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WILMETTE LIFE September 6. 1934 i HOSI ERY. SPEC UAL for College Days /4 Our Famous 505 S5c per pair A quality with a tremendous capac ity for wear New Faîl shades: Crouton A utumn Ming Treebark Dixie Butternut. For a Limited Time OnIy A viation Country Club Located at Pal-Waukee Field Pal-Waukee airport. oldest fl,. ing fieldl on the north shiore. w~as re- opene(I on L.alor day as Chicago's, frst -Aviation Country ?ltuV)' and will lbe operated in tîhe future as ai base for private plane owuers. A tvo-v-car lease'on the property lias l>eeun iade 1wv a g roup. of private pilots liea(le(l by loy-d Alan Laflin. of L.ake Forest, and Chiesteq- Foust. of Highland Park. Clillord Condit. transport pilot, w~ll be club) manager.i A corps of I)epartmnent of Commerce licensed inccIianiés Nwill service thei plane s. "flc prpo(ses of thie project ar safetv and( ecoiuviiý.* savs NIMr. Cou- (lit. "Private fl\.in g. for pure sport or lor personal transportation. is well %vithin the imeans of average - incoile imet> when hangar retît and maintenance are to lce had on a non- prolit I)asis. \Ve lhope to effect a plan whereby a selected group of mnen antd %vomnen romî north shore sul>uris- cati le invite(l to loin Avia- 'tion Country chll and l)c taughit to Alv free of charge. "Th'le privatel-ýoned planes ýv'îlî have the field to theiselves. No comn- ýmercial ships -will be store(l. The owners an(l thecir guests will have the use ot nmodern club> roonis. ith res- taurant and bar service." MNuibers of the Aviation Country! club wvho have alreadv hangared thci planes at Pal-\Vaukee include Ralpb H. Ishanm (Fairchild). L. A. Laflin (WVaco), AI Sprague (Stinson), . j. L Vouinghiusband L.oening), C. I.. Con«- dit (Fleet ). 'l'welve other planes are expected this, %veek. Fog and Ramn Ruin Third Endurance Try of Girls Fog and ramn balked Jean La Reîîe and Mary Owens, Texas girl fivers, in their third attenîpt over Curtiss airport to set a new %omen's en- durance flighit record. The weatlîer caused airport officiaIs to cail the girls in at 7 :09 a. m. Sunday froni a flight begun Saturday niorning. Tbey bad been in e air 19 bours and 25 minutes. Bot expresse(l «is- appointment, and said they- would try again, weather. perinitting. Re-, fueling difficulties, stopped the first flight; motor troubles, the second., Sky Harbor Squadr.on Gaining New Members Witb new applicants conetantly seeking admission to its ranks, the Sky Harbor squadron of tbe National. Flying Clu-bs association is expected to bring its flyïng membersbîp total well beyond tbe 130 mark wîtbin the next few. days.- K. W. Kunau of Chicago is president of the Sky Harbor unit. A- second squadron is beingoorganized at Springfield. Mattern of Siberia Fame Chats With His Frieftds Jimmy Mattern, the plucky aviator wbomn Siberia tried to swallow during bis attempted world. fligbt, stopped for a cbat witb friends at Curtiss air- port Tbursday of last week.- Mattern flies a Waco cabin plane for the Pure 011 company, of wbicb he is a busi- ness representative. Walter Hunter Lends Moral Support to Kin Walter Hunter, who hielped refiiel the plane ini which the Huniter broth- ers broke the men's endurance fliglit record several vears' ago. has been sa recent visitor at Curtiss airport to 1lend moral -support to his brother. 1Kcnneth, pilot of the Stinson plane Cthat refueled the "L.one Star." flown sby' Jean La Rene and Mlary Owens in three unsuccess4ul attempts toý f break the %vomnen's endurance mark. fWTalter Huniter is nowv pilot of the îîew~ Curtiss Condor sleeper flying l)etwveen Chicago andl Ne%% York Abel Takes H-is Glider to National Air Racesi v 6 t ~ê AVIATION ~ Charles Abel, w~ho lholds the wvorld FLY TO ST. LOUIS record for consecuitive ]oop.; in a K.eiîneth 1-uter andI "CN- Gates glider. left Thursday uighit of last flew the Stinson, used for rfiln wveek, for Cleveland. Ohio. wlhere lie the -"Loue Star," to St. Louis Ilr-.