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• • •• me momoniwa New Books On Aviation See Page Three VOL. XI, NO. 1 1948 — TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF SERVICE — 1969 I ■ Walter A. Rollins PR Director Assumes Duties At Home Office Walter A. Rollins has been named Director of Public Relations for the Company. Rollins has as sumed the responsibility for all press relations, community rela tions and public affairs activities. His office is in the general office building in Winston-Salem. He re places former director—informa tion services John Hogan who has transferred to the Sales Depart ment based in Atlanta. Rollins is a veteran of over 20 years in the airline industry. Prior to joining Piedmont, he w^as direc tor of marketing for Frontier Air lines in Denver. He was previously vice president—marketing for Paci fic Airlines on the West Coast, and director of public relations and ad vertising for Seaboard World Air lines in New York. A native of Dallas, Texas, Rol lins attended Southern Methodist University. He is a former mem ber of the board of directors of the Aviation/Space Writers Associa tion. A sports enthusiast, both Rol lins and his son have recently be come interested in soaring, flying powerless gliders as a hobby. Mrs. Rollins and their son Mark, will join him in Winston-Salem the early part of the summer. Pilot Robert Mishler and Larry Lee with the Ford Trimotor. For Some Old Plane Brings Back Memories When someone mentioned the other day that there was a grand old three engine airplane down in the corporate hangar at INT, we didn’t get too excited. Our first thought was that some prosperous company somewhere probably had a Boeing 727 in to be configured for executive use, not that that wouldn’t be exciting. It’s just that we were busy at the time. Later in the day we wandered into the hangar on some now for gotten errand we found a mon strous conglomeration of metal with three very recognizable en gines. It obviously wasn’t a Boeing 727. But what other flying machine has three engines? Not sure we were ready to admit total ignor ance, especially to such a knowl- edgable audience as Piedmont’s mechanics, phrasing a first ques tion wasn’t easy. Then someone pointed out a tall, blonde gentleman with broad shoul ders. They said he was the pilot. We thought he looked awfully young. Maybe he wouldn’t realize how little we knew about an evi dently very exciting airplane. So we asked, “Is it hard to fly?” “Well, you have to be strong,” he admitted. He went on to explain that the controls are all manual. There are Credit Union Has Annual Meeting Declares Dividend, Elects Officers the end of each year as directed by Examiner Favors Piedmont In Chicago Case The initial examiner’s decision in t h e Piedmont Chicago Entry Case recommends approval of Piedmont’s application exactly as filed by the Company. In announcing the release of the decision. Senior Vice President, C. G. Brown, Jr. said, “We are naturally delighted with this pro gress in the Chicago case. 'This route will provide urgently needed single plane service from many of the cities on Piedmont’s system to Chicago. We hope it will be possible for the Board to move rapidly to finalize this action taken by the examiner.” Piedmont’s application requested amendment of the certificate for Route 87 to authorize service over a new segment between Chicago, Ashland-Huntington, beyond Ash- See EXAMINER Page Two The 20th annual meeting of the Piedmont Aviation Credit Union was held the latter part of January in the general office cafeteria. Va rious reports were given by the Board of Directors and Credit Union committees concerning the activities during the past year. Also at this meeting elections were held to fill offices vacated on the Board of Directors and the Credit Committee. Directors Named A. F. Long and G. E. Price were re-elected to the Board of Direc tors, Long is Vice President and Price is Treasurer. Jim Taylor was also elected to serve a two-year term. Other members of the Board include R. H. Reed, H. K. Scott, Secretary, R. W. Kadlec and J. M. Riggs. Members of the Credit Commit tee elected were Bob Griffin and Frank Barnes who will serve with W. H. Craver. Credit Committee alternates elected were Mrs. Wil ma Cook, Ken Whapham and Wayne Pope. The Piedmont Aviation Credit Union has again declared a six per cent dividend on savings accounts, marking the eleventh consecutive year that this rate has been paid. Dividends are paid on savings at no electric motors to pull the rud der and ailerons, no hydraulic equipment to take the place of muscle. The pilot has to have the strength to haul on those steel cables and hold the plane steady as the winds buffet it. Airline pilots in the old days were no weaklings, we decided, not that we’d ever thought they were of course. This particular Ford Trimotor flew 41 years for Pan American. For 23,000 hours, it stayed in the air, swooping down into air fields, some of which weren’t much better than pastures. Its three Pratt and Whitney en gines, each 450 horsepower, would See TRIMOTOR Page Three MARCH, 1969 Application Filed For Service To St. Louis The Company has filed an ap plication with the Civil Aeronautics Board for extension of service west to St. Louis, Missouri. Improved Service “Authorization to operate into St. Louis, as proposed by Piedmont Airlines, will mean vastly im proved service to over 67,000 pas sengers annually,” President Davis said. “Many communities in North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee will benefit with single plane and more direct service for the first year,” he added. He pointed out that the proposed service will pro vide jet service to St. Louis from Louisville, Norfolk, Richmond, Greensboro and Raleigh-Durham, and single plane service for Roa noke, Asheville, Knoxville, Charles ton, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Fayette ville, and Wilmington. Case Consolidated In an effort to expedite Board consideration of Piedmont’s appli-' cation, the airline concurrently filed a request to have its applica tion consolidated into a pending case now before the Board. The case now pending is as yet unnamed. It was started by Ozark Airlines. A number of technical and legal procedures must be dealt with before a date will be set for the initial hearing in the case. the board of directors. The divi dend is computed on the balance in each member’s account at the end of the year based on the length of time this balance has been on deposit. Dividend Increases The dividend paid on accounts during 1968 amounted to $75,178.00 as compared to $65,604.00 during 1967, or a 15% increase. Members’ savings at the end of 1968 amounted to $1,589,065.58 as compared to $1,- 369,884.08 at the beginning of the year, or a 16% increase. Dividends are credited to individual accounts. A total of 371 new accounts were added last year, bringing the total number of accounts or members in the Credit Union to 2,239. There were 2,364 loans approved for members totalling $3,100,903.00. The interest rate on all loans has been increased to six per cent. The Piedmont Aviation Credit Union is a co-operative employee’s organization owned and operated by the employees of Piedmont Aviation, Inc. The cost of operating the Credit Union is shared with Piedmont Aviation, Inc. and is op erated for the benefit of its mem bers. The purpose of the Credit Union is to provide a convenient method for members to save money and secure loans. : m JUST IN CASE it isn't obvious at first glance, the purpose of this picture is the "FLY PI" license plate. It belongs to General Sales Manager Sherl Folger. If the girls, from left, Judy Clark, Carol Beeson and Dianne Pfefferkorn rode along on the bumper there's little doubt about the amount of attention that would be attracted. Several years ago the State of North Carolina instituted a program of personalized license plates. The “FLY PI" is Folger's new personalized advertising tor 1969.
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