THE PIBDmOniTOfI
VOLUME IV, NO. 2
APACE WITH THE PACEMAKERS
FEBRUARY, 1961
Piedmont Gets Knoxville-Norfolk Rt.
A. F. Long
A. F. Long Named
Chief Accountant
A. F. Long has been named
Chief Accountant for Piedmont
Aviation, Inc.
Long, formerly Supervisor of
General Accounting, has been
w^ith the company since March,
1951. His duties include super
vision of general books of ac
count, payroll and reports on
statistical and financial data for
the Civil Aeronautics Board.
The post of Chief Accountant,
which has been open for some
time, was formerly held by T. W.
Morton who is now Assistant
Controller.
A native of Winston-Salem,
Long attended Gray High School
in that city.
He joined Piedmont as a
Junior Accountant shortly after
graduation from Florida Sou
thern College, Lakeland, Fla.,
and subsequently served as Sen
ior Accountant and Supervisor
of General Accounting.
Long, a member of the Na
tional Office Management As
sociation, is married to the form
er Margaret Hedrick. They have
two daughters, Sharon and San
dra. The Longs live at 214 Hines
Dr., Winston-Salem.
Decorating Begins
Piedmont’s redecorating pro
gram is underway with one F-27
featuring the new look already
in service.
The predominate colors for the
interior are gold and blue. Aisle
seats are upholstered in gold and
blue check, while those by the
windows are done in a light and
dark blue check fabric. Leather
portions of the seats and arm
rests are trimmed in sable black.
Helicopter Service
Application Made
Piedmont Airlines has re
quested authority to provide heli
copter service between two
Washington, D. C. airports, an
airport at Baltimore, and the
downtown areas of both cities.
An application has been filed
by Piedmont with the Civil
Aeronautics Board to provide
service between the new Dulles
International Airport, the Wash-
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Credit Union Meets,
Discusses Past Year
New officers and committee
men were elected and activities
during 1960 discussed at the an
nual meeting of the Piedmont
Aviation Credit Union January
24.
The Supervisory Committee
composed of T. W. Morton,
C. W. Gough, and W. A. Black
mon, detailed the group’s activi
ties for the past year.
Directors Elected
Those elected for a two-year
term on the Board of Directors
were Leroy Burton, R. A. Grif
fith, B. G. Darden, and George
Price.
Members already serving on
the Board with terms expiring in
1962 are R. L. Macklin, T. L.
Martin and John Westmoreland.
Credit Committee
Elected to a two-year term on
the Credit Committee were Carl
Mullins and Homer Carter, with
Jackie Abee and Bill Mabe as
alternates. Presently on the Com
mittee is R. H. Reed, whose term
expires in 1962.
Officers Elected
The Board of Directors met
shortly after the general Credit
Union Meeting and elected Bob
Darden as President, T. L. Mar
tin as Vice President, and George
Price as Secretary-Treasurer.
A rate of interest to be paid
shareholders was also determ
ined and will be announced later.
Halaby Appointed
New FAA Head
Najeeb E. Halaby, Los Angeles
attorney, has been appointed
FAA Administrator to replace
E, R. “Pete” Quesada.
In making the announcement
of the appointment. President
Kennedy, before he was sworn
into office, stated:
“During the next few years
one of the most challenging jobs
in the federal service will be to
minimize the perils of the air
space and to go forward in de
veloping the great prospects for
aviation.
“We have looked for the best
qualified and professionally com
petent man. We have found him
in Najeeb Halaby of Santa Moni
ca. He reports directly to me and
will be my principal aviation ad
visor and administrator of the
Federal Aviation Agency.”
Halaby is Secretary-Treasurer
of Aerospace Corp., principal
technical advisor to the Air
Force ballistics missiles and
space program.
A native of Dallas, Texas, he
received an A.B. degree from
Stanford in 1937 and an LL.B de
gree from Yale University in
1940. He is a member of the Cali
fornia, District of Columbia, and
Supreme Court Bars.
A private pilot since 1933,
Halaby was a test pilot for Lock
heed Aircraft from 1941 to 1943
and a U. S. Navy test pilot from
1943 to 1946. As a Navy Lieu
tenant in 1945, he flew the first
transcontinental jet flight.
From 1948 to 1954 he was dep
uty assistant Secretary of De-
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illustrate area of AM-51, Piedmont's new route. Two principal
points to be added are Elizabeth City and Rocky Mount,
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Airlift Charter
Aids Dimes Drive
A special Piedmont charter
played an important role recent
ly in W i n s t o n-Salem’s New
March of Dimes.
The charter, a DC-3 airlift,
was the first fund-raising stunt
of its kind. Under the direction
of Julian Morton, Assistant Cam
paign Director for the March, a
number of Piedmont personnel
pitched in to sell tickets and
service the flight.
The airlift featured air tours
of Winston-Salem, Greensboro,
and High Point, with all pro
ceeds going to the New March
of Dimes.
Those participating in “Opera
tion March of Dimes” included:
Jack Brandon, Ray and Kathleen
Bullard, Norris Smith, Gary
Lewis, Robert Highsmith, Hal
Moser, Joe Manse, Steve Maul
din, Stan Brunt, George Stack,
and Bob Welfare.
In the DC-3 flight crew were:
Captains Ward Dabb and Gene
Gibbs; First Officers Bill Cash
and John Cansler; and Flight At
tendants Larry Stack and Jimmy
Smith.
Sports Group Set
A hew Recreation Committee
has been appointed to allocate
company funds for employee
teams during the coming year.
The committee, composed of
R. E, Turbiville, S. K, Carter,
C. W. Gough, R. A. Griffin,
W. O. Tadlock, and J. E. Bradley,
will consider requests from em
ployee teams over the entire sys
tem.
All requests for the next 12
months must be in by April 1,
at which time the committee
will meet to determine the an
nual budget for such activities.
Requirements for submission
of requests are:
1. All members of the team
shall be employees of Piedmont
Aviation, Inc. List the team
members and their locations in
the request.
2. All requests must be re
ceived by the committee secre
tary (J. E. Bradley, INT-E) no
later than April 1, the final sub
mission date for the coming
year.
3. List all anticipated expen
ses for entry fees, dues, partici
pation charges or equipment
costs.
hAohler Tapped As Top NE Agent
Ray Mohler, whose fellow-
workers at Newport News have
given him “a
very high rat
ing on all the
qualities neces
sary to be
an outstanding
A g e n t,” has
been named as
“Agent of the
Month” for the
Northeast Divi
sion.
Ray hails from Sioux City,
Iowa. After attending grammar
school there he moved to Seattle
and graduated from Lake Wash
ington High School.
When his two-year hitch in the
Mohler
Army was over, he subsequently
worked for the Boeing Aircraft
Co., Seattle, and the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Co. in PHF.
He joined Piedmont in 1957 at
the Charlottesville station and
two years later was transferred
to his present post at Newport
News.
Ray, who lives with his pa
rents in Smithfield, lists as his
hobbies 35mm photography and
“some traveling during the sum
mer.”
An estimated 65 per cent of
the total world’s air traffic is
carried by the U. S.-Flag car
riers.
The Civil Aeronautics Board
has granted Piedmont Airlines
the Knoxville-Norfolk Route
AM-51,- setting as the cffecti"«*o
date March 24, 1961.
Piedmont received a perma
nent certificate for the service,
which includes stops at Norfolk,
Elizabeth City, Rocky Mount,
Raleigh-D u r h a m, Greensboro-
High Point, Winston-Salem,
Charlotte, Hickory, Asheville,
and Knoxville, with Southern
Pines for seasonal winter serv
ice.
Points Under Policy
Each point along the route is
required by the CAB to be served
with two round trips per day
under the Board’s “use it or lose
it” policy. Since all the cities on
AM-51 except Elizabeth City and
Rocky Mount now receive the
two daily round trips, the net
requirement is that Rocky Mount
and Elizabeth City also be served
in this manner.
The case had been pending
since March, 1959, when Capital
Airlines filed an application with
the CAB to request that their
service along the route be sus
pended, and at the same time
asked that Piedmont be given
authority to serve the run.
CAB Denial
At that time, however, the
CAB denied the applications of
Capital and Piedmont and ruled
that the Norfolk-Knoxville route
must be considered within the
larger Piedmont Area Local
Service Case which involves a
network of routes throughout
the southeast.
Expedited Treatment
Later, however, the Knoxville-
Norfolk route was accorded ex
pedited treatment and Piedmont
was recommended for the serv
ice by CAB Examiner James
Keith. In his decision, Keith
stated that “It is clear that the
route lends itself more favorably
to operation by a local service
carrier.”
The Board supported Keith’s
decision by granting Piedmont
authority to serve AM-51.
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