The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18

past lew mOntnS.
Out at Pennington Flying Ser
vice cross-country hops - seven
all told - played the major role
in last weeks activities.
Buddy Sutton took a dual cross
country to Wallace, Burgaw, and
return; 1. B. Plot to Rocky Mount
in his and Alec Trask's Stinsor
"stationwagon''; G. w. Trask with
Skinny" Pennington to NJ
Beach; Hall Waters Pennington
Instructor and DUANE 10. Sen
hans on the 'latter's 300 mile Qua.
cross-country toward a CONNER
cial tag to Richmond, Norfolk
Hopewen, Petersburg, Rocky
Mount, and back in the Cennns
40; Bonnaire Benton. took dua.
&C to Goldsboro, then later If
week took solo &C to Wilson - to.
wards a private license.
Jack Bennett. another Penning.
ton instructor, logged-in two cross.
country flights: on the first taking
Heidi and John. Trask to Beaufort
and Myrtle Beach in the "station.
wagon, and later in the week
flying to Charlotte on charter
trip.
No solo or private tickets were
issued at Pennington during the
week, but at the time of this writ
ing Jack Flowers was planning or
going up for his private check be-
fore the weekend was over.
The new c o m m e r c i class
which Warren Pennington, CO.
owner of Pennington Flying Ser
vice, plans to get underway about
the middle or latter part Of this
week has already enrolled nearly
twenty ex : G. is. This course,
offered to all veterans, under the
C.. I. Bill of Rights, is still open
for registration.
The Wilmington Airpark went on
record last week for the only two
solos to be recorded Oh the local
runways. Fred Willetts, Jr.. flying
under the G. /. Bill, ard Jimmy
Corbett, private student, both
took their solo flights last week
end.
Although n o Private tickets were
awarded at the Airpark during the
week, Bill Robertson, chief pilot
at the Park. listed Harvey Heally
Ollie Strickland, and Lee Lamb as
being ready to take their Private
checks as soon as h e weather
cleared.
QUITE a e w cross countries
were listed at the Park during the
week. Tommy Wrench to Wallace
in the Aeronca Chief to pick ul
a friend; Cecil Butler and Paul
Williams with instructor Bill Rob
ertson on dual &C to Georgetown;
Lee Lamb to Lurnberton in
Chief; Berry Smith on dual &C
to Clinton: Carl Dunn, President
Of Air Progress, Inc. Wilmington
Air-park) on round-robin flight tc
neighboring towns demonstrating
the Stinson "Voyager'.
Bill also took two G. l. students
: Herschcl Gunter and E
Klander = on a cross : country hog
to Norfolk, and Carl flew a
charter trip to Fort Myers, Flori.
da. .
The Airpark signed UP a n e W
student during the past week
Capt. Johnny J 0 h o n, para
trooper attached to the local re
recuiting office. Johnny's enroll.
ment gives the Park almost a
hundred per cent enrolment Of
the Wilmington recruiting staff.
Park officials also notified us
that plans have been completed te
begin a new G. l.. class on the
26th of the month. AS the class
is rapidly filling up, Bill Robert
son requested that anyone interest
ed in signing up get their appli
cations in by the oath.
Down at Peiffer Field Burl
Render, co-operator. Of the fielc
and a licensed flight examiner
qualified two Rocky Point boys y
S. w. Casey and W. G. Serrell
for Private tags Both boys re
ceived flight instruction with the
Burgaw Flying Service.
Burk and company announced
the opening Of their seaplane base
at Wrightsviue Beach. Located il
front of the Ocean Terrace hotel
the base harbors the fields Re
public "Sea-Bee". 'Tdeal for tak
ing a little Sunday flight over thu
beach, surmised .Burk.
No solos OF cross countrie'
were recorded at Peiffer, bu
Burk reported one student read!
to solo "most any time. AS 8
matter Of fact, though, severa
Co.'S were logged-in, bat they
were to the Wilson Air Show, st
they'll come under miscellany.
And here's the miscellany:
Over 5000 spectators and almos
zoo private planes We'd Cor space
at the big Wilson Air Show las
Sunday. One of the largest crowds
in the history Of N. c air show
left very satisfied. after watching
units from the Army and Marine
Air Corps : including a pair O.
the jet-propelled P'80's-go through
their PAGES; a stunting contest; a.
air-race for small, planes; and
crack-up that occurred while Joe
Pittman, of Rocky Mount, was
doing wing-walking act
Although the plane, which fell il
the trees, was pretty much de-