Sky Harbor Dining Room Opens to General Public
Sky Harbor airport dining room shifts policy under new management offering an all evening program with orchestra dinner for individuals couples or parties and a night air tour aboard a tri motor airliner. The plan aims to attract north shore residents and establish the airport as a stopover for flyers with army navy and civilian aviation activity in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sky Harbor
Petrushka Club
North Shore
George Fisher
Chicago
Army
Navy
Fisher
United States Air Service
Sky Harbor Flying School
Sky Harbor Airport
Dundee Road
Glencoe
Wilmette Youth Eyed for Private Pilot License Tests
Richard H. Curll of Wilmette has completed dual flight instruction and solo work at Curtiss-Reynolds airport and will take exams for a private pilot license. He plans to continue training toward transport pilot status and may enter the National Air races at Curtiss airport in August and September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Curll
Wilmette
Herbert K. Curl
Curtiss-Reynolds
Curll
New Trier High School
Lake Forest College
Aviation Service and Transport School
Chicago
Curtiss Flying School
Curtiss Airport
Hamilton club members dine and view north shore by air
Fifty members of the Hamilton club of Chicago dined at Curtiss Reynolds airport on Saturday night of last week and many also took an aerial tour to see the north shore area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Club
Airport
Chicago
Curtiss- Reynolds
North Shore
Grandstands Break Ground for Nat's Air Event
Ground breaking at Curtiss Reynolds airport marks preparations for the National Air races August 23 to September 1. A plow, guided by Mrs. Earle Reynolds and piloted by June Heilemann, opened the ceremony as three asphalt take-off strips were awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtiss-Reynolds
National Air Race Corporation
Earle H. Reynolds
June Heilemann
Aviatrix of
Chicago
Inland Sport Sold by Gale Borden at Sky Harbor
Gale Borden, dramatic critic for the Daily Illustrated Times, has purchased a new Inland Sport. The plane is based at Sky Harbor airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale Borden
Daily Illustrated Times
Sky Harbor
Wilmette Woman Makes Air Trip to Old Cincinnati Home
Suzanne T. Middleton eighty year old Wilmette resident and mother of Mrs. Ernest H. Freeman flew from Municipal Airport at 9 30 in an airmail plane to Cincinnati arriving 12 20 for a modern homecoming. She described fields as tiny knobs and enjoyed the journey though the motor’s drone. Born in Moscow Ohio she is visiting relatives near Cincinnati during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne T. Middleton
Ernest H. Freeman
Laurel Avenue
Wilmette
Cincinnati
Middleton
Ohio
Freeman
Moscow
Raymond A Kikens Fly to Milwaukee on Sunday
Mr and Mrs Raymond A Kikens and daughter Merilyn of Wilmette Illinois flew to Milwaukee last Sunday and returned the same day They were piloted by C P Apelt of Apelt and Colvin distributors for Curtiss Wright products in the area Mr Kiken is vice president of Motive Parks Company of America
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond A. Kiken
Merilyn
Ashland Avenue
Wilmette
Milwaukee
C. P. Apelt
Apelt and Colvin
Curtiss- Wright
Kiken
Motive Parks
Company of America
North Shore Fans Set for National Air Races Boxes
As Curtiss-Reynolds airport prepares for the National Air Races opening on August 23, the north shore shows strong representation in the grand stand with more than eighty reservations for boxes. Local residents head the list including James Simpson of Glencoe, president of Marshall Field and Company, and Charles M. Hayes of Winnetka, with a line of prominent buyers from Glencoe Winnetka Kenilworth and nearby firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtiss-Reynolds
North Shore
James Simpson
Sheridan Road
Glencoe
Marshall Field and Company
Charles M. Hayes
Winnetka
Frank E. Compton
Grove Street
Thomas Coyne
Melrose Avenue
Kenilworth
Harold Foreman
Rush C. Butler
Locust Road
Harold O. Barnes
Indian Hill Road
Scott Brown
Glen View Golf Club
Maj
Reed G. Landis
Felix Lowy
Ira C. Darling
Kenilworth Avenue
Chicagoland
Plane Chartered For Col Harding's Midwest Trip
Col H P Harding head of Flintkote Roads Inc chartered a tri motor Ford airliner for an extended business tour to Joliet Moline and other cities last weekend. The plane departed Friday with fourteen passengers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sky Harbor
H. P. Harding
Flintkote Roads Inc
Joliet
Moline
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maj. R. W. Schroeder
Maj. Schroeder
Raymond A. Kikens
North Shore Air
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