The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-15
nv HARRISS

BY WEDDELL HARRISS
Another squirt of leniency on the
part of ole Man Weather over
the past two weeks had instructors
on the local fields jumping like
they haven't jumped in quite
while.
New students and cross-coun'
tries comprised the greater par
of the flying activity, however, SC
the record of solos and privates is
not too sensational. But give ZEN
another week or two. By that time
solos-especially-should be pour
ing in like never before.
The Wilmington Airpark (Ai1
Progress, Inc.) went on record
during the two-week period as log
ging-in beaucoup" cross-coun'
tries, four new Private pilots, anc
two solos.
But let's take the Private boys
first. The Parks Chief Pilot, Bill
Robertson, handed diplomas-tha'
il, Private Licenses = from the
Alrparks School Of CT. Bill Flight
Instruction to Berry Smith, Earn
est Klander, Lee Lamb, and Paul
Williams.
The pair Of solos was recorded
by Jesse Higgins and Ray Gallo
way.
Airpark Crosse Countries: Bill
Robertson on weeks x-c on char
ter trip around Great Lakes Area
Charlie Trip dual &c with
instructor Buck Keels to Charles
ton. . Earnest Klander solo to
Charleston. d. .Herschel Gunter so.
10 x-c to Savannah. Fred Willetts,
Jr., dual &c with Bill Robertson
to Carney, S. c.. Berry Smith
solo x-c to Clinton, Bladenboro,
and return. . Ray Galloway on
dual x-c with Buck to Myrtle
Beach. . Paul Williams solo &c
to Lumberton. . Eddie Earb solo
&c to Lu1nberton. . Cecil Butler
solo &c to Charleston. . . Alvin
Page solo &c to Myrtle Beach.
The past two weeks aerial &C.
tivities found Peiffer Field Caro-
lima Skyways) credited with two
Private tickets and a pair of solos.
Robert A. Hill and "Pappy''
Crowell were the two Peiefer bird
men found qualified for their Pri-
vate tags, while DR.. T. M. Hall
and Fred Howell were the two
students taking the solo jaunts.
Cross-Countries and Transients:
John Colucci to New York after
new sails for his boat. . .CAA man
in a Luscombe-built sea-plane OF
his own design. ODD factor is that
plane weighs less than the land
model. Sent down to help open-up
designated landing field at White
Lake. . Mrs. Hess, the first wom-
ar to ever solo in N. c., paid the
boys at Peiffer an aerial visit last
week.
Note: Complete records of x-c's
and transients at Peiffer were not
available at this time.
Cross-country flights and a pair
Of solos dominated the flying &C
t;vities at Pennington Flying Serv-
ice. Warren Pennington's instruc-
torial staff sent the two solo stu
dents - R. O.. O'Brien and Jack
Farmer-into the blue last week.
Both airmen are flying under the
G.I. Bill benefits.
Another G.I. student-Mark Ven
tiers, who is taking the CONNER
cial Course-Was recently checked
out in the PT-23.
Crosse Countries and Transients:
Gerald Murrell 10 Wilson on solo
x-c. . L. B. P!ott solo to Rocky
Mount. . Roscoe Houghton solo to
Myrtle Beach. . Jimmy Salmon
and Flight Examiner Al Wooten
to Raleigh. . Anna Pennington
and Roy Rowe to Raleigh. . Jim
my Salmon to Charleston. Heidi
Trask, George Trask and George
Carr to Myrtle Beach. Jack Ben
nett and Heidi Trask to Myrtle
Beach. . H. L. Hirnant and wife
dropped in from Whiteville.
Capt. Jimmy Starnes dropped in
for brief visit in ATS to see fam.
lily. . Capt. Snow in BIS. . Col.
Cary in CAS-. . .Foy Pullen from
Wallace on biz. . George Carr
Carr busting Service in Lumber
tom. . and Mr.. Wall in Beech
craft Bonanza.
In the way of Miscellany:
When crop-duster George Carr
(who incidentally used to be a
Pennington INSTRUCTOR dropped In