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JULY, 1959 THE PIEDMONITOR PAGE THRBE A glorious past is blending into a promising future in Norfolk. And the present is noteworthy, too. One expla nation is that within approx imately 600 miles of this bustling city lies more than half the population of the •country. Blessed by this ad vantage of geography “this grand old lady with young ideas’' understandably is clicking her heels and, be ing a neighbor to so many, properly should be introduc ed. So let's have a look. Norfolk is cuddled be tween Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads and the historic Eli zabeth River. The Chesapeake Indians whose principal village Skicoak once stood on the site of present day Norfolk, recognized that Mother Nature hereabouts was persistently generous. Now as then, green is a perennial •color in Norfolk and so rich is her soil that every icason is a growing season. Vestiges of important chapters in Ame rican History annually attract visitors Nor- folk-ward in droves and varied recreati onal activity means that rugged individu als and pink tea slippers alike will find en joyment. Beautiful beaches and well-equip ped amusement parks, consistently good fishing and hunting are some of the excep tional opportunities offered for summertime fun. Williamsburg, where Colonial America has come to life, is in the vicinity. So are Cape Henry, site of the landing of Ameri ca’s first permanent English settlers, and of t^ie first Federally constructed lighthouse: Jamestown, where these venturesome set tlers founded their first town; Yorktown, scene of the surrender of Cornwallis to Washington; and Virginia Beach, famous re sort. Sammy Parsons A Pace Maker In Soap Box Derby ish line to make Sammy champion in the finals. Sam my won a $50.00 savings bond End a wrist watch, and next year he will be trying for the Winner’s trophy. A week before the race Sammy joined the other con testants in a free ride on Pied mont. The boys were all glad to have Miss North Caro lina to visit with them at the airport, but strangely enough, they seemed more in terested in their free ice cream. But perhaps their minds were really more oc cupied with the more ini- portsnt business of serious racing. Twelve - year-old Sammy Parsons, son of E. E. Par sons who is an inspector in airline maintenance, came within a few inches of win- nin3 the Winston-Salem Soap Box Derby. Piedmont sponsored Sammy in the race and interest ran high when the little racer barely nosed out Carl Sat terfield in one of the clos est qualifying races. This made Sammy Class B Cham pion and eligible for the fin als. The race was so close that Sammy thought he had been beaten and drove his car off the track instead of pro ceeding down the track in to the winner’s position. After this close victory, Sammy nervously said, “I thought he had me beat. I never thought I’d get this far.” But the spunky 86-pounder went even further as his low slung racer, painted like a Piedmont plane, barely missed nosing over the fin- 4 Pilots Report Radar Big During Summer Storm Season Not to be excluded is historic Kitty Hawk, birthplace of aviation lohere the Wright bro thers successfully launched their “flying michine”. Since this early beginning, avia tion has gone a long way in Norfolk. This summer Piedmont is planning to move into its new quarters in the Norfolk Municipal Airport Terminal Building. The airport is in the latter stages of a 1,300,000 expansi on program with enlarged automobile park ing lots, two airplane parking ramps, and a new access road. The airport is in an unusual location be-ing adjacent to the Norfolk Municipal Gardens which attract thousands upon thous ands of visitors each spring. The airport serves the Norfolk - Portsmouth - Virginia Beach area in which approximately 600,000 people live. The citizens of Norfolk, a city so steeped in the charm of a glorious past, by no means lets the past outshine the present. Evidence of this is their airport which is one of the most beautiful, modern and efficient airport buildings in the entire country. Yes, for the excitement of the past or the present, for pleasure or for profit, Nor folk is well worth the knowing. The radar equipment on our F 27s has really proven to be worth its salt this summer. Summer storms are one of the worst weather hazzards to flying and the radar, by being able to select safe corridors through storms, has enabled us to fly on schedule during storjTis, thus saving both time and money. It has also made flights much more comfort able for passengers and, most importantly, has greatly in creased the safety factor in fiying through storms. Captain S. P. Guilley is very enthusiastic in his praise of radar. During an interview he remarked, T had just about rather lose one engine than radar when there are bad storms around.” He pointed out that on a flight last week, he