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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 30 Jun 1938, p. 48

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of teaching he has made 3601 persunla parach ute descents. Each "f air weath-, er"y Sun)day his students make para- chute jumps at Curtiss between 6 :30 and 7--p.-tr. with each course. the Lieutenant makes a personal guaran- tee that if "chute" fails to open, you cati return said "chute" ,ànd, vour money - llbe cheerfully refunded., Deanl Woslevy of the Curtiss. field "Yellow Fleet" seems to have rriost f.his planes in constant use. Stu- ,ents of the North Shore area give I eaù's light ships' a heavy workout I adi weekend. jUnited, Air Linies. 100 mile siglit- seein hops in their inew 21-passenger oug Mainliners are very success- ful. Absolutely f ul loads on eath jamming the airport fo see thie air- liner ini operation. Most of the sighit- seers simply cannot .withstand th(- temptation and usually end up by rid- ing the giant airliners. Most of the private pilots of the Chicago area have gone "mini camne- ra" consciotis. A pp a re ntliy there hasn't been a single airliner or square mile of territory around Chicago but what lias been the victim of the cai- No less, anxazing iii importanice i the performance of the Douglas D. C. 4 which durîng the last 110 days bas been test flown 'and found satisfact orily. This Douglas four engine'! skyiiner has features which are unus- ual. The nosewheel landmig gear for instance permits greater controllabil-, ity, onthe ground anîd makes. "iUstru-1 1tlent landing" under adverse weather conditions a simple procedure. -Th-c Douglas will cruise about 200 miles pe r hour witlî a gross weight,,of 65,- 000 pounds and a cruising, range Of over 2000 miles. Again, the serene comfort and assured safety of- thec passenger were the main consider.. ation of the designers. How well did thev succeed? Wc Your Q. ltons-Our Answers Q. On what frequency can the aven age owner of a short wvave receiver .bigin messages of the Chicago Airway traffic control tower? A. Station W. G. E. H. which con- trolls ail airway traffic on and anound the Chicago - municipal ainport can be tuned in on 278 kilocyc'les. This station issues orders to ail niltq ezrdiùig the loading and un- the group are Miss r rances tinuer- soli, faculty member ini the Mus ic departmeft;ý Miss Amen Edinlger, an accomapanist at New Trier, and, Miss.. Katherine julian, teacher in .the Wilmette schools. Miss Muriel M1ac- Chesney of the Chicago .Latin school, is another memnber of the party. Party,* Personnel The New Trier boys. who are nak- ing the'trip iniclude John Ubiemnanu. Dick Roth, Vaughn. Burliinghani, Bruce Carlson, and Raymond Koch.. alof ,Winnetka, and Willard Jarcho%%* of Wilmette. The girls. in the party are Jean Miller, Sue Lamprey,. and Balrbara Ripley, al of Winnetka, -and Mary Elizabeth Koch of Wilmette. --Thev were to sait on the S. S.' weeks. inen, atter a wee i orn erni Italy, they wilI attend the Saiz- burg --iestiv al, spend four days in Munich, an~d travel down the Rhine stopping at ail the usual places of interest. A three-day motor trip in Holland, and two weeks in England will fol- low. They returri to New York- August 29. I for play v ide an- objective for next Suiida'~Ys js part iculariy important during con-* "Christian Science" was the subject- fiying they have' made careful piais; ditions of low ceilings and visibilities. o te.lsô-sro n ail Çhurches for a visit to Chanute field where Acting il, cônjunctioti witil the air- of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, Juile the Army Air mail Corps will piay, way traffic côntrol departmnent tbey 26. hast to the p riv a te fiying corps. specify altitudes at whichi planes musithgodnttwsTerao- Luncheon at the base and a tour cf fiy and the order of making instru- eo dnte Lord s,ha eturnandi the Anmy, schools together with ait ments approaches for landings. cret inwt og n vr inspection of Armny equipmeiit will Don't forget we wèlcome vour ques- oetZinwhsngadevr take up the major, portion of the tions on)i aviation. Our experienced lasting joy upon their heads; they. afternooti's activities. staff ivili be glad ta give vou the bene-. shahl obtain joy and gladness, an d ýi - - ý - 1-- -----Afl- -fà1k, e -Ésorrow and sighing shall fiee away IEdgpar A. Stevens, Inc. , Four i a ne ivillIL? j I-, .,. Inetka,.1 jWashinig i9D. ofthese Drmerly of Win- S. Perry Smith- cavenue, Win- now resides in m ý

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