Aviation Trades Association
Seeks T o Make N.C. Air-Minded
N. C. Federation Of Tar
Heel Airport Operators
Placing State In Lead
By TOM W. DAVIS
President, North Carolina Aviation
Trades Association
As far baclc as a decade ago it
became apparent to a small group
of aircraft service operators in
North Carolina that united effort
would be essential before too long
if North Carolina was to retain its
enviable aeronautical position.
At that time a politically in
fluential public servant was about!
to find himself without a job, and
grasped the idea that perhaps he1
could introduce a law setting him-!
self up as a state director of aero
nautics, which would entail, among
other things, the usual aviation gas |
tax and would empower him to
further regulate aviation in North
Carolina. This thing came so
quickly and unexpectedly that only
a handful of operators could be
cdllared in time to rush to Raleigh
and get the bill killed. That taught
us all a lesson. We don't intend to
intimate that state directors of
areonautics can not be a valuable
asset to state aviation, but thus far
we see more unsatisfactory results
in other states than we do satisfac
tory.
From that time on serious con
sideration has been given to the
establishment of what we now
have, the North Carolina Aviation
Trades Association. While this dis
tasteful incident was instrumental
in proving the need for the asso
ciation, the killing of bills and lob
bying is by no means the main
purpose of the organization.
Organized June 20, 1946
During the summer of 1946 a
small group of operators met on
several difierent occasions to dis
cuss the establishment of the or
ganization and on June 20 the
charter meeting was held. A large
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number of operators from all parts
of the state gathered in Winston
Salem to draw up the constitution'
and by-laws, to elect officers for
the ensuing ye^r, and to establish
a work program for the association.
In addition to a president, vice
president, secretary-treasurer,
eight other directors were elected
to represent various sections of the
state. It was decided at that time
to establish several committees,
each of which could concentrate on
the particular activities of the as
sociation which would deal spe
cifically with the respective com
mittee. These committees are: re
pair and overhaul committee,
flight activities committee, finance
committee, public relations com
mittee, program committee, air-~~
craft sales committee, legislative
committee and membership com
mittee. ?
The constitution clearly outlines
the object of the association as "to
foster the interests of its members;
to encourage and advance the
spirit of unity^and friendship among
its members; to acquire, preserve,
and disseminate valuable informa
tion; promote safety in aviation as
a form of transportation; and to
work for such other proper and
lawful objectives as may be con
sistent with the public interest.
The association shall be operated
entirely on a non-profit basis."
As can be seen, this is a program
covering a very broad field and re
quiring a great deal of activity.
Unfavorable Publicity
Let us consider for a moment
the duty of fostering the interests
of the members. Recently one of
the operators expressed the feeling
that a large newspaper in the state
was playing up, to an unnecessary
degree, aircraft accidents, and even
went so far as to print the story of
a man's reactions when flying over
mountainous country. It sounded
more like a nightmare than a flight
over even the worst of mountains.
This story certainly had no news
value, but was merely a space fil
ler, and to make it printable the
reporter had to make it sound like
a dime-novel thriller. This sort of
thing certainly helps no one in the
airplane business, and, in effect,
does everybody a lot of harm. It
further misleads the public, who
are in dire need of "air-condition
ing.M Fear of flying is nothing more
than ignorance of what it is. You
remember when you were a tot
you were afraid of the dark be
cause some one told you there was
always a "bogey-man" in the
darkness. When you grew up and
were educated to the fact that there
was no "bogey-man," you were no
longer afraid. The same thing ap
plies to flying.
Another most important function
of the association is that of dis
seminating up to date information
among the membership. There has
never been a business that changes
ro rapidly as the aviation business.
Similarly, up to date and reliable
information has a more immediate
and drastic effect on the aviation
business than perhaps that of any
other. Many operators have said
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Mascot Arrives By Parachute
AFTER EE1N0 PARACHUTED from a high-flying plane during maneuvers
near Ladd Field, Alaska, "Moe," the canine mascot of task force "Frigid,"
is released by two members of the airborne unit At left, giving a hand
to "Moe/* wno is an expert at 'chute jrmping, Is Pvt. Donald Straub,
West Fargo. N. D., and, at right, Corp. Salvadore Musso, Gramercy, La.