- w~as to gîve a gli(ler exhibition at the da%. of last wveek to get spare parts Nationîal air races,.île ivent froin for the -Loue Star" ini preparation Curtiss airport after liaving a new for the third trv over Curtis, airport covering put ou thte glider whicli lie 1b', je-an .a Reiîe and Mary ONvei took to Cleveland by imeans of a for a ineN-wonieu's endurance luzhit special traller attaclle(l to his auto- record. I luntter and( Gates retturued mobile. to Curtiss the saine day. HERE'S PLANE FOR SLIM PURSE__[Ir ln order tirainmen icith sicuder Purýses may enjoy the Ihiùjs of fI31'im1. Ja,-k Rose' is busi' tiese dai's at Ptil-HWatkee air/ior. /'utting luze fin ishill., tôouchcs ,oii ire Rose "Parra.ke et" (/'ictured above). 'This plane. powered witb a four- cylinder, Continental A-40 motor, bas completed several test flights to Mil- waukee, Bloomington and Cbam- paign. Friday of last week, Ray Ap- plejgate planned to fly the sbip to Cleveland. The Parrakeet, a one-place ship, bas a wing spread of 20 feet and is 16 feet long. It is designed to fly' at a cruising speed of 82 miles per bour. using two and one-baîf gallons of ggsoline during tbat 'tirne. Tbe weigbt of tbe plane, fulîy loaded, is, 675 pou nds. Built to selI at less tban one tbou- sand dollars the plane can be main- tained for four or five dollars a week. according te Mr. Rose wbo is presi- dent of the Rose Airoplane and Mo- :or company. Mr. Rose, designer of the Parra- keet, completed bis first Émall sbip two years ago. Tbe Parrakeet was virtually finisbed two montbs ago, and the designer now is devoting bis efforts toward perfecting every détail of this red and wbite plane. Does Flying Hel> King Enchant His Saxophone? Wayne King, wbose dreamy waltz music produces many a floating seni- sation, bas the habit of literally leav- ing the ground, possibly to feel the "lift" wbicb be later transmits via the saxophone. Just the other Friday, King enjoyed flying in bis Stinson planle wbile be rhytbmically puffed at a pipe about tbe size of a small "sax." Wbile King plays bis smoke- less saxopbone for crowds at a north side ballroom, bis trusty Stinson ddsnioozes," in the hangar at Curtiss airport,' waiting tbe. next opportunity to give its master a"if. SKY WRITER PAUSES *'Art" Goebel, the sky writer, flying from Milwaukee,- paused at Curtiss airport Tbursday of last week. Goe- bel, wbo won tbe Dole race from San Francisco to Honolulu, several years ago, flues a Travelair biplane wbich bas a 300-borsépower Wrigbt Wbirl- wind motor. Post Tries on New Suit Before Attem pting Flight Awaiting favorable weather as tbe signal to try for. a, new world. alti- tude record, Wiley- Post,, round the, world flyer, bas been spending mnucb time at Curtiss airport where b.is globe-circling plane, tbe Winnie 'Mae, is being "tuned up" by bis mechanic, 'E. G. (Ml" Mollenkopf. Post bas l)een giving tbe news photographiers quite a thrill by posing ini the spe- cially designed suit which lie plan- iîed to wear during the fliglît. Two Army Flyers Pay Visit to Curtiss Airport Flvýiig Douglas 0-19 planie-s. Capt. WV. C. Goldsborough and Lieuit. C. C. Mitchell stopped at Ctirtiss, airport Saturday of last wveek. l3oth iiien. whio are couuiected witîh Scott field. Belleville, Ill., helped train the R. 0. T. C. and 0. R. C. -coast artillerv auti-aircraft grouips at Fort Sheridan durîng july. Tlhe parents oit Licui- tenant MIitchell live ini \ilinîctte. À&CJL-- . 1 immuleint September 6. 1934 WILMETTE LIFE,