CHARLESTON (confd.)
This building can compare In size to the
Washington National Airport. The ticket
agent doesn't even have to cal I reservat ions
to see if a fl ight is open. An electric board
at the counter reveals if a flight between
two cities is open by flashing a light be
tween the two. We visited the reservations
and space control offices. Reservations
and the downstairs off ice are in communi
cation by pneumatic tube system,and messages
tospace control are placed on accnveyorbelt
from the reservations. The Sabena building
itself consists of executive offices and
reservations, ticket offices, restaurants,
beauty parlor,snack bars, cocktail lounges
and the Lady Sabena Club room. We went
down on a large escalator to a train plat
form. Sabena runs fKeir own train right out
to the airport from this building. And of
course we had a thrill Ing ride in their heli
copter - the copter's maximumspeed is 112
mph and cruising speed 90 mph. Their
heliport is the city airport and we were
transported to the Brussels Airport.
We were sad to leave,to be sure it was an
experience we'll never forget. Sabena
took wonderful care of us. Cm sure we
made friends for Piedmont too. The Euro
peans are a grand bunch.
Thank you for being so kind to let me just
hit the high spots of an adventure - adream
come true for me.
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At last we have our “H" Marker installed,
engineers from the CAA were here last
week to locate a site for a VOR and it
seems sure a new terminal will be started
this summer, so thin^ look good around
this part of the Carol inas .
Had a wonderful time at the party,fouled
up returning IFR, missed a turn outside
INT and drove about an hour before de
cided missed somewhere so had to go al
most back to INT to get I ined up with HKY
again. Bill had Ted Arnold and wife and
Jimmie Minnix and wife stop over for Satur
day night as they were on their way back
toLOZandBLF.
NEWPORT NEWS - '
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Well, it's almost that time agai|i so lets
get all the rods and reels clean and stand
by. In about 30 days the water will be
just right. The shad probably will be
running in about that time. Speaking of
running, I can hardly walk. This comes
as a result of breaking in a new sport
called'l^iding The Bow", but don't try
it when the water is cold because, well-
Bob Lipscomb and myself know that the
water just now is too cold for swimming.
What is it - w didn't ride the bow very
good. The point of this sport is to get a
nice day when the water is sort of rough,
take any outboard and attach it to a 16'
flat bottom. Then go out in the water a-
gainst the waves. One man pilot and the
character that wants to ride the bow goes
to the extreme front and without holding
on try to stay on the front end. You
might do it if you have heavy feet. This
is a good sport, however, wait until the
water is warm. |t beats water skiing -
almost. Hope to see some of you people
down this way in the summer.
Lot of good vacationing down here for
everybody.
SOUTHERN PINES
Strangely enough, we had two visitors
from the Cojnpany to drop in to see us.
They being Ken Ross, who was passing
through on Flight 3 and Ed Best, CLT
Station Manager. How they found the
outpost still amazes us, but we were glad
to see them, and welcome any and all
itinerant travelers.
Had a couple of charter trips out of SOP
in February. The Ameritron Textile Co.
of Aberdeen and Sanford opened a new
plant at Barnwell, S. C. and several
Amerotron officials from various plants
met in SOP, and went over to Barnwell.
41V was the ship and it was just out of
the hangar and sure did look good. The
other Charter was a group of golfers from
CVG, and talk about baggage, boy,they
had it.
Really enjoyed some fine sport at the River
Forest Manor at Belhaven, N. C. in Jan.
Axson Smith, owner, sponsors a package
deal on hunting, fishing etc. He is a
genial host,and ardent PAI supporter. No
reflection on his location, but we failed
to score on two different occasions -what
you might call a wild goose chase.
Dean has purchased a Pilot Log Book and
in the near future, after 15 of March, he
may make use of it, if Sammy sees fit to
do so.
See you al I next issue,
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