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Hero Found Sltiirt
A HERO of the Italian campaign,
Fiske Dellinger, 24, of Wakefield,
Mass., was found beaten to death
in a vacant lot, Elmhurst, L. I*
New York. Held in the slaying of
the son of a prominent Boston at
torney is a 22-year-old unemployed
war veteran of New York City.
Young Dellinger was employed at
LaGuardia Field. (International) j
that they spend a large part of their
time just finding out what's new.
Otherwise they feel that their op
erating procedures would be out
moded over night with costly re
sults. The association provides an
ideal clearing hiuse for valuable
information, and by nature of i*.
affiliation with the National Avia
tion Trades association all informa
tion of national importance is im
mediately made available to the
membership.
The association has in many in
stances assisted operators in the?
preparation of curiculums and
other details incident to the estab
lishment of G. I. flight training
schools.- This service saves the
members many costly hours and
days of preparation only to have
the proposals returned for further
information in many cases. It fur
ther eliminates the necessity of
many fruitless and costly trips to
the nearest regional Veterans Ad
ministration office.
Only recently the CAM promul
gated regulations requiring all
charter operators to obtain an ap
proved operating certificate. If the
operator uses more than five
single-engine aircraft in charter
service or operates even one multi
engine aircraft he must prepare a
i voluminous operations and main- j
tenance "manual, which would re
quire weeks to complete. The as
sociation as now endeavoring to
have one standard manual ap
proved which would be available
to the membership.
In this connection it is well to
point out that the North Caro
lina Aviation Trades Association
expects to carry all of these activi
ties on a very limited budget at a
minimum of cost to the individual
members. The present dues are
54'CD"per"month for members hav
ing four or less persons fully em-p
ployed, including administrative
personnel; $6.00 per month for
those having more than four but
less than 10 employees; and $8.00
per month for operating members
having 10 or more persons fully
employed. The associate member
ship dues are $100.00 per year. The
state association pays annual dues,
of $750.00 as its share in the sup
port of the national association.
Eyes Legislation
Perhaps one of the most impor
tant functions of the association is
that of keeping up to date on avia
tion legislation, both good and bad,
state and federal. Only recently
representatives of the association
appeared before the House com
mittee on counties, cities, and
towns, of the 1947 North Carolina
\ Legislature, strongly urging the
defeat of a bill which would em
power county conimis.-ijr.crs to
regulate the establishment of air
ports and even to re^ulu.e ti c typi
and scope of op'.?r?tiors ond ute
on airports. Undoubtedly the e will
be more attempts to put through
bills which would tend :o ret: rt
rather than encourage the devel
opment of aeronautics in this great
state, and until adjournment of this
session of the Legislature no stone
was left unturned to keep pu-te
on sucn developments.
The association is wholehearted
ly beh.nd the No^th Carolina Aero
nautics CommLsio. , wnich was es
tablished during the 194.1 st:ite leg
islature, and has been called on by
? hp f*? ~ for ndvice cm manj
'occasions. With these three organi
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hospitals does not affect their edu
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G. I. B.ll or Public Law 16, the
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Office said today.
The educational retraining pro
gram includes 192 courses bein^ of
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ever, time spent in college tram
Law 16 will be charged against the
zations, all of which have a sincere
interest in the development of
aeronautics in North Carolina,
there can be little doubt that this
state, the birthplace of aviation,
will continue to excel.
Forty per cent of the locker
plants in operation in the Uni'.ec.
States now provide for slaughter
service, compared with only about
ive per cent in 1940.
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Pieces of velveteen make aa iffrtallimfc
substitute for chamois* Waahft&dofltiXor
polishing.
vetera-n's entitlement, he added,
Veterans undergoing such train
ing whi'e st It assigned tu hospitals
do not*ti:u\v the subsistence ^llovv
ance.
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shipped abroad under the U. S. .
Department -oi Agriculture's po
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