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The things one sees - Bess Richard's cheer
ful smile - vacation aheod. Tom Cowen,
dignified as a parson at Caproni's. Bob
Welfare Cubdriving with his perennial
passenger - having a little trouble get
ting out of the airplane, too. Henry
(Shylock) Wood, nursing a stack of loot,
Vernon Bruneile with a date yeti Spider
Alt izer. Bill Hoge, Jimmy Dunn and Art
Whittaker, BLF area natives all, riding
in style to the inaugural. Satterfield
with another cream puff, complete with
music, stove and a set of threads. Zeke
wi th his new glasses, can't see a darn
thing, but, Boyl are they impresslvel
Sights to See Department - Barney Barnes
In yellow silk pajamas.
Air Coordinating Committee released
their long awaited report In May. Gist
of their recommendations: Consolidate
trunklines into more economical system
Wi th fa irer shares of uneconomical, but
needed, routes; adjust local service routes
toward more economical operation, ter
minate those carriers not demonstrating
"substantial progress" toward self-suffici
ency. Handwriting on the wal I ?
See where Los Angeles Airways has ordered
another Sikorsky S-55 Helicopter. Add to
this Mohawk's and National's experimen
tation with whirlyblrds, and you come up
with the makings of a picture. Sikorsky's
new S-56 Is going to make a lot of people
think hard.
A bill to amend the Civil Aeronautics Act
to require CAB to issue permanent certi
ficates to local service carriers has been
introduced in the House by Rep. Carl
HInshaw (R. Calif.) and in the Senate by
Sen. Pat McCarran (D., Nev.). Wouldn't
a permanent certificate look good hanging
on Mr. Davis' wall?
For lol these many moons we've all en
joyed the wonderful cartoons drawn by
Jack Brandon and Jim Hanson. Jack,
most of you know, is INT's Station Man
ager, while Jim is ORF First Officer.
Turby has a collection of Jack's cartoons,
while I've been collecting Jim's ever
since he was in First Officer training.
Jim has a sketchbook, completed while
on F80 pilot in Korea, which, in my
opinion, is a real work of art. Jack, also,
has a collection which he'll show his
friends on request.
Orchids to everyone who had a hand in
busting quota in May. First few days in
June give us a fine start for this month.
Go - Go - Go!
Piedmont's summer party ought to be a
howling, and we do mean howling success.
Camp Hanes, where the affair will be
held, is so far back in the wilderness that
you'll probably need a guide. We've
been to Camp Hanes before, and that lake
is a dilly! Clear, cold water - just right
for swimming. Let's all go!
Ed Best and his gang moved into the new
Charlotte terminal building June 15. Next
month's Piedmonitor will cover the formal
dedication and include a feature on the
Charlotte crew.
Imagine, if you can, a deep pool lying hid
den in the jungle. Two hippopotami are
submerged to the eyeballs in the dark,
cool water, as they have lain, motionless
except to open their tremendous jaws to
allow an unwary fish to swim in, for lo,
these many moons. For days they lie there
still as death, silent, until one day one
rolls his eyes toward the other and says
pontifically, "Well, it's Friday again I "
In a serious vein, July 4th will be here
before the next issue comes out. The
National Safety Foundation is predicting
over 450 deaths from traffic accidents
over the long weekend. For Pete's sake,
be careful I To use an over-worked phrase,
"Drive as if your life depended on It - It
doesl" Have fun.
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EDITOR: W. N. Hobart
ASSISTANT: Mary Irvin Reavis
-PRIhJTERG: Ruy PTuitt, W.R.'Vernon
CARTOONS: Jim Hanson, Jack Brandon
PHOTOS: Lester Mullis, Harold
Byerly, F. C. Nicholson
THE PIEDMONITOR IS PRINTED BY
AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF
PIEDMONT AVIATION, INC.
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