GOING UP ! !
To us barracks-dwellers, the sight of the concrete, steel and brick edifice rising from
the ground on the northwest side of Liberty Street extension is a glimpse of paradise.
And it is rising! At the moment, the most visible progress has been made in the office
building, but since these pictures were made, the hangar has started to come out of the
ground. We have a bet on that we'll be in the office in December. What's your opin
ion ?
NEWS FROM THE HANGAR
Two boys, both Supervisors, had mechan
icals this month. George Hendrix and
Clyde Saylor are in City Memorial hos
pital . Neither one has sent any teletypes
for parts so guess they will make repairs
soon and be back on schedule. Hope so,
life can be pretty tedious without those
fel lows.
Approval was recenti y granted for a second
engine run on engine accessories which is
a definite compliment to the work being
done during overhaul and after they are
installed. We are also doing our major
inspection at 400 hours instead of 300
hours. This too amounts to a compliment
to the Maintenance and Inspection De
partments and the excellent care they
take of our fleet. All of this amounts to
a considerable saving. Keep up the good
work fellows the whole airline industry
is watching.
Most of our executive customers have been
in this month again for inspections and
repairs. Awful glad to see you fellows
come in and sure do enjoy talking to you.
John Rehder is looking high and low for
turtle food. If anyone knows of a good
turtle diet please contact him at once.
The diet must be suitable for an airborne
long distance turtle. Also,please include
a dictionary for pronunciation purposes
AN APOLOGY
With no excuse to offer. The Piedmoni-
tor places tongue in cheek and proffers
Joe Fix, INT-M, a heart-felt apology.
How it happened, we don't know, but
we completely overlooked the birth of
Joe's son, Andrew Cooper Fix, born on
February 14, 1955. We were informed
of Master Fix's debut, but somehow we
managed to lose the slip.Our apologies,
Joe, we're mighty sorry.
Mrs. Newbride (sobbing)''T-t-tom, I've
baked such a nice cake for you today and
the cat ate it."
Mr. Newbride (gratefully); "Don't fret.
Dear, I'll buy you a new cat tomorrow!"
PAI WINS SAFETY AWARD
Piedmont's excellent industrial accident
record won recognition April 26, when
the North Carolina and U.S. Deparments
of Labor presented an award to the Com
pany in recognition of having no lost time
from work in 1954 due to on-the-job acc
idents. The award was received for the
Company bv H. M. Cartwright, J. A.
Rehder, and D. R. Willard.
A summary of accidents occurring in 1955
to date shows a marked reduction over
last year, proof that our safety program is
paying off. The total accident rate is 40%
under 1954,with hangar accidents,where
the greater part of the safety program is
concentrated, down 53%.In fact,Main
tenance accidents are down now to the
total of all other departments, an envi
able record.
Much of the credit for the reduction in
hangar accidents is due to the stress plac
ed on the use of safety protective equip
ment, and Maintenance is looking forwarc
to the day when we have no further prob
lem with people being hurt.
St. Peter; "Where are you from, son?"
Man; "I'm from Texas, sir."
St. Peter; "Well, come on in son, but
you ain't gonna like it here."
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