows.
In the way of Miscellany:
Latest word from the Whining
ton Aero Club finds the local bird
men planning another breakfast
flight, this time destination Lum-
berton on May 25. Encouraged by
the success of their initial flight
Ito Georgetown), they are looking
forward to an even larger turn
out for the Lumberton hop. The
club has scheduled a supper
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