From Seat of Pants Flying to Instrument Landing
The article recalls early piloting by instinct and landmarks, then explains the invention of the turn and bank indicator by Elmer Sperry and the rise of instrument flying. It describes using omni beacons, radio beams, and goggles during a pilot’s approach, highlighting Brownsville and Kelly Field as Texas origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Sperry
United States
San Angelo
Shelby Kritser
Colorado City
Kritser
Mathis Field
Mathis Tower
Kruser
Lake Nasworthy
Mathis
Brownsville
Tex
Pan- American Airways
Mexico
Lts. Ocker and Crane
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Wes Izzard
Twelve Killed as Air Force WB50 Crashes in Alaska
An Air Force WB50 on a 3700 mile weather mission crashed after takeoff from Eielson Air Force Base near Airbank Alaska. Four engines, heavy fuel load, exploded in flames with no survivors. Eight bodies found. five burned beyond identification in wreckage on flat terrain north of the base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airbanks
Alaska
Air Force
Biss
Territorial
Eielson Air Force Base
Limit On Licenses Sought For Teen Drivers
Austin politicians back a bill to shift teen driver licenses from county judges to the Department of Public Safety. Sen. Grady Hazlewood leads the measure supported by about 2,700 Amarillo petitioners. The bill allows emergencies and certain hardships as exceptions to licensing under age 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Sen. Hazlewood
Department of Public Safety
Governor Daniel Puts Rush Label on State Initiatives
In his first major message Governor Daniel outlines a 25 point program with an emergency tag on four areas water conservation highway safety eminent domain and a statewide crime commission He pledges no new state taxes except potential sales and income levies and calls for ethics reforms and stronger lobby controls while urging exposure and punishment of wrongdoers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Jan
Daniel
Nocent
Singing Truck Driver Defends Roadway With Wrench
In Columbus Nebraska a truck driver confronted a tailgating motorist by blocking the highway and smashing both headlights with an 18 inch wrench after attempting to signal passers. He returned to his truck and continued driving, humming a tune.
Cutting Horse Contest Set at Amarillo Stock Show
The Cutting Horse Contest, a major Amarillo Stock Show event, opens the all professional indoor rodeo at the Tri-State Fair Park Coliseum in January 1925. Tickets for the 2:30 p.m. Saturday performance cost 90 cents for adults with free admission for children 12 and under. About 20 local cutting horses compete against the nation’s top 20. Tickets may be bought in the Amarillo Hotel lobby or Hughes Colonial Shop in Wolflin Village. box seats are $3 and general seating $2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Tri-State
Amarillo Hotel
Hughes Colonial Shop
Wolflin Village
Area Legislators Laud Governor's Program Amid Budget Talk
Sen. Grady Hazlewood of Amarillo praised a sincere ambitious speech but warned an amendment for annual sessions must pass before half the proposal is tackled. Rep. J. Edgar Wilson said legislators welcome the governor's insistence on states rights and will compare his budget to the Legislative Budget Board’s tax‑neutral recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Sen. Hazlewood
Shivers
United States Senate
J. Edgar Wilson
Legislative Budget Board
Rep
Wilson
Warm Breezes Raise Amarillo Temperatures Above Freezing
Winds from the west-northwest brought unseasonably warm weather to Amarillo on Thursday with a high of 43 after a morning low of 8. Forecasters expect the warmth to continue through Monday with a high around 53 and a sunny afternoon. Precipitation remains minimal at .01 inch, total for the year at .04 inch, trailing last year’s pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Amarillo Air Terminal
U.S. Weather Bureau
Field Station Triples Fight On Problems
The Southwestern Great Plains Field Station near Bushland, renamed by C E Van Doren, expands to about 40 staff by July to tackle dryland farming. Operated since 1938 by USDA and Texas A&M, the center plans more regional centers in Colorado and the Dakotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily News
Amarillo
Great Plains
U.S. Department of Agriculture
van Doren
USDA
Texas Agriculture Experiment Station
Colorado
Dakotas
Four Golden Gloves Evenings For Eight Dollars
Tickets for the yearly Golden Gloves regional boxing tournament cost eight dollars for all sessions. Contact Miss Jeane Spencer at Globe-News Publishing Co. 900 Harrison for mail orders with payment and return postage. Phone Drake 6 6262. Events run in Amarillo at the Coliseum Tri-State Fair Park January 29 30 February 1 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeane Spencer
Globe-News Publishing Co
Harrison
Spencer
DRAKE
Amarillo
Tri-State Fair Park
B57 Bomber Crashes Into Biggs Motor Pool
An Air Force B57 bomber crash at Biggs Air Force Base El Paso Texas killed two crew members and set off a fuel explosion. A ground crewman was injured and two gasoline trucks ignited destroying a dock and damaging a machine shop. Names identified: 1st Lt Russell E Hanson and 1st Lt Thomas H Higgins. The $1.2 million aircraft was returning from a target towing mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Biggs Air Force Base
Air Force
Russell E. Hanson
Cudahey
Wis
Thomas H. Higgins
Walled Lake
Mich
U.S
Texas Wheat Producers Delay Two-Price Plan Vote
Texas Wheat Producers Association directors, meeting at the Herring Hotel, voted to delay action on the 1957 two-price plan to give the soil bank a fair trial. They backed long term low interest loans and amendments to raise sign up dates and increase soil bank payments to cut yields to manageable levels by 1959, noting 1958 sign up would occur in June or July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Wheat Producers Association
Soil Bank
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast
The forecast calls for continued fair weather through Saturday. Warmer conditions expected Friday with little change Saturday. Low temperatures near 17 and highs around 58 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
Stassen Denies Sending Telegrams Amid GOP Tug
Washington reports reveal telegrams bearing Harold E. Stassen’s name urging GOP leaders to back Meade Alcorn for national chairman. The sender labeled fraudulent by Stassen, who faces opposition from Nixon and Knowland factions. telegrams originated in Stamford, Conn. Rep. B. Carroll Reece disclosed the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Meade Alcorn
Connecticut
Leonard Hall
GOP
Stamford, Conn
B. Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Republican Committee
Chifirman
Weather Fragments From Amarillo.Manual Readings
Fragmentary weather notes show Amarillo recording 15 days of sun out of 17, with scattered data for Houston Dallas and Oklahoma City. The 3 p.m. Thursday readings mention wind, visibility, and unclear figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger W Babson
Sylvia Porter
Amarillo
Houston
Loudy
Dallas
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Pam
Izzard
Coeyoecrnero OU M1
Lake Nosworthy
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Kgnc-Tv
Coloreast Minee Theater
Norm Holve
Margaret Mayer
Rush’ Label
Columbus, Neb
Columbus
Rodeo Information Commission
Daily News Index
Jack Latham
C. E. van Doren
Rex Johnson
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Co. E. van Doren
Biggs Motor Pool
Herring Hotel
Weather Forecast
Lon Bam
Stassen
Alcorn
Nixon
Reece
Senate
Knowland
California
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