Crop Dusting Plane Lands at Curtiss Field
A standard crop duster plane from Independent Crop Dusters Inc of San Francisco arrived at Curtiss airport last Thursday. It then flew to De Kalb Illinois. Vincent C. Taylor, a former Sky Harbor instructor, was injured in a recent cotton dusting crash and spent two weeks in hospital. Crop dusting remains highly hazardous due to proximity to the ground.
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Curtiss Airport
Independent Crop Dusters, Inc
San Francisco
Curtissfield
de Kalb
Ill
Vincent C. Taylor
Sky Harbor
Noted Eastern Surgeon Arrives in Bellanca
Dr. Richard A. Light of New Haven Conn a renowned surgeon stopped at Curtiss airport last week. He flew a Bellanca Skyrocket owned by actor Wallace Beery and planned to travel to Kalamazoo Michigan then return to New Haven. He had a passenger aboard. The Bellanca previously circled the world in stages and was rebuilt after a crash near Chicago Heights last Christmas.
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Richard A. Light
New Haven
Conn
Curtiss Airport
Bellanca
Wallace Beery
Curtiss
Kalamazoo
Mich
Light
Chicago Heights
Sky Harbor
Beeler Spends Weekend at Ozarks Resort
Richard Beeler a Beechcraft distributor headquartered at Curtiss airport spent the past weekend at Bella Vista Arkansas. He traveled via Des Moines Lincoln and Wichita conducting business in those cities. Beeler received honorable mention for his role in the Indiana air tour and carried the tour director and official party on the airplane pilgrimage to major towns in the state.
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Beeler
Ozarks
Richard Beeler
Beechcraft
Curtiss Airport
Bella Vista
Ark
Des Moines
Iowa
Lincoln
Nebr
Wichita
Kans
Art Chester Heads to Tulsa Air Races
Aviation ace Art Chester and his mechanic F. K. Slim Savage departed the Curtiss hangar for Tulsa Oklahoma to compete in planned air races over the weekend.
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Art Chester
Tulsa
Okla
Curtiss Airport
F. K
Slim” Savage
Chester
La Salle Man Flies Curtiss Wright Sedan to Pickup Passenger
Herman D. Carus of La Salle Illinois arrived at Curtiss airport in a Curtiss Wright sedan to pick up a passenger. He left for an unannounced destination and returned two days later to drop off the traveler.
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LA Salle
Herman D. Carus
Ill
Curtiss Airport
Carus
Fly to farm at Havana by Winnetka air party
L. L. Cooke and pilot Clarence Clabaugh flew to Cooke's farm near Havana, Illinois last week in a Stinson aircraft kept at Curtiss airport hangar.
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Havana
L. L. Cooke
Winnetka
Clarence Clabaugh
Mr. Cooke
Stinson
Curtiss Airport
Alaska Pilot John E. Lynn Hero of Flight Saving Passengers
John E. Lynn of Glencoe known as a Alaska pilot for Northern Air Transport and son of Mrs. J. Fred Lynn is celebrated for heroic efforts in saving a plane and its passengers in Alaska. He attended Northwestern University and graduated in 1930 after training at Pensacola and Diego before service in the armed forces.
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John E. Lynn
Glencoe
Alaska
J. Fred Lynn
Greenwood Avenue
Northern Air Transport
Fairbanks
Naval R. O. Heyvat Northwestern University
Great Lakes
Pensacola
Fla
United States
3 600 Passengers Carried in Indiana Tour
The tri-motored Boeing owned by Jerry Wood and rebuilt at Pal. Waukee airport carried 3 600 passengers in three weeks on a tour of Indiana. Cities visited included LaFayette Indianapolis Marion and Muncie with plans to go to Ohio. Rainy weather did not prevent the load.
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Boeing
Jerry Wood
Pal
Waukee
Indiana
LaFayette
Indianapolis
Marion
Muncie
Wood
Ohio
Gus Palmquist Flies to Stinson Factory
Gus Palmquist formerly with Pal Waukee airport and now manager of the Chicago Aviation corporation hangar at Chicago municipal airport made a business trip to the Stinson factory at Wayne Michigan on June 22. He flew in a Stinson. C W Slim Freitag salesman for the Chicago Aviation corporation and Stinson distributors in this area also flew to Detroit the same day in another Stinson.
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Gus Palmquist
Pal-Waukee
Chicago Aviation Corporation
Chicago Municipal
Stinson
Wayne, Mich
C. W
Slim” Freitag
Detroit
Falcon Brings Passenger Here From Chanute Field
A Curtiss Falcon from Chanute Field Rantoul Illinois brought Lieut. M. K. Warren to Curtiss airport last week. Warren whose parents live in Mount Prospect has spent two years in Panama and is now on furlough. He will go to Fort Crockett Texas where he is to be stationed.
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Chanute Field
Rantoul
M. K. Warren
Curtiss Airport
Warren
Mount Prospect
Panama
Fort Crocket
Tex
Madison aviation executive visits Curtiss airport
Howard Morey of Madison Wisconsin founder of the Royal airport traveled to Curtiss airport last week. He flew from Madison in a Stinson aircraft arriving Monday and departed Tuesday adding activity at the Wisconsin capital air scene.
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Madison
Howard Morey
Royal
Wis
Curtiss
Wisconsin
Stinson
Overnighter Crabb Stops at Curtiss Airport En Route
Lieut. James Crabb, based at Selfridge Field Michigan, made an overnight stop at Curtiss airport during a move from Selfridge to Kansas City last week.
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Selfridge Field
Michigan
Kansas City
James Crabb
Selfridge
Curtiss Airport
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