approached a storm bank. Just looking at the clouds (as he would have done without Radar), one section looked particularly black. But the radar showed this to be a “soft” spot between two storm cells. Plunging in Captain Guilley discovered that the radar was right and that in the darkest part he only en countered light turbulence and rain. Captain Lee Cottrell reports a similiar experience on a flight between Huntington and Cincinnati. He approached a line of squalls “so wicked looking I wouldn’t have buck ed it without knowing where the cells were. With the radar we went right through with only light turbulence while on our sides we had heavy turbulence and hail.” Capt. Cottrell said that in this case he would have defi nitely have returned to HTS and waited for the squalls to pass (he estimated the delay would have been about three hours). Capt, Cottrell further point- See RADAR — Page 4 Holton and Craig Check-Out IVIike Holton and Jim my Craig checked out as F- 27 pilots at the end of June. Holton and Craig bring the total of F-27 pilots up to 36. Pilots qualify for the addi tional training through seni ority and base location. Both men have been with the company for eleven years, both being hired as co-pilots in 1948. Both Holton and Craig became captains in 1951, and continue their simultan eous accomplishments in be coming F-27 pilots. To qualify as an F-27 pilot is a rather difficult task and the training required of the 36 men has included; one week course on engine and propeller, one week course on the airplane itself, two hours of transition flying to qua lify as co-pilots, riding jump seat for one week, one week as co-pilot, approximately 10 hours of flying emergency procedures, instrument land ings, single eng'ne take-off, etc., an oral exam by FAA, and finally a flight test by the FAA to demonstrate pro ficiency in all procedures. July Birthdays Jackie R. Abee - INT; Robert F. Alley - INT; Robert Almon - ILM: - Irwin Apple - INT; William P. Austin - ILM: Herman James Barco - ORF; David F. Barnhill - ILM: Beverley Berkeley. Jr. - ILM: George Elmer Bodenheimer - INT: Mary L. Eyrum - ORF. Jackson Lee Campbell - ILM; Bert A. Carlos. Jr. - CMH: Phillip Eu gene Carter - INT; Nancy Ann M. Churches - CMH: Richard Ce^-ol Clements - ORF: Jack Cluck - TYS: J'hn Waltf-’- Combs - INT: Reid ::ook - INT: Homer Cnx - GSO: Raymond S. Craft - INT; Charles P.. Cross - ORF: Henley French Day, J". - INT; Robert H. DeKay - Hagerstown; Lonnie P. Dennis ILM. Jack Curtis Doyle - TYS; Donald P. Eckel - DCA: Joseph Gordon Pickling - ORF; Eugene W. Foster - INT; William A. Foster - INT: Bar bara Ann Glenn - CVG: Roscoe L. Goforth - ORF; E. H. Grimmett - ROA: William F. Hanson - CHW: Shirley H. Hartman - INT; Marvin B. Hembel - INT. Clarence Eugene riester - INT: Theresa Hester - INT: Harvey S Huls - INT: Richard T. Hunter - INT; Ransom G. Ingram - INT: Curtis Lee Ivey - DCA: Laurence H. Jackson - INT; Ben Johnson - INT: Jesse C. Kelley - DCA: Oilie V. Key - INT: Robert H. Knight - INT: William C. Buhlman - INT: Byron W. Linville - TNT: Wesley A. Livengoo'l. Jr.: David B. Mc Gregor - RIC: Nancy Mabe - INT. Turner Lee Martin, Jr. - INT: Liston Dale Mayhew - ORF: Dw’ight Brown Miller - AVL: James H Miller - INT: LaMar George Miller - INT: Norman Miller - TYS; Juanita J. Mutter - ORF; R. A. Myers - INT: Frank C. Nicholson. INT; Ray Allen Norris - CMH: Harry G. O’Connor - ORF: Gerald W. Over street - ORF: Willard M. Pendle ton - LEX; Frederick T. Poindex ter - INT: Joseph E. Roberston - ELF: Thomas Edwin Robinson - INT. Albert E. Rozitus - ORF: James BATTLE - From Page 1 penalty on the traveling pub lie Although disappointed in the House refusal to concur completely in this action, we are encouraged at their par tial recognition of the prob lem. We sincerely hope tliat the balance of the tax will be removed next year. Wi par ticularly appreciate the tre mendous effort.' of airiina personnel in getting the acces sary local support for this Congressional action. I urga their continued work, for fun repeal cannot bOvachieveA unless pec;;le everywhere make their wishes known to members of Congress.” B Rutledge, Jr. - ILM: Ray Dennis Satterfield-INT: Facundo L. Sfreddo- INT: E. W. Shaw - RTC: J. A. Sh”’lev - CLT: A. E. Smith - ILM: C. L. Smith - SDF: Kenneth Snow - INT; Robert Stevens Stepp - ROA: Bobby E. Swaim - INT: Char les B. Swaim - INT: Be-nie H. Taylor - INT: Farl J. Tompkins - SDF: Samuel W. Vance - TYS; Homer M. Vaughn - INT. Fonala Wayne Vogler - INT; Paul Maris Waddell - INT: Betty Lou Walschburger - INT: John D. West moreland - INT; Raymond W West moreland - INT: Ransom N. Whlsen- hunt - INT: Delma Ralph Willard - INT: Everette T. Wilson - DAN; John Wilson - INT; Eugene Albert Wobser - Alexandria. Va.; Charles Henry Wood - INT; Fred Orlando Wvckoff - ORF: John Wilson Yates- INT
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