FEBRUARY, 1966
THE P'
D M 0 N I T O R
PAGE THREE
Around and About
District Sales Manager, J. A.
Humphreys in Norfolk has been
elected to the Board of Directors
of the Norfolk Chamber of Com
merce. He is the first airline
representative ever elected to
serve on the Board for that city,
* * *
Captian W. C. Kyle is the new
Division Chief Pilot at INT. E.
p. Clement returned to line fly-
mg remaining based in Winston-
Salem.
* * *
Mr. Albert T. Groves was em
ployed February 14, 1966 by the
General Aviation Division as a
Pilot for our Flight Department.
His responsibilities will mainly
be that of our charter and air
taxi operation.
Mr. Groves was employed by
Kimberly Clark Corporation for
the past 18 years as Chief pilot
and as a Sales Representative.
Mr. Groves is a native of Dal
las, Texas but he, his wife and
three children have been resid
ing in Greensboro for the past
three years.
* * *
During the recent scramble in
the present Virginia legislative
session over an increase in that
state’s aviation fuel tax Pied
mont Airlines registered its very
own lobbying force. Wearing
name tags proclaiming their of
ficial new titles were lobbyists
Don Britt, Bud Halsey, Jim
Humphreys, Lionel Anders and
Marty Martinez. Incidentally,
“our lobbyists” did very well.
The bill was killed in committee.
* * *
Capt. Lee Cottrell, who. suffer
ed a severe heart attack several
weeks ago while visiting on the
West Coast, is now out of the
hospital. He is staying with his
brother in Pomona, California
where his condition is reported
as improving slowly.
* * ♦
Passenger Schedules will be
revised April 24.
“Son,” said the irate boss to
the office boy, late again, “do
you know what time we start
work around here?”
“Frankly, sir,” the lad replied,
“I don’t. By the time I get here
everybody’s working.”
Pacemaker Puzzle
by Schuyler Day
LOZ
FAA Awards PIEDMONT SETS RECORDS
Across
1. Charlotte
4. Male sheep
7. Beekon
11. Same as 16 across
12. To kindle
15. Tourist class
16. An article, vowel
17. Huniter
19. Opposite of buys
22. Transfer
23. Direction
25. Available space
26. Rush
28. November
29. Lunch
30. Against
33. Home of the Dirby
35. Meal for first class only (TWA)
36. Bruch for first class only (TWA)
38. El Paso
41. A beverage consisting of wine and
honey
45. Heart of the Bluegrass
46. Tiny
47. Thought
49. Native of Scandinavia
51. Danville
53. Direction
54. Level
56. City in Va.
TYS
58. Local service carrier between TRI-
59. Economy service
60. As soon as possible
62. Tenn. Valley auth.
64. ISO
68. Bathe
Improvement
Contract
The performance of 40 instru
ment landing systems (ILS) at
30 airports will be improved
with installation of V-ring local
izer antenna arrays purchased
under a $377,714 contract award
ed by the Federal Aviation
Agency to ITT Federal Labora
tories of Nutley, N. J.
In most cases, use of the new
equipment will permit reduced
weather limits at airports to
FAA’s Category II standards
which are set at 100 feet vertical
and as low as 1200 feet hori
zontal visibility for landing air
craft.
Greater Accuracy
The antenna arrays, to be in
stalled at 26 U. S. airports, three
Brazilian and one Philippine air
port, are less sensitive to noise,
interference and distortions and
provide more accurate and re
liable guidance signals for land
ing aircraft. Moreover, they re
quire less maintenance and are
less sensitive to the effects of
snow or ice accumulations.
Originally developed under
FAA contract, the V-ring an
tenna array has proven more
reliable at “problem sites” where
reflections, scalloping and other
sources of interference resulted
in restrictions on use of the ILS
under low weather conditions.
Probable Locations
Tentative locations on Pied-
mon’t system where airport in
stallations of the V-ring antenna
arrays will be made are: Ashe
ville, Bristol, Charlotte, Colum
bus, Covington, Greensboro, Lex
ington, Louisville and Winston-
Salem.
