the Carol ina Aero Club Tour, which orig
inated in Savannah, Georgia and toured
Florida, including several days at Key
West. This was quite a tour, as there were
over 80 airplanes which turned out for it.
All the members are looking forward to the
next tour, to be held in Canada, later on
this year.
Sorry to say there has been a lot of sick
ness around Fixed Base, but we want to
wish a very speedy recovery to Jane Fos
ter, who is in City Hospital for an opera
tion; Foy Grubb who has been ill; Fred
Wyckoff, in VA Hospital, Durham, mighty
sick with pleurisy; and Mrs. Red Willard,
who just got out of the hospital . Mrs. Jane
Foster's 12 year old daughter is recover
ing from an attack of polio, which lucki
ly proved to be not too serious.
R. D. Davis is quitting Piedmont to head
for the Air Force. We surely will miss him
around Fixed Base. Hurry back and see us,
Bob.
Eddie Culler and his men have been keep
ing busy .Had Pocahontas Fuel's Twin Beech
in for a 100 hour, Gregory Pool's Lock
heed 12 in for a double engine change and
installation of hydramatic props, as well
as other smaller jobs.
WELFARE WINS ACCOLADE
Winston-Salem's Division Chief Purser,
Rapid Robert Welfare, recently got ver
bal bouquets from a 3rd grade class which
he took on a tour of the field. Ty pica I of
the posies he received was the letter be
low.
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we think he's kinda cute, too.
makes taxiing a cinch, and take-offs are
short and safe.
For the corporation, Beechcraft offers two
exceptionally fine aircraft, the TwinBon-
anza and the Super-Twin Beech.The Twin-
Bonanza is aimed at the corporation which
requires a smaller airplane, up to six-pas
senger. With cruising speed around 200,
and excellent single engine performance,
outstanding short field performance, the
Twin-Bonanza is the answer to a business
man's prayer. Talk about beauty! Twin-
Bonanza owners can be mighty proud of
their airplane, for a more handsome ship
doesn't exist.
Beechcraft made history during WW2 with
the C-45, AT-11 and At-7. After the war,
businessmen were quick to recognize the
possibilities of these fine airplanes, and
they were converted by the score to cor
poration aircraft to provide an airplane
for this market. Beechcraft came out with
the D18S, which is to this day by far the
most widely used larger executive aircraft
in the world. However, the D18 was not
as comfortable as might be, and Beech
craft has recently developed the E18Sup-
er-Twin Beech which is the ultimate in
corporation aircraft. Faster (215 MPH
cruise), and with a great deal more com
fort,the Super-Twin has a tremendous sales
potential.
Piedmont's Beechcraft territory covers most
of North Carolina except Charlotte and
Asheville, most of Virginia except around
the Washington area, plus the Tri-Cities
area, the Huntington and Charleston area,
and Southeastern West Virginia. With more
and more industry moving into the New
South, the market for all aircraft handled
by Piedmont seems limitless.
We have already taken delivery on our
new Bonanza and Twin-Bonanza demon
strators, and if you haven't already seen
these beauties you owe it to yourself to
smoke them over.
FIXED BASE NEWS
Mr .and Mrs. North ington spent a few days
down in Daytona Beach, Florida, and al-
tho the weather was not the best, Mr. N.
came back with quite a nice tan,
Mr. Northington and Joe Culler attended
Also, Eddie delivered our old faithful Sea-
bee to Detroit, where it was sold. It was
almost becoming a permaent fixture until
it was taken out and had its face lifted a
few weeks ago. Editor's Note; A loud
and fervent "Huzzanga".
Another ole landmark around Fixed Base
was the original office of the Camel City
Flying Service. The Airport Commission
came over the other week and tore it down,
which adds much to the view back this way.
We all want to welcome Lib Tatum to Fix
ed Base, Operations office. Lib is no new
comer to Piedmont, having done a beau
tiful job on Switchboard for many years,
so we feel very fortunate to have such a
charming person working out here with us.
Betty: "Does this bus stop at Virginia
Beach ?"
Driver: "Lady, if it don't there's gonna
be one heck of a splash!"
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APRIL TRAFFIC - -RECORD !
Piedmont's April traffic set new records
all around, largest April in history, bigg
est 30 day month in history. 31537 peo
ple travelled the Route of the Pacemakers
in April for a load factor of 52.85%. Last
year's April passenger load was 26130,
20% under this year, while April, 1954,
load factor was 48.67%.
Blockbuster trip for the month was flight
27, with an average load factor of 82.
22%. We've still got some trips averag
ing between 30 - 40%. Let's pull those
up-up-up. Let's make every trip look I ike
27.
CHANGE IN OFFICE HOURS
Effective May 30, piedmont General Of
fices work day will begin at 8;00 AM and
will end at 5:00 PM. Let'ssee ifwe can't
make the changeover with a minimum of
confusion. Let's all get here on schedule
on May 30.