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2,000 were women! Liberace's answer
to the many jokes about him: "Yes, I
laugh myself all the way to the Bank".
Bye for this month - Sure hope you're
wearing your Red Feathers!
Ruth
LONDON-CORBIN - Well, longtime
no write a column regarding LOZ. Will
try to catch up on a little news - what
1 ittle there isi
We guess all of you know that Hecht-
Lancaster Productions has made a movie
around LOZ with Burt Lancaster as the
star. Their office was in the other half
of the duplex v/here Yours Truly lives.
Couldn't get Ted to grow a beard so that
he could be in the movie.
Talking about movie making, we hear
that Warner Bros, is going to make a
movie around here in the near future.
Gary Cooper is supposed to be the star.
Consider above just a rumor until advised
differently.
On the 4th of October^ Vice President
Nixon came into the London Airport on
a chartered United Convair. Mr. Nixon
held a news conference in our office on-
his arrival. He gave a short talk before
leaving that afternoon. There were an
estimated 1500 to 2000 people to hear
him make a speech. The crew on the
United Convair were very friendly, es
pecial ly the stewardesses,
Ted has gone this weekend to his old
stomping grounds (TRI). He doesn't want
to forget how Johnson City looks.
I want to say hello to all the crew at FAY.
The Simpsons will be coming down in
the near future, better be prepared.
to Larry Cook of FAY on his recent
marriage. Didn't believe you could do
it, Larry,
Well, the CRB radio has moved from Cor
bin to the airport here. They are taking
the weather here now. Ted and I do not
have as much work to do now. We also
have runway lights, but they haven't
been inspected, yet.
You all come now and then,
C. E. Simpson
IN OUR TRAVELS
As a follow-up on Turby's column of last
month, the 1000 party at AVL went off
without a hitch . Everyone seemed to
enjoy themselves, including “Skip” Fields,
the charming wife of our AVL Manager.
The reason for giving her honorable men
tion is due to the fact that she was await
ing the arrival of the stork. Apparently
the party hastened our feathered friend
to expedite proceedings, as a bouncing
boy was born only four hours after the
termination of festivities. Congratula
tions to the proud parents.
All of the personnel in AVL are to be com
mended for the outstanding job they have
done in putting them over the top.
The big blow of the season. Hurricane
Hazel, disrupted many of our coastal
stations. Everyone did a credible job in
keeping the flights operating and passen
gers moving, especially in the face of
the lack of telephone and teletype facili
ties. No damage was done in the INT
area by the storm, however, we had a de
luge of water - 6-1/2 inches! Apparently
the mountain area didn't receive too much
as Pa Turbiville's Lake Luxury still hasn't
fil led up.
Ted took a trip to BLF to see G. Wagner,
Sorny you were sick, G. I. Hope you
can come to see us soon.
We would like to take this op>portunity of
welcoming back John Belk, CLT, and
extending a cordial welcome to Miss
Thelma lllsley, a newcomer to CVG-C.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Ken Ross
INTRODUCING . . .
W. s. O'NEAL
Flight Instructor
Bill O'Neal, Fixed Base Flight Instructor,
has been around a long, long time. Born
in High Point, N. C., in 1913, Bill
attended grade and high school there, and
graduated from Oak Ridge Mil itary Acadeny,
a junior college. But before he graduated,
the aviation bug had got him, and Bill was
lost to a mi I itary career.
In 1931, Bill learned to fly, kicking
around in Great Lakes and OX-5 Waco
aircraft, and by graduation in 1933, was
ready to fly professionally. So, he flew
by day, played clarinet in a dance band
by night. In 1936, Bill became an instruc
tor, and in 1938, began instructing on
CPT, at such schools as Lincoln, Nebraska,
Hickory, Charlotte, and Gastonia, He
became an Army Air Corps utility pilot in
1940, instructing Army primary, towing
targets, gliders, and generally being useful.
In 1945, he joined Truman Miller in Raleigh
as Chief Pilot, joined the Jones Sausage
Company as a combination route supervisor
and pilot in 1951, took an instructor's
refresher course at Craig AFB in 1952,
instructed at Kinston, flew for the Steed
Motion Picture Company until April, 1954,
when he joined Piedmont.
In 1946, Bill stopped logging his time, and
at that time he had 7500 hours. He esti
mates his current total at 11,000 hours,
(Cont. next page)
We still haven't had a visit from Mr. Lee
Golson. Come down to see us soon,
Mr. Golson, how about it?
We wonder if Frank Beasley of FAY has
been told “the story". Congratulations
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