Delivery of the V-ring antenna
arrays will l?egin in four months.
First mstallatlons at airports
will be completed in about six
months.
FOR LOCAL SERVICE CARRIERS
In figures recently released by Aviation Daily the highest per
cent of scheduled miles completed for the year 1965 was achieved
by Piedmont with 99.0%.
For December, 1965 Piedmont’s passenger load factor was tops
for the local service industry with 55.6. The company’s percent of
scheduled miles completed was also the highest of the thirteen
local airlines with 99.6% for the month of December.
Credit Union Officers
For 1966 Are Installed
Down
1. Cancel
2. Lunch for first class passengers
(TWA)
3. Time piece
4. Reno
5. Assistant
6. Mountain (Abbr.)
7. Cold buffet meal (TWA)
8. Atlanta
9. Jet standard class (UAL)
10. Famous collie
13. Grand Rapids, Mich.
14. Teletype Switching Center
18. On insitruments
20. Estimated time of arrival
21, Latitude (Abbr.)
24. Carrier serving BDR
28. Need one way ticket
31. Wishes
32. Inform
33. Light snack for first class pass
engers (TWA)
34. Administer food
39. Fig
40. Week end discount
42. Close
43. Note of the scale
44. Smaller
50. Non-rev Ticket
52. Adverb meaning negative
55. Tip-toe
57. Asheville
59. Confirm
61. Postoffice (Abbr.)
63. Trunk carrier serving SDF-LAX
65. India
AROUND THE SYSTEM . . .
(Continued from Page Two)
Lois Daye—Jr. Stenographer,
INT-A
E. S. Hudson—Mgr., Leases &
Contracts, INT
J. R. Messmer—Agent-Oper.,
CAE
J. H. Stahl—Agent-Oper., DCA
S. D. Long—Agent-Oper., CLT
J. C. Kirsch—Agent-Oper., BAL
R. R. Jones—Agent-Oper., ATL
W. A. James—Agent-Oper., ISO
J. P. Higgins—Agent-Res., FAY
W. L. Helms—Ramp Agent, CLT
J. D. Hatten—Agent-Oper., FAY
W. D. Campbell—Agent-Oper.,
ROA
TRANSFERS
D. E. Carpenter—DCA to TYS
R. G. Price—PSK to ROA
J. S. Hamilton—PHF to JAMTO,
Ft. Eustis
PROMOTIONS
F. H. Purcell—DCA promoted to
Radio Tech.
K. Snow—INT promoted to
Mech.
C. H. Livingood—INT promoted
to Mech. Spec.
C. L. Wooten—INT-M promoted
to Mech.
Div. Chief Pilot
J. U. Crider—DCA promoted to
Mech.
R. E. Kendig—DCA promoted to
Sr. Mech.
K. T. Cale—DCA promoted to Sr.
Mech.
J. C. Villella—CVG promoted to
Ld. Agent
R, B. Steppe—CVG promoted to
Chief Agent
J. L. Thompson—RIC promoted
to Lead Agent
W. R. Lam'—ROA promoted to
Mech. Spec.
A. L. Cody—INT promoted to Ld.
Radio Tech.
A. A. Lendermann—INT pro
moted to Ld. Radio Tech.
W. C. Kyle—INT promoted to
The 17th annual meeting of
the Piedmont Aviation Credit
Union was held Tuesday, Janu
ary 25 at Smith Reynolds Air
port. Various reports were given
by the Board of Directors and
Credit Union committees con
cerning the activities during
1965. Also at this meeting, elec
tions were held to fill offices
vacated on the Board of Direc
tors and the Credit Committee.
The following members were
elected to the Board of Directors
to serve with George Price and
Roy Westbrook who will remain
in office through 1966: A. F.
Long, H. K. Scott, Ralph Wil
liams, Lucien Wrenn and R. H.
Reed. A. S. Wingfield was elect
ed to the Credit Committee to
serve with C. E. Wilson and W.
