Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 6 Dec 1934, p. 23

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orner trom Scot feld, were visitors at Curtlss airport last week. floth came to spend Thanksgiving day visit- ing friends and relatives here. Lieu- tenant Mitchell arrived Wednesday from Scott, field in a Thômas Morse, 0-49. He Ieft on the retu.rn trip last Friday miorning about 8 o'clock., Lieu- tenant* Fink of:Selfridg9efield alsoi set his ýplane down at Curtiss the day1Te- fore Tbanksgivinig. He flew here. in a, P-26 Boeing, lwwn pursuit ship. O«. to Florida Again in His New Fairchild J. . Younghusband left Pal-Wau- kee airport last.week on anothe rip te Flonida, taking with him- Wally Bishop, "Muggs McGinnis" comic cartoonist.' Younghusband had ne- cenitly retunned fnomn the south. His catoonist. friend was also his corn- panion on a fast trip fromn St, Peters-ý burg to Pal-Waukee-eight hours. The ship used ~for these cross-country jaunts§ is a new Fairchild cabin plane' necently purchased by Mn. Younghus- band. Aerial Survey Company Charters Curtiss Plane A plane was chartered at Curtiss air-, port Iast week by the Chicago Aerial Surveys company; for a photographic trip to Peonia. Fred Sonne, photog- f-, fi- A;A i e nf. nslav be scec» at tirsairPOI has bec» taken 14P on a tiumi test and deinpnistratiOe5 >ltg> D'wight Morrow, veteran uiistrttctor e(t Cuirtiss. pr. pa, at1ions lor is stnatospnere flight, were pleased to liear the aul- nounicement this week of the famou.s nound-the-worl lyer's apparent suc- cess in bis assauit, on the airplane altitude' record of 47,352 feet, set bY ai nItalian pilot. P Post. Who recently left..Curtis air- --rt at Glenview after -bad weather bad nepeatedly balked, bis proposed stratosphene flights, is believed to have set a new altitude record for air- planes.Monday of this week in .Okia- lioma. He took off from. Bartlesville and landed two.hours latet at Musko- gee. 90,miles distant, after soaring to a .beight which, he estimnated to lie abQve 48,000 feet. -The flight was made in the "Winnie ýMae of Oklahoma," the samne.khip in. wýhich Post ftew around. the wonld twice. setting records both times. The Will Airplane Carrier Replace Battie Cruiser? In the opinion of some. naval atîthorities the aircraft carrier event- ,îlvwill replace the battie cruiser. The Lexington and the Saratoga, the two plane carriers of the United States, fleet, are sister shins and Air Express Service Gains ini Popularity Because of speedy , delivery bothl domestic and international air. ex-. press services are gaining in popular- ity every year. :AIl articles and mer- chandise gen-erally accepted for or- Ainany surface express are accepted for air express. including perighable. fonds, flowers and materials, heavy machine parts. tools and einergency equipment. to Curtiss flight to N owns a le keeps hangar. PRE-HOLIDAY SPECIAL $

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