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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1935
Page
8
Mrs. George Meyer of 906 Cherry street Winnetka returned from a week in New York City. She traveled by plane on United Airlines for both the eastbound and westbound legs of the trip.
The Soaring and Gliding Club of Chicago announces Sky Harbor airport as its home with a 40 member roster. Officers include Al Werle as executive secretary Henry Eckstein Joseph Steinhauser and Edgar Spitzke. A 1935 German soaring plane by Wolf Hirth will be demonstrated August 25 to spark local interest while youths as young as 14 may begin instruction.
Vincent C. Taylor departed Curtiss air port last Thursday in a crop dusting Waco bound for Vandalia Michigan to demonstrate to farmers how insect killing dust can be spread by airplane. He tested his apparatus using 500 pounds of lime and 200 pounds of sulphur beforehand.
The Warner powered Cessna owned by Al Gemende and Ches Olson from Elmhurst airport visited Curtiss airport shop last week for a compass installation. The joint owners also had propeller work performed during the visit.
American Airlines carried 19,498 passengers on its national system in July, a new record for a single month and a 12.1 percent rise from June’s 17,297. President C. R. Smith cited improved equipment, faster schedules, and better service as key factors.
Sidney M. Spiegel of Winnetka Essaness Theater Corp. official flew to New York City last week aboard Spiegel's Stinson. Takeoff occurred at Curtiss airport where the Winnetka store keeps the aircraft. A two way radio was installed in the ship in New York.
Freeman Gosden known as Amos of Amos and Andy soloed at Curtiss airport last Thursday after flying instruction from C. W. Slim Freitag. It is expected that Andy Correll will likewise achieve his first solo flight soon.
L. L. Cooke of Winnetka received a new model Stinson at Curtiss airport last week. Mrs. Cooke rode in the plane last Thursday with Clarence Clabaugh, the Cooke pilot, flying to Lake Geneva Wisconsin. On Friday the pair traveled to the Cooke farm near St Louis.
Ted Isleman of Aurora who runs Fox Valley Motor service flew his Stinson Reliant to Curtiss airport last week to have motor and aircraft work performed.
Fred Antonsen, a Pennsylvania City resident and paint businessman, will fly his Travelair from Aviation Country Club Pal-Waukee airport for a brief vacation in Altoona Pa. He keeps a summer home at Fox Lake and often stops at Pal-Waukee en route to his Broadway Chicago shop.
Bill Turgeon, who ran Park Ridge airport at River Road and Touhy Avenue for three years, will join Aviation Country Club at Pal-Waukee Airport to lead student training starting Monday August 19. He is a transport pilot with ten years of Chicago area aeronautical experience. Three planes will be used: a Fleet, a Waco, and a Driggs Skylark.
Max McCotter and J L Robinson of Pure Oil, headquartered in Madison Wisconsin, flew to Curtiss air port last week aboard a Stinson once owned by Wayne King. Robinson’s plane was used to travel and McCotter brought his propeller for repairs as they conducted business in the city.
E. O. Beardsley of Beardsley and Piper Foundry flew a Lockheed Vega from Pal-Waukee Airport last Sunday headed to Los Angeles and San Francisco. He plans about two weeks on the coast after a full Pratt Whitney engine check by Pal-Waukee mechanics prior to departure.
Endurance flyers from Peoria stopped at Curtiss airport last week. Kenneth Hunter and Fredrick Ellis were callers arriving from Peoria via J6-5 Robin. Fredericks plans a world endurance flight attempt at the distillery city. Hunter, famed for a similar venture at Sky Harbor, serves as technical adviser.
Younghusband, a Canadian citizen and cosmetics manufacturer, left Pal-Waukee airport last Thursday in his Fairchild aircraft for a trip to Toronto, where he maintains a home.
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