C. Powles. Credit Committee al
ternates elected were J. D.
Storch, Betty Fulp and R. L.
McAlphin.
Board Elects Officers
The new Board of Directors
have elected officers for the year
1966. The following were
choosen; R. H. Reed, President;
A. F. Long, Vice President;
George Price, Treasurer; and
Ralph Williams, Secretary. The
Board of Directors appointed
the following members to serve
as the Credit Union Supervisory
Committee for 1966: T. W. Mor
ton, H. K. Saunders and C. W.
Gough.
Special Reminder
The Board of Directors would
like to bring to the attention of
all Credit Union members a most
important matter. Some mem
bers have been purchasing Pied
mont Aviation stock and stocks
of other corporations and ar
ranging financing through the
Credit Union. It is of the utmost
importance that members con
tact the Credit Union office prior
to their committing themselves
to the purchase of stock as the
possibility that your Credit
Union may not be able to finance
this transaction. Stock loans as
well as all types of loans must
be approved by the necessary
committees and certain limita
tions are established. Therefore
do not commit yourself for a
stock purchase assuming that
the Credit Union will finance
the transaction. Check with your
Credit Union first.
Hunter's New Weapon
BY JANET WOOSIiEY
INT—Purchasing
David Johnson, a buyer in the INT’s Purchasing Department,
has a great reputation for hunting. Unlike most hunters, there are
times he even goes hunting indoors.
David, who was in the bathroom getting ready for work one
morning, noticed that a pair of old pants hanging on the back
of the door kept moving around. Now it’s not every day that you
see a pair of empty pants moving, so he naturally went to investi
gate. While taking the pants off the door, what do you think
should jump out but a squirrel! A little stunned at what he had
found, he grabbed a shoe and the “chase was on.”
His wife, Arleen, curious about all the commotion, wanted to
know what was going on in' that bathroom. David replied calmly
that he was only trying to kill a squirrel and asked her to hand
him something as he wasn’t making out too well with the shoe.
Well, undoubtedly some of David’s hunting experience had
“rubbed off” on Arleen, because she knew just the thing that a
good hunter needs to kill a squirrel — a fly swatter. Well, he
beat the poor creature with that fly swatter until he had stunned
it and then he finished it off with the shoe.
After this little experience, we all realize what David’s hunt
ing problem has been. He’s been using the wrong weapon! He
should have exchanged his gun for a fly swatter and a shoe a
long time ago; perhaps then he might not have come back empty-
handed on all those other hunting trips he has made.
Bear Wrestling-Baltimore Style
by George Scherer
BAL
Howard Lewis has failed to let us in on some of his extra
turricular activities. It seems Howard wrestled a bear at an auto
show not long ago. This is exactly how it happened. And in this
corner, weighing 350 pounds, from the state of Washington, wear
ing fur trunks with a fur stripe, is Fuzzy Wuzzy, the bear. And
in this corner, weighing 195 pounds, from Baltimore, the Fearless
Wonder, Howard Lewis. Fuzzy Wuzzy is in Ijis corner now, sitting
back on his haunches. Howard looks across the ring. He sizes up
the bear and charges in a flying tackle maneuver. Head down,
shoulders low, full speed ahead — he crashes into Fuzzy Wuzzy.
A mighty cheer goes up as Howard picks himself up from the mid
dle of the ring. The bear hadn’t moved an inch. They grapple; now
its Howard all the way as he tries for a bear hug. But the bear is
having none of that. A hush goes over the crowd and it seems you
can hear someone saying “Oh Lawd, if you can’t help me, for
goodness sake don’t help that bear!” Suddenly, “it’s all over, folks!”
A mighty roar goes up and the winner of tonight’s match — Fuzzy
Wuzzy. He’s sitting on top of Howard in the middle of the ring
right now. Would you believe it, ladies and gentlemen, would you
believe it? All was not lost however. Howard acquired a new nick
name. He is now referred to as “Running Bear.”