Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 4 May 1933, p. 22

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F618 DAVIS ST. EAST 0f FOUNTAIN SQUARE for: Trhuw., ftie. adsat Teke- SPARAGUS i hoine-grown, r. Bunch.... Sc GENUINE SPRING LEG of 1b.I<ie *The Goodyear b 1il m p,. Puritan, which was at Pal-Waukee airport last suruner and which 'bas been at Miami, Fia., during the wititer months, is expected back at Pal- Waukee about May 15, it was'stated at the airport 'this week. Another of the Goodyear fleet of airships, the Resolute, will arrive at Pal-Waukee a week or ten days after the Puritan and will.remain here dur- ing the period of the fair. Both ships are. to be stationed at Pal-Waukee. Construction of the addition to the Goodyear dock 'at ,PaliWaukee is practically .cqmpleted. The. dock, as originaliy'built , was large'enough for only one of the blimps. Its size'bas been doubled- this spring, however, and it is now large enough to house both the Puritan and the Resolute.. The two ships, it is expected . vil carry tnany vistors 4o A,, Çentury ý.of Progregs exposition on sightseeing trips.l over the fair àrounid-, and the City. Begin Operations Sunday at PaI-Waukee Fair Base Operation of Pai-Waukee airport's concession at A Century of Progress will begin this Sunday, M\ay .7, more than three weeks in 'advance of the officiai opening of the fair. T'he air- port's offices on the fair grouinds, as weii as the ramp, are compieted. The ramp is located just south. of the General Motors building. Two ships, a Sikorsky Ieased from the Public Service Company~ of Northern Illinois. and another Sikor- sky brought here . from the factory, are to be used in the operation of a shuttie service between the fair grounds and the Chicago municipal airport, thus making it possible for fair visitors using the air -fines to have direct transportation froni their home City to A Century of Progress. Pal-Waukee airport as :annoiunced in these columins previously, has the exclusive concession for the operation. of heavier-than-air'. aircraft. excupt autogiros, at A Centurv of P rOgru>s. duirinir the nprinr of the far. 1)ii,l, Darr a-nd 'Stapl.es Sky Harbor airport, made famous by the record-breaking endurance flight of the Hunter brothers, bas been leased by H. S. Darr and E. S. Staples. Th e lease agreement was, compl.eted:ia'st week. Both Mr. Darr, and* Mr. Staples. were emnpIoyed as *instructors at the Curtiss *Fiying school when. Curtiss airport opened in the spring, of 1929. Darr, after, two year .s as manager of the flying school here, went to East St. Louis as manager of the Curtiss base 'there, -Curtiss-Steinberg airport. Later be was conne cted îWith the Century Air lines. Stapies was at the Curtiss Chicago base near Glenview until last October. Hie has now as- sumned the management of. Sky. Har- bor. Ma.* R. W. Schroeder and George Fisher are still, âffiliated with Sky Harbor, -but are not signers of the lease. Major Schroeder is spending ýmost *of his working hou.rs. in the loop, where lie is busy with plans for. the Amenican Air races to be held at the Chicago municipal. airport July 1I to 4. He is director of events for this big air show. Taylor Chef ýIntruçtoËr Vincent C. Taylor, formheriy a sen- ior flying officer ôf the Royal Air forces in England, is continuing as chief flyling instructor at Sky Harbor. R. Z. Peck, Sky Harbor's chief me- chanic, is also continuing in that 'capacity under the new management. Peck has held this job since the opening of Sky, Harbor in 1929. In 1930 lie ias chief rnechanic on the fanious {unter brothers' ship. Xvjth: the arrivai of wanmer weath- er activity at Sky H-arbor has s.bown a. marked increase. The Sky Harbor Fiying club held its first meeting of the new seas on at the airport club- boüse last Sunday. Aeèronautjcs Commission. .Stinson Arrives Here Roger Humphries of the Illinois Aeronautics commission arrived at- Curtiss airport last week in the ARRIVE AT CURTISS lcne. îong the niiscelianeous arrivais FLIES TO CLEVELAND urtiss airport last week were a Vincent C. Taylor, flyinig ihstruc-. > froni DeWitt, Iowa, .with two tor at Sky Harbor airport, made a ,ngers, a Moth from. Escanaba, trip to Cleveland last week in the 1.and a Stinson from FPlint, Sky Harbor. Stinson, carrying pas-à s engers. [Fresh California Phone PEAS 5 lb.. lih4aWÎu. PINEAPPLES Jumbo, f resh > Cubmn, ech ... C Jumbo Squabs *nli IoJ

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