TEN YEAR CLUB
Each of these men proudly wears a Piedmont Pin with a sapphire setting—symbolic of
ten years service. Left to right they are; Rear Row - R. N. Whisenhunt, E.L.Headen,
L.C. Rowe, F.C. Nicholson, H.K. Saunders, M.F. Fare, L^J.Lambert,C.W. Gough,
D.R. Willard, T.H. Davis. Middle Row; W.W. Barber, N. H. Young, J, T. Fix,
E-G. Warner, J.F. Rowe, Front Row; H.J. Brendle, H.M. Cartwright, C.E.Culler,
A. Chandler, Sr. Not in Picture - Marvin Baugess, Othel Wagoner.
NEWS FROM THE HANGAR flown by Herb Drew and Curley Kandzer.
There should be a christening within an
other 10 days of N55V,Buckeye Pacemak
er. Considerable progress is being madeon
the conversion of this ship to PAI standards.
The Accessory Shop now has its full com
plement back at work. Sickness hit them
hard. Tom Miller, M.W. Graham, C.E.
Wilson, C. K. Lane have all been laid
up but are now back at work and we sure
are glad.
Quite a few of our regular customers who
fly executive aircraft have been in for in
spections and repairs. Corps of Engineers
flown by Floyd Graham and Steve Dunne-
gan; Sears, Roebuck and Company flown
by Bill Dameron and Mr. Hicks; Eastman
Kodak Company flown by Mr.Clemow and
Mr. Schultz. Bill Stevens in charge of
maintenance for Eastman accompanied
them. R, J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
The Fire Marshalls of Piedmont Airlines
held a meeting March 2 at 3:00 P.M.
Chief Fire Marshall is H.K. Scott of the
Sheet Metal Department. Assistant Chief
is Kenneth Shelton of Accessory Overhaul
Fire Marshalls are Robert Rothrock, A-M-
Lundy, Bill Powles, Mark Adams, J. B.
Robertson, Ralph Williams, J. H. Pitts,
Joe Miller and L. J. Fowler. These fel
lows are doing a fine job of fire preven
tion in our Maintenance Shops. Pire drills
have been held which proved the effici
ency that has been achieved in each dep
artment. Here's hoping they are all drills
and never the real McCoy.
INTM was recently presented with a ban
ner by Maryland Casualty Company as a
result of not having had a lost time acci
dent in 5 months ending December 31 .Be
careful people! When an accident occurs
YOU and your COMPANY both lose.
A record engine change was completed
March 4. N43V arrived at the hangar off
Flight 12 for an engine change at 2;53 P, M,
and was ready for schedule at 5;21 P.M.
This is an elapsed time of 2 hours and 38
minutes. The change was started by Grif
fins crew and completed by Johnsons crew»
This is a record that is going to be hard to
beat and is certainly a credit to the high
degree of efficiency and cooperation that
has been achieved by the Maintenance and
Inspection Departments.
Since this was written the record was bro
ken again with a 2 hour engine change.
Keep it up fellows and we can change them
on a through flight without a delay.
Bill Johnson's crew held a chicken stew to
end all chickens, Friday, April 8. Chick
en stew, cold drinks 11—and—cards were
the order of the day or night, and a won
derful time was had by all. Incidentally,
if anyone Is looking for some good cooks
I am sure they could do no better than
check with this bunch of fellows. They're
tops.
MECHANIC SERIOUSLY INJURED
BEANED BY GOLF BALL
H. W. Kreeger, INT-M, was the victim
of one of those freak accidents recently
when he was struck behind the ear by a
golf ball at the Reynolds Park course.The
drive, which carried some 260 yards on
the fly before striking Kreeger, fractured
his skull, and he was rushed to the hospi
tal for emergency treatment, jf our re
ports are correct, all the rules of golf
etiquette had been observed,and Kreeger
was simply unlucky enough to be in the
way. Our best wishes for his speedy re
covery.
ENGINES HIT 1000 HOURS
Piedmont's Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
engines have been officially approved by
CAA for 1100 hour operation between
overhauls, a 10% increase. This Increase
wll! mean a considerable saving in opera
ting costs, and Red Willard and his engine
overhaul crew deserve a greot deal of cre
dit for this accomplishment.
Your roving reporter,
Billa Davis
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