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PAGE SIX THE PIEDMONITOR DECEMBER, 1964 PRESIDENT JOHNSON . . . (Continued from Page One) eluding the Allies as well as friends of the Allies, met to dis cuss the future of peacetime aviation. Before the war, inter national air travel had been cumbersome and impractical because of the limitations var ious nations placed on airspace. Special permission was required just to fly over a country and still more complicated negotia tions were necessary before an airline could do business in a foreign land. The United States had the right to put down two planes per week in Britain, con ditioned on our willingness to accept a similar number of Brit ish planes here. We had like rights in France and a right of transit away from France. Although the United States had limited and generally tem porary landing rights with some 60 countries, restrictions were such that we could do little more than touch the shores of the Old World. Other countries were in an even worse situation. Dis crimination was leading to the creation of invisible walls around the world. When the conference met on November 1, 1944, the air of ev ery country was closed to every STATIONS REPORT U. F. CAMPAIGN RESULTS Piedmont Aviation, Inc., suc cessfully supported United Fund, United Appeal, and Community Chest efforts throughout the system. Of those stations that re turned their results, seven indi cated 100% participation: Bal timore, Lynchburg, London-Cor- bin, Norfolk, Louisville, and Bluefield. Roanoke agents came close v/ith 98% participation. Average Station Contribution Total ATL $ 7.15 $ 600.00 CRW 7.20 108.00 INT 10.16 7851.06 ORF 8.80 887.00 ROA 7,15 1000.00 SDF 7.30 161.00 Special kudos go to Lynch burg and London-Corbin for not only 100% participation, but also for average contributions in excess of $9.75 per em ployee. Lynchburg gave $285.00, or an average of $15 per employee. The three Lon don-Corbin agents contributed a total of $30. other country. Every plane which passed its own national border was assumed to be an enemy one. Roosevelt Sent Message Thus the convening nations came together to provide an at mosphere of freedom through out the world for peacetime avi ation. A message from Presi dent Roosevelt read to the dele gates at the opening session by the Convention’s president, Adolph A. Berle, Jr., Asst. Sec’y of State, iterates the purpose of the meeting: “You are fortunate in having before you one of the great les sons of history. Some centuries ago, an attempt was made to build great empires based on domination of great sea areas. The lords of the sea areas tried to close those seas to some to offer access to others, and there by to enrich themselves and ex tend their power. This led di rectly to a number of wars both in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. We do not need to make that mistake again. I hope you will not dally with the thought of creating great blocs of closed air, thereby tracing in the sky the conditions of future wars. I know you will see to it that the air which God gave to everyone shall not become the means of domination over any one.” Disagreement Ensued And so the convention began a month and a half of debating and planning, aimed at reaching agreements to facilitate interna tional air travel. It was imme diately recognized that methods heretofore used in regulating air travel on an international level were obsolete. All agreed that an international authority was needed. However, there was dis agreement as to the areas over which such an authority should have jurisdiction. Great Britain wanted an inter national control over both tech nical and economic affairs — in effect, an international CAB. The United States took the position that the powers of an interna tional civil aviation council should be limited to the techni cal field with only consultative functions in the economic area. The Canadian Plan, which was an attempt at a compromise, al most succeeded, but reached a deadlock over the issue of free dom to pick up and discharge traffic at intermediate points. The United States insisted that this was absolutely necessary for the economic stability of an airline operating a long interna tional flight. Mechanics Originate Timesaver m H. M. Watson and W. W. Wishon demonstrate the automatic device that they constructed to facilitate seating the brushes on a flap actuator. Winston-Salem’s accessory ov erhaul shop has long been both ered by a minor but time- consuming operation. The prob lem resulted in two INT me chanics getting together and coming up with an automatic device that saves about ten man- hours per unit. Each time a flap actuator (motor that operates flaps on the airplane) came to the acces sory shop for overhaul, an un warranted amount of time was required to properly seat the brushes. The device formerly used was a reversible electric motor which had to be frequent ly switched by hand from for ward to reverse. Thus, although the operation was a relatively simple one, it required constant attention. H. M. Watson and W. W. Wishon, using scrap parts and 16 hours of labor, constructed an automatic switching device which enables the brushes to be properly seated with a minimum of attention. The device changes the motor from forward to re verse and back again at the appropriate times, requiring on ly initial set-up and a periodic check by the mechanic. Strides Made Although compromise talks collapsed, the conference was by no means a failure. Significant strides were made enabling in ternational aviation to take pro gressive steps. According to a contemporary evaluation of the conference in the December 11 issue of Aviation News, . the five week meeting did most of the things for which it was called. It explored the possi bilities of future international agreement on air transport and set up an interim organization to continue its work pending a final treaty.” The achievements of the con ference may be summarized as follows: 1. a.) The Convention on In ternational Civil Aviation was concluded. The Convention came into effect on April 4, 1947. b.) The constitution of the International Civil Aviation Or ganization (ICAO) was estab lished. 2. An interim agreement on international civil aviation was completed and put into effect June 6, 1945. 3. The International Air Serv ice Transit Agreement (the Two Freedoms Apeement) was con cluded providing for the privi CITY OF ATLANTA -mBvlCAJtl \ PRESENT -EAST-WEST INSTRUMENT RUNWAY NEW PARALLEL EAST-WEST INSTRUMENT RUNWAY Length 8000 Width 150 NEW AIRPORT CONNECTOR FREEWAY/ Above is Atlanta's new parallel runway dedicated December 2. The new runway is 150 feet wide and extends 8,000 feet in an east-west direction 4,400 feet south of and parallel to the present east-west runway. With this addition, it is expected that the delay time of 37 minutes for an aircraft landing or taking off from the Atlanta Airport will be cut to a bare minimum. Since aircraft must land into wind, the direction of the parallel runways is determined by the direction of the prevailing winds, which is west to east in the Atlanta area. Other runways are designed to handle traffic when X wind conditions depart from normal. Included in the runway project are two complete FAA air navigational aid systems —an approach lighting system, complete with sequence flashing lights for night landings and the most modern instrument landing system available. These systems will assure safety and allow aircraft to land in most weather conditions. leges of peaceful transit and non-traffic landing to signator ies. 4. The International Air Transport Agreement (Five Freedoms Agreement) was com pleted. 5. A world wide common ba sis was established for the tech nical and operations aspects of international civil aviation. There is no doubt that the work of the conference directly influenced the course of world trade and commercial communi cations. HAPPY BIRTHDAY’S . . . (Continued from Page Two) J. E. Pierce, Div. Chf. Pilot, DCA 20 Margaret Thompson, DCA 20 L. E. Beach, SDF 21 Edwina Blackwood, Stewardess, ORF 21 W. L. Dearing, JAMTO 21 W. A. Nurnberger, Jr., Capt., ILM 21 L. W. Salmon, INT-FB 21 B. E. Stover, DCA 21 J. L. Bell, ATL 22 Mary Coyne, CRW 22 C. E. Eanes, ROA 22 R. J. Matheny, INT 22 R. Ratledge, INT 22 E. P. Capps, ORF-FB 23 J. E. Hanner, GSO 23 M. L. Sims, DCA 23 R. F. Stewart, CPA 23 C. E. Wilson, INT W. F. Work, Beech Sales Rep., INT-FB E. W. Carter, INT-FB J. R. Bullock, RDU Mavis George, INT-A Jane Griffith, CVG-C ’,T D. C. McLeod, ROA D. L. Atkins, INT Nancy Carter, INT-C - F. S.' Curtis, INT-FB ' H. J. Kamps, Capt., ORF-FB R. E. Kelly, CVG G. F. Hendrix, INT W. W. Smith, F/A, INT Mary Bruney, Stewardess, DCA M. A. Coltrane, GSO . V. B. Crisp, RDU E. T. Jordan, INT 23 23 24 25 25 25 25 20 26 26 26 26 27 27 28 28 28 28 B. L. Shelton, INT 28 J. D. Arnold, ROA-M 29 Frances Dresser, LYH 29 J. W. Dean, AVL 29 J. F. Johnson, ILM 29 J. F. Johnson, INT-FB 29 J. K. Jordan, INT-M 29 P. W. Kelley, CRW 29 T. B. Major, DCA 29 Annegret Metzler, RIC 29 O. E. Parker, ILM 29 W. F. Spainhour, INT 29 C. H. Bodenheimer, INT 30 H. R. Libscomb, Jr., Sta. Mgr., SHD 30 R. E. Rice, CLT 30 A. L. Saver, ROA 30 J. T. Faulkner, ATL 31 W. H. Mack, INT 31 J. D. Michael, DCA 31 Laverne Rehder, INT 31 E. A. Ware, DCA 31 NEW EMPLOYEES Frances Roarke, Jr. General Clerk, INTA W. R. Tieke, Util. Serviceman CVG B. L. Porter, Cleaner INT-M R. L. Malcomb, Part-Time Clean er TYS M. J. Morris, Agent—Res. CVG W. C. Matheis, Agent—Opers. DCA Wallace Gregg, Cleaner—INT F. C. Quesenberry, Agent—Oper ations HSP M. R. Dinkins, INT—A Jr. Gen. Clerk. TRANSFERS C. D. Gordon, INT to ILM R. R. Price, HSP to RDU E. B. Fields, RMT to TRI Bobby Eatmon, RDU to RMT J. L. Tate, ATL to ILM J. K. Combs, INT to ORF P. S. Beeson, INT to ATL M. F. Moses, ORF to DCA. PROMOTIONS T. E. Snow, INT promoted to Sr. Non-Destructive Specialist F. J. Horton, INT promoted to Radio Tech. D. R. Sizemore, INT promoted to Mech. O. F. Webster, promoted to Jr. Secretary INT-PC. ALPA CITES WATSON The Air Lines Communica tions Council recently adopted a resolution recognizing L. A. Watson, Superintendent of Com munications for Piedmont Air lines, for his work as ALCAC Chairman for 1964. The resolu tion read, in part, as follows: “In recognition of his unself ish dedicate and efficient serv ice to the Council during his term of office. Now therefore be it resolved that it is the sense of the Air Lines Communica tions Administrative Council that recognition shall be given and thanks, appreciation and good wishes of the Council be hereby expressed to Mr. L. A. Watson of Piedmont Airlines for his service to the Council dur ing his term of office as Chair man of ALCAC for the year 1964.” Mr. Watson’s chairmanship ends December 31, 1964, when his successor assumes